Trying to find a balance

February 18, 2013

Reading Time: 2 minutes The UVU men’s basketball team has struggled to maintain a balanced level of play throughout the season as it contends for a third straight regular season Great West Conference championship.

Men’s hoops lives to play another day thanks to CIT berth

March 11, 2012

Reading Time: 3 minutes Isiah Williams looked like a man given new life. His face, subdued and semi-emotional after Friday’s Great West Conference semifinal loss to NJIT, was trying hard not to smile outright less than two days later.   Extending your college career by one game will do that.   Williams and the UVU Wolverines earned a berth […]

No. 1 ranked Wolverines fall in GWC semis to NJIT

March 9, 2012

Reading Time: 3 minutes   It’s hard to quantify how far the UVU men’s basketball team fell in their semifinal loss to NJIT, but here’s an attempt:   • They went from winning 13 games in a row to dropping two straight   • They failed to win a game in the Great West Conference Tournament as the No. […]

Isiah 26:6 – points and rebounds add up to Highlander blowout

January 29, 2012

Reading Time: 2 minutes By: Assistant Sports Editor Jonathan Boldt Real men wear pink.   Coach Dick Hunsaker took to the court in his light pink blazer and his squad took a stand for coaches vs. cancer in their slightly pink uniforms Saturday night.     When riding a six game win streak, sooner or later positive individual achievements […]

Isiah Williams’ late surge lifts Utah Valley past Chicago State

January 27, 2012

Reading Time: 3 minutes The Wolverines (12-10, 2-0) played host to cross-country conference foe Chicago State (2-18, 1-2) Thursday night and avoided a huge upset on an effort that was sparked by top scoring threat Isiah Williams. Despite trailing by three at the half, UVU pulled away late to cash in with a nine-point, 65-56 victory and notch their […]

Utah Valley men’s basketball tops N. Dakota in conference opener

January 22, 2012

Reading Time: 2 minutes Utah Valley extended its winning streak to four games in a hard-fought defensive battle between the top two teams in the Great West Conference, beating North Dakota 72-64 to open Great West Conference play and improve their record on the season to 11-10.   “We anticipated it would be a very physical, back-and-forth match,” UVU […]

Men’s Basketball Preview: Back for more

November 7, 2011

Reading Time: 3 minutes   Where are the Jazz and the rest of the NBA? Never fear, the Wolverines are here. Isiah Williams and crew are revved up and ready to provide all the excitement fans can handle to fill the void left by David Stern and the players union during the NBA lockout.   Last season the Wolverines […]

Player-coach, father-son

November 7, 2011

Reading Time: 2 minutes Last year Holton Hunsaker started his college career as the UVU men’s basketball team point guard. As a freshman he started all 30 games and garnered 95 assists. The 6-foot sophomore from Woods Cross high school will come back again this year to start as the Wolverines’ starting point guard.   Hunsaker continues to exemplify […]