Reading Time: 4 minutes Tim Castaneda, Sports Writer, @xTIMBOxSLICEx It’s been a rough up-and-down ride for the Utah Valley men’s basketball team this 2014-2015 season. For a team one year removed from losing key players to graduation, a Western Athletic Conference regular-season title and UVU’s first-ever appearance in the NIT men’s basketball tournament, a No. 4 WAC finish would […]
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Reading Time: 2 minutes Tim Castaneda, Sports Writer, Twitter:@xTIMBOxSLICEx UVU men’s basketball dropped its seventh-straight game Thursday night by a score of 51-38 in another Western Athletic Conference match against first-place New Mexico State behind a double-double performance by the Aggies’ freshman forward Pascal Siakam. Siakam scored 14 points on 4-for-6 shooting while adding 10 rebounds and 1 block […]
Reading Time: 3 minutes Coach Hunsaker’s a coach on and off the court Kyle McDonald | Sports Writer | @kylesportsbias Utah Valley University men’s basketball Head Coach Dick Hunsaker is part of a rare group of coaches who are loyal to their school and believe that continuity is important with regards to recruiting, style of play, and building trust […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes Students at UVU share insights on rooting for their school. Tim Castaneda | Sports Writer | @xTIMBOxSLICEx With many major universities involved in NCAA Division I athletics having strong fan bases such as BYU, Utah, and Utah State, the competition for fans remains an on-going battle for UVU. In spite of the school’s recent success […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes Tim Castaneda, Sports Writer, @xTIMBOxSLICEx UVU men’s basketball ran away in the second half with a 77-55 blow-out victory over Saint Katherine University on Monday behind a game-high 17 points from forward Zach Nelson to end its three-game losing streak. Nelson, who finished the game shooting 7-for-11 from the field while adding five rebounds and […]
Reading Time: 3 minutes Ronnie Price’s Basketball Road Kyle Bruderer | Sports Writer | @ brudkyle It’s not every day that you see a professional athlete’s profile with Utah Valley University as the college that they played for, but the starting point guard of the Los Angeles Lakers wears that Wolverine green label with pride. As a senior in […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes Tim Castaneda, Sports Writer, Twitter: @xTIMBOxSLICEx UVU men’s basketball suffered a tough 66-59 loss at the hands of the University of Missouri-Kansas City Saturday despite a late Wolverine comeback push heading into the final minutes of the game. The Wolverines trailed by as many as 13 points with two minutes and 20 seconds remaining in […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes Mitch Bruneel and the Wolverines start title defense as WAC regular season champion. Tim Castaneda | Sports Writer | @xTIMBOxSLICEx UVU men’s basketball senior forward Mitch Bruneel earned his first-ever player of the week honor in the Western Athletic Conference for the week of games covering Jan. 5-11 with an outstanding performance against Seattle University. […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes Tim Castaneda, Sports Writer, xTIMBOxSLICEx UVU men’s basketball cruised to a 78-62 victory over Chicago State University on Thursday due in part to forward Zach Nelson’s second double-double performance of the season with 16 points and 10 rebounds. After a slow start in the first half, Nelson added 11 points in the second half to […]