Men’s basketball: UVU drops overtime thriller to USU

December 10, 2016

Reading Time: 2 minutes Photo by Brigham Berthold OREM, Utah—Different squads, same result. After holding a lead or tie for the first 39 minutes of regulation Saturday, the UVU men’s basketball team fell to Utah State 80-79 in overtime. UVU moves to 0-12 all-time against the in-state Aggies. Conner Toolson and Isaac Neilson both finished with double-doubles. Toolson led […]

Men’s basketball: Five takeaways from the loss to Utah

December 7, 2016

Reading Time: 3 minutes Photo by Brigham Berthold SALT LAKE CITY—Despite a strong fight down the stretch, the UVU men’s basketball team was unable to finish another comeback against in-state rival Utah on Tuesday. Here are five takeaways from the game at the Jon M. Huntsman Center. Need those free throws UVU has not been fantastic at getting to […]

Know thy enemy

December 5, 2016

Reading Time: 2 minutes Photo by Brigham Berthold After all UVU teams spent several weeks on the road, the basketball teams will be back in the state for the week. However, not all games will be played at home. The women’s basketball team heads south to Cedar City, Utah while the men head up to Salt Lake City. Meanwhile, the wrestling […]

Brandon Randolph points UVU toward winning ways

December 5, 2016

Reading Time: 3 minutes Photo by Brigham Berthold It’s not often a college basketball player leaves the packed gyms of the powerhouse Big East for the Western Athletic Conference, but junior guard Brandon Randolph did just that when he made the decision to come to Utah Valley University. Randolph began his college career with the Xavier Musketeers, a perennial […]

Men’s basketball: Toolson powers UVU over UTSA

December 3, 2016

Reading Time: 2 minutes Photo by Brigham Berthold OREM, Utah—After a sluggish first half, Conner Toolson sparked the UVU men’s basketball team to a 75-71 win over UTSA with 14 points in the first four minutes of the second half Saturday. Toolson finished the night with a game-high 29 points. “I knew this was going to be so hard. […]

Renovated PE Gym ready to host basketball, wrestling

November 29, 2016

Reading Time: 2 minutes The new and improved P.E. Gym on the Utah Valley University campus opened to the volleyball and women’s basketball teams in November. While the renovation was taking place earlier in the volleyball season, the team was displaced to the UCCU Center. The volleyball team played its first matches in program history in the UCCU center […]

Men’s soccer: UVU’s magical season falls short

November 28, 2016

Reading Time: 2 minutes Photo by Julie Ostler In just its third year of existence, the Utah Valley University men’s soccer team crashed the national rankings and camped there for a total of 14 weeks. However, UVU’s magical season ended with a loss to UNLV in the conference tournament semifinals. “It was a fantastic year,” said head coach Greg […]

Know thy enemy

November 28, 2016

Reading Time: 2 minutes Photo by Brigham Berthold With Thanksgiving break behind them, Utah Valley University men’s basketball, women’s basketball and wrestling look to get into the heart of the nonconference schedule. The men’s and women’s basketball teams have an opportunity to collect some wins with weak schedules during the week. Meanwhile, the wrestling team will compete in a […]