After defeating UT Arlington in the quarterfinal Tuesday, the No. 4 seeded Wolveirnes upset the WAC regular season champions in UTRGV to get a shot at an NCAA Tournament appearance.
Going into this game, UVU had won a whopping 15 straight games over UTRGV. The last time the Vaqueros were able to knock off the Wolverines was a two-point win in January of 2013 in Edinburg.
Following a home loss to New Mexico State Thursday, Jan. 16, the Utah Valley men’s basketball team played host to the UT Rio Grande Valley Vaqueros on Saturday, Jan. 18. The Wolverines entered play hoping to end their three-game losing streak and pick up a win against the 6-11 Vaqueros.
Utah Valley University had no problem at all advancing past the quarterfinals in the opening round of the WAC tournament on Thursday, Nov. 21, defeating the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley 3-0 to clinch a spot in Friday’s semifinal matchup.
The loss caused UVU to split the season series with UTRGV, and was also UVU’s fourth loss in the last six games. The Wolverines lost in the fifth set once again, which was their third loss of the season in the final set.
“We felt good in possession today, I thought that our movement off the ball allowed us to keep it. Players did well to get touches into space and try to break lines and lanes,” said UVU head coach Chris Lemay. “When we did that, opportunities to go forward opened up.”
Utah Valley University’s senior forward Blake Frischknecht scored the game-winner in a big road win, 2-1 against No. 24 University of Texas Rio Grande Valley on Friday night, Oct. 4. The Wolverines scored first and early in the 15th minute, through redshirt senior defender Aaron Caprio, when got his head on a free kick from […]
We did it. We made it. What is it, you may be wondering? No, not the start of school but the slowest time of the sports calendar year is over with. Goodbye, dog days of mid-July and mid-August, where debates of professional athletes at AAU basketball games are the center of attention. Hello, fall sports […]
OREM – The UVU women’s basketball team started the second half of conference play with a 71-57 win over second-place UTRGV on Thursday afternoon. The Wolverines improved to 11-12 overall and 4-4 in the WAC. “I thought it was a great collective effort,” UVU head coach Cathy Nixon said. “Five kids in double figures. Defensively […]
EDINBURG, Texas—The Utah Valley University men’s basketball completed the season-sweep of the UT-Rio Grande Valley Vaqueros with an 88-77 win Thursday night in the UTRGV Fieldhouse. Marcel Davis led all scorers on the night with 21 points. Jaden Jackson complimented Davis with 15 points and Dayon Goodman added a career-high 14 points in 21 minutes. […]