The UVU women’s basketball team celebrated seniors Sam Loggins and Patrice Toston Saturday in their final home game of the season, a 79-48 win over the Seattle U Redhawks. The win assures UVU at least a share of second place in the Western Athletic Conference standings going into the final game of the season. “You want […]
When the preseason polls came out for the Western Athletic Conference, the UVU men and women’s basketball teams were picked to finish sixth. However, on Saturday both teams will be playing for something not many expected. The women’s team hosts Seattle University and with a win will stay in the hunt for the 2-seed in […]
In his third season, associate head coach says team is only getting better As the associate head coach for UVU’s women’s basketball team, Jason Glover is involved in just about everything basketball related, including practice planning, scouting, game planning and managing player development. It is Glover’s third season here at UVU, but prior to his […]
Slow basketball is not good basketball The NBA has had a problem with intentionally fouling poor free-throw shooters since Shaquille O’Neal shot 52.7 percent from the free-throw line over his career. This strategy became known as the “Hack-A-Shaq,” which eventually garnered the Hack-A-Shaq rules that were intended to prevent teams from intentionally fouling players away […]
The Utah Valley University women’s basketball team moved into a tie for second place in the Western Athletic Conference standings Saturday, sweeping their midwest road trip with their third straight win, this one 58-44 over the University of Missouri – Kansas City. It was a wire to wire victory for the Wolverines. Their stifling defense […]
UVU sophomore Deijah Blanks scored 29 points to help the UVU women shake off a slow start Thursday to beat Chicago State 69-62. The big win puts UVU at 13-13 on the season and 6-5 in conference play. The Wolverines are now in place for the third seed in the Western Athletic Conference tournament. UVU […]
The Utah Valley University women used some stifling defense to get to 5-5 in conference play on the season with a 72-53 win over California State University Bakersfield on Saturday afternoon in the PE Building. The Wolverines shot a scorching 73 percent from the field in the first quarter on 8-of-11 shooting but struggled controlling […]
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 […]
Bakersfield – The fourth quarter woes of the Utah Valley University women’s basketball team returned Saturday as the Wolverines lost the second half of their two-game road swing, 61-54 to California State University Bakersfield, snapping a three-game win streak. Through the first three quarters the game was tight, neither team being able to take a commanding […]
Seattle – For the third time in as many games, Utah Valley University forward Rebecca MaWhinney scored in double digits and the UVU women’s basketball team stretched their winning streak to three games Thursday with a 61-44 win over Western Athletic Conference foe Seattle University. The Wolverine defense was suffocating as Seattle shot just under […]