In the past 5 seasons, 19 players have left the program Photo by Mykah Heaton At the end of her freshman season with the Utah Valley women’s basketball team in the spring of 2015, Brooke Wheeler had a meeting with head coach Cathy Nixon who informed her she would not be offered a scholarship for […]
Photo courtesy of UVU Athletics The UVU women’s basketball team fell just one point short of the WAC title game Friday in a 61-60 loss to Seattle University. The loss came two days after the No. 6 seeded Wolverines upset No. 3 seeded Cal State Bakersfield in the quarterfinal. Britta Hall hit two of three […]
Photo courtesy of UVU Athletics LAS VEGAS, Nevada– The No. 6 seeded UVU women’s basketball team upset the No. 3 seeded Cal State University Bakersfield for their second all-time win in the WAC Tournament and their first ever upset win in the postseason. UVU played an incredible game, forcing overtime and ultimately winning, 59-53. After […]
Photo by Julie Ostler The UVU women’s basketball team heads to Las Vegas for the WAC Tournament looking to finish what has been a difficult regular season on a high note. The Wolverines finished in the bottom half of the standings, which means the team must win three straight games in the conference tournament to […]
Photo by Nathan Gross The UVU women’s basketball team has experienced a down year. Barring a sudden turnaround or modern-day miracle, the Wolverines will finish the season in this week’s WAC tournament. This team has been frustrating to watch for several reasons this season as they have sputtered their way to an 8-20 record and […]
Photo by Julie Ostler OREM – Idil Turk and Shawnte’ Goff were unstoppable, scoring a combined 34 points as the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley beat UVU 64-45 Saturday afternoon in Lockhart Arena. Hild Kjartansdottir, the Vaqueros center, chipped in 10 points of her own to go along with 13 rebounds for a double-double […]
Photo by Mykah Heaton Behind a strong first quarter start and finishing with a 15-point advantage from behind the arc, New Mexico State defeated UVU Thursday in Lockhart Arena by the score of 66-53. The Aggies were well-balanced offensively, with Zaire Williams leading all scorers with 17 points, including five 3-pointers. Taylor Gordon led the […]
OREM, Utah — The last time that the UVU and UMKC women’s basketball teams met, India Johnson hit a 3-pointer at the buzzer to give the ‘Roos a 66-63 win over the Wolverines. Fast forward about three weeks. Freshman center Sam Lubcke recorded a double double, Taylor Gordon led all scorers with 15 points and […]
Murray Bridge, Australia is situated 47 miles southeast of South Australia’s capital city of Adelaide. An agricultural community of just under 20,000 people that helped shape the hard-working approach Sam Lubcke takes to the hardwood for the UVU women’s basketball team. A 6-1 center for the Wolverines, Lubcke began her basketball career at the age […]
OREM— In a low-scoring game at the UCCU center, the UVU women’s basketball team lost their Western Athletic Conference opener to Grand Canyon University by the score of 62-46. Jessica Gajewski led the Lopes with 22 points while Marina Laramie added 12 points and nine rebounds. Taylor Gordon had 21 for the Wolverines. Despite jumping […]