Reading Time: 2 minutes Kyle Bruderer, Sports Writer The Utah Valley University women’s basketball team came away victorious on Monday night at the UCCU center against the visiting Diggers of Montana Tech with a final score of 75-65 thanks to a sound performance by Sophomore guard Rhaiah Spooner-Knight. “It’s awesome! I like starting the season off well,” said Spooner-Knight […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes Kyle Bruderer, Sports Writer The Utah Valley University women’s basketball team earned their first win of the regular season on Saturday by soundly defeating the Bristol University Bears 109-74. “It was a team effort and we had some players come off the bench and make the contribution that we need them to. I talked to […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes Kyle Bruderer, Sports Writer The Wolverines of Utah Valley University were handed their first loss of the season in their home opener against the Eastern Washington Eagles, UVU lost a close one 68-62. “It’s never satisfying to lose a game but in terms of our process of getting better I feel like we’re a much […]
Reading Time: < 1 minute Kyle Bruderer, Sports Writer, @brudkyle On Monday night the Utah Valley University women’s basketball team fell to Colorado Mesa 61-67 at the UCCU center in their only preseason game this year. “We just have to get a sense of urgency to us on the defensive end and on the boards. We have to take care […]
Reading Time: < 1 minute Gabi Campbell, Photo Editor, @angelikagabriella Basketball showed off their skills and how they are ready to take the season by storm on Thursday night. Fans gathered to meet Utah Valley’s 2014-15 men’s and women’s squads at the annual Meet the Team Night.
Reading Time: 3 minutes Senior Sammie Jensen reaches her career-high of 31 points and 14 rebounds as Utah Valley defeated Utah State 78-62 last Monday.
Reading Time: 2 minutes Head coach Cathy Nixon was desperate. The team was in a tailspin, and she needed to find a source of offense before the season got out of hand. Jenna Johnson was one of only two seniors on the team, and the only one to play in Nixon’s rotation. She should have been the steadying […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes Two qualities defined the UVU women’s basketball team all season: inconsistency and doing the unexpected. Unfortunately for them, they didn’t show up when the Wolverines needed them most. The second-seeded Wolverines fell 69-56 to No. 1 North Dakota in the Great West Conference Tournament championship, Saturday night, following a win (Friday’s semifinal victory) with […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes For the first time all season, the UVU women’s basketball team was inconsistent in a good way. The reserves jumpstarted the Wolverines in the first half before giving way to the starters in the second, combining to give UVU a 63-52 win over NJIT in the Great West Tournament semifinals. Newly minted conference […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes Come Friday’s semifinal game against NJIT, the Utah Valley women’s basketball team try to do what they’ve managed just once in conference play. Beat a team for the second time. That team was Houston Baptist, an injury-riddled tragedy that ended at the hands of NJIT on Thursday. The Huskies ended the season 1-27 […]