Photos Courtesy of Byron Harward and UVU Athletics Four Wolverines score in double figures to help UVU pick up their third straight win SAN ANTONIO, Tex.—Returning from injury UVU junior guard Hayes Garrity didn’t miss a beat scoring 17 points in 18 minutes during his season debut as the Utah Valley University men’s basketball defeated […]
Photos courtesy of Xavier Athletics, BYU Athletics, St. Cloud State Athletics When Jordan Poydras, Isaac Neilson, and Brandon Randolph transferred to Utah Valley University to play basketball, they knew they would have to sit out a season due to the NCAA transfer rules. Some people might think that it was a difficult decision and that […]
Going to temple square, races highlight just a few traditions for two athletes While there are many different holidays around this time of year that people celebrate, the overwhelming majority celebrates Christmas whether it is in a spiritual or commercial sense. That is no exception for the Utah Valley University student-athletes. During this time of […]
The Pac-12 Conference, the Mountain West Conference, and the West Coast Conference are some of the top college basketball conferences in America, especially in the western United States. The other two are the WAC and the Big Sky. Here at UVU we’re in the WAC conference, where we play solid competition such as New Mexico […]
Photos courtesy of Byron Harward & Brady Lasueur Pocatello — Utah Valley University senior guard Alex Carr doesn’t score much. He is more of a role player who defends and rebounds. In fact, in 19 minutes of play on Saturday night at Idaho State, he hadn’t scored a bucket. But then it came and it […]
Josh Pollard spurns chance to play at Kansas for opportunity to play in hometown From Orem High to the University of Kansas and back to Orem and Utah Valley University, sophomore Josh Pollard has experienced playing basketball at the highest level but is happy to be home. Coming from a family of basketball athletes who […]
Coach Pope remains upbeat despite early-season adversity Seven games into the 2015-16 season, the Utah Valley University men’s basketball team has seen an unprecedented amount of bad luck when it comes to player health. Before the season started the Wolverines saw forward Zach Nelson out for the season with complications from knee surgery and guard […]
Wolverines snap losing streak before long road trip OREM, Utah—The Utah Valley University men’s basketball snapped a four game losing streak by ending a four-game home stand with a double overtime win over in-state rival Weber State 84-81 on Wednesday night at the UCCU Center. The Wolverines were led by guard Jaden Jackson with 23 […]
Utah State’s transfer block is just a sample of the NCAA problems Feature photo courtesy of USU Athletics In a world where athletes have limited power and the overseers take copious amounts of money that the athletes produce, the NCAA has failed to serve the student-athlete’s interests once again. The Utah State Aggies have denied […]
OREM – In college basketball, five or six minutes is all that is necessary to win a game. At least if you are the Southern Utah University Thunderbirds. SUU went on a 19-4 run over the final five and a half minutes of the game to defeat Utah Valley University 68-54 on Saturday night at […]