Reading Time: 2 minutes Photo by Brigham Berthold The way the game of basketball is played is changing. The age of sports analytics has given rise to a new age on the hardwood. With each passing year, more emphasis is being placed on building offenses designed around getting efficient shots. The most efficient shots in the game are layups […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes The 2016-17 season for the UVU men’s basketball team has been a whirlwind of ups and downs. There’s been a wide variety of big wins and close losses, exciting finishes and disappointing ones. They overcame a 27-point deficit to beat the University of Denver early in the season. UVU followed that up with one of […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes Photo by Sarah Sanchez SEATTLE—UVU was unable to overcome its shooting woes Saturday night on the road and dropped the game 63-50 against Seattle University. The Wolverines did not score their first bucket of the night until 14 minutes remained in the first half, a sign of what kind of night it would be shooting […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes Photo by Mykah Heaton OREM—The UVU men’s basketball team lost a nail biter to New Mexico State University 74-69 Saturday night in the UCCU Events Center. The Wolverines led for nearly three quarters of the game but went cold in the crunch time minutes. NMSU’s Eli Chuha had an outstanding game, scoring 19 points on […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes Photo by Mykah Heaton OREM—Five players finished in double figures and UVU beat the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley 92-81 Thursday night in the UCCU Events Center. The Wolverines shot 48 times from the charity stripe and made 36 of those attempts to break the record for most free-throw tries by a UVU team […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes For the UVU men’s basketball team this season, more often than not, one of the first substitutions brings redshirt senior Jordan Poydras into the game. A transfer from Divison II St. Cloud State in Minnesota, Poydras is the leading scorer on the Wolverine bench. He averages 9.5 points per game. Like some other players on […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes Photo by Brigham Berthold At the outset of the men’s college basketball season, word circulated that UVU head coach Mark Pope had gathered a roster with a lot of new faces. In the starting lineup four players would be transfers, new to the UVU hardwood. Three of them transferred from within the state. Despite the […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes Still early in the 2016-17 college basketball season, the question of who is the best team in the state of Utah is challenging to answer. However, midway through the month of January there have been a few eye-opening games and players making a case for each team. Let’s start here at UVU. The Wolverines earned […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes OREM—The UVU men’s basketball team beat the University of Missouri-Kansas City 86-76 Saturday night in the UCCU Events Center. The Wolverines snapped a two-game losing streak and earned their first victory in conference play. Freshman Jared Stutzman was a spark off the bench for the Wolverines (9-9) shooting 3-of-3 from the field, all 3-pointers. His […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes Photo by Brigham Berthold UVU (8-9) fell to 0-2 in Western Athletic Conference play Thursday with a loss to Chicago State University (5-14) in a game that featured a 22-2 Cougar run in the second half. The Wolverines were outworked and outperformed as they shot 38 percent from the floor, just 15 percent from 3-point […]