UTAH VALLEY SPORTS INFORMATION 2014-15 WBB CONTACT: Lorie Garnett UTAH VALLEY 209.993.1417 WOMEN’S BASKETBALL [email protected]
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UTAH VALLEY SPORTS INFORMATION 2014-15 WBB CONTACT: Lorie Garnett UTAH VALLEY 209.993.1417 WOMEN’S BASKETBALL [email protected] www.WolverineGreen.com Wolverines’ Schedule/Results UTAH VALLEY GAME 10 AIR FORCE WOLVERINES Date: Dec. 11, 2014 FALCONS NOVEMBER Tipoff: 7 p.m. MT 3 COLORADO MESA # L 71-67 Location: Orem, Utah Venue: UCCU Center (8,000) 14 EASTERN WASHINGTON L 68-62 15 BRISTOL W 109-74 SERIES 17 MONTANA TECH W 75-65 Leader: Air Force 20 at Utah State L 79-61 Streak: W1 22 WEBER STATE W 61-40 Jan. 2, 2013 Last Game: 1-8 UVU 70, AFA 60 2014-15 Season: 26 at UC Davis L 59-49 2014-15 Season: 4-5 Mountain West Conf Record: 0-0 29 at San Francisco L 69-50 WAC Record: 0-0 Head Coach: Andrea Williams Head Coach:Cathy Nixon MULTIMEDIA Years: 5 Years: 20 Career Record: 33-143 DECEMBER Career Record: 323-260 Live Video: WatchIT UVU Youtube Channel Record at AFA: 21-108 : Same 2 SOUTHERN UTAH L 76-72 Record at UVU Live Audio: portal.stretchinternet.com/uvu STATISTICAL LEADERS 6 BOISE STATE ^ W 68-60 Talent: Kyle Bruderer STATISTICAL LEADERS Points: Jimi Blagowsky - 12.7 Color: Josh Monsen 11 AIR FORCE 7 p.m. Points: Rhaiah Spooner-Knight - 14.1 Rebounds: Madeleine Philpot - 4.3 Karlee Norris - 10.1 Live Stats: uvu.statbroadcast.com Assists: Cortney Porter - 2.78 13 at Idaho State 2 p.m. Rebounds: Assists: Mariah Seals - 2.67 Steals: Jimi Blagowsky & Cortney Porter 19 at Montana + 7:30 p.m. Steals: Taylor Gordon - 1.45 - 1.45 20 at Austin Peay or St. Louis + TBA 29 NEBRASKA-OMAHA 3 p.m. JANUARY OPENING TIP 6 at Southern Utah 7 p.m. • Utah Valley enters the contest against Air Force following a win against Boise State 68-60 10 at Seattle UNIVERSITY * 5 p.m. behind a 7-10 night beyond the arc. Rhaiah Spooner-Knight led with 19 points and eight 17 GRAND CANYON * ^ 3 p.m. boards, while teammate Rebecca MaWhinney finished with 14 points and eight rebounds. 22 TEXAS-PAN AMERICAN * 7 p.m. • In the 13-14 season, AFA went 1-28 overall and 0-12 in the Mountain West Conference. 24 NEW MEXICO STATE * 3 p.m. 29 at Chicago State * 6:05 p.m. This season, the Falcons clinched their lone win against Omaha at home 65-57. 31 at Kansas City * 1 p.m. • Utah Valley currently ranks third in the WAC behind Bakersfield (picked to finish first in preseason polls), and Texas-Pan American. FEBRUARY • Rhaiah Spooner-Knight has scored in double figures in all but one game this season, and 5 BAKERSFIELD * 7 p.m. has led the Wolverines in scoring four times. 7 SEATTLE UNIVERSITY * ^ 3 p.m. • Patrice Toston has been the leading scorer in three of Utah Valley’s last six contests. 14 at Grand Canyon * 2 p.m. Toston led all scorers in UVU’s fifth game against Weber State with 19 points. 19 at New Mexico State * 7 p.m. • Mariah Seals led the Wolverines in scoring with 19 points in game six at UC Davis, a 21 at Texas-Pan American* 2 p.m. career high for the young freshman. Seals currently leads the team in three pointers made, 26 KANSAS CITY * ^ 7 p.m. three pointers attempted, free throws made, free throws attempted and assists with 24 this 28 CHICAGO STATE * ^ 3 p.m. season. MARCH • After seeing her string of six starts come to an end with the return of Rebecca 7 at Bakersfield * 2 p.m. MaWhinney from a brief injury, Sam Loggins has slipped into Coach Nixon’s sixth-man role. Loggins has averaged 7.1 points per game this season, while MaWhinney averages 4.8 points per game, including two games where she did not see playing time. • Karlee Norris is Utah Valley’s most consistent rebounder, with a career high of 14 at WAC Tournament Utah Valley’s contest against UC Davis. Norris has rebounded in double digits three times Orleans Arena this season, and pulled down nine boards in two additional games. Norris was just one Las Vegas, Nevada rebound shy of a double-double in the win against Weber State on Nov. 22 with 12 points March 11-14 and nine rebounds. UVU PROJECTED STARTERS All times MT. Game times subject to change. Home games in CAPS, played at UCCU Center unless otherwise noted. # Exhibition * WAC Game ^ Played at PE Building + Lady Griz Classic 20 / Patrice Toston 13 / Karlee Norris 3 / Mariah Seals 21 / Rhaiah Spooner-Knight 12 / Rebecca MaWhinney 5-7 / Guard / Jr. -Tr. 6-0 / Guard / So. 5-3 / Guard / Fr. 5-10 / Guard / So. 6-1 / Forward / So. Seattle, Wash. Hyrum, Utah Richmond, Calif. Hamilton, New Zealand Midway, Utah PPG RPG MPG PPG RPG MPG PPG RPG MPG PPG RPG MPG PPG RPG MPG 10.3 3.1 27.4 8.1 10.1 27.4 10.1 3.6 31.3 14.1 4.6 31.3 4.8 4.6 23.2 Utah Valley Women’s Basketball 2 14-15 WOLVERINES ROSTER # Name Pos. Ht. Yr.-Ex. Hometown (High School/Previous) QUICK FACTS 3 Mariah Seals G 5-3 Fr.-HS Richmond, Calif. (Miramonte HS) Location . .Orem, Utah Founded . 1941 4 Megan Smith G 5-10 Sr.-TR. Alpine, Utah (Lone Peak HS/Westminster) Enrollment . 31,331 Mascot . Wolverines 5 Georgia Agnew G 5-9 So.-1V Hamilton, New Zealand (Salem Hills HS) Colors . Green and White Conference . Western Athletic Conference 11 Makaily Wyckoff F 6-0 So.-1V Queen Creek, Ariz. (Queen Creek HS) Affiliation . .NCAA Division I President . .Dr. Matthew S. Holland 12 Rebecca MaWhinney F 6-1 So.-1V Midway, Utah (Wasatch HS) Faculty Representative . .Dr. Michael Shively Director of Athletics . Vince Otoupal 13 Karlee Norris F 6-0 So.-1V Hyrum, Utah (Mountain Crest HS) Assoc. AD/SWA . Megan Kennedy . .801-863-8653 20 Patrice Toston G 5-7 Jr.-TR Seattle, Wash. (Franklin HS/Southern Idaho CC) Athletics Office Phone Athletics Office Fax . 801-863-8813 21 Rhaiah Spooner-Knight F 5-10 So.-1V Hamilton, New Zealand (Sacred Heart HS) Ticket Information . .801-863-SHOW Athletics Website . WolverineGreen.com 22 Taylor Gordon G 5-8 Fr.-HS Mount Pleasant, Utah (North Sampete HS) 35 Deijah Blanks G 5-9 Fr.-HS San Diego, Calif. (Mount Miguel HS) TEAM INFO 40 Sam Loggins C 6-5 Jr.-2V Boise, Idaho (Mountain View HS) 2014-15 Record . 4-5 Home Record . .4-2 Away Record . 0-3 42 Jazmin O’Bannon F 6-3 Fr.-HS Henderson, Nev. (Liberty HS) Neutral Record . 0-0 . .0-0 44 Brooke Wheeler C 6-3 Fr.-HS Springville, Utah (Springville HS) WAC Record 2014-15 Postseason . ..None Letterwinners Returning/Lost . .6/6 WOLVERINE GAME NOTES Starters Returning/Lost . .3/2 Newcomers . 7 QUOTABLE “We have been working on consistency and I hope that we are able to come out and build on the aggression and intensity that we had in the Boise State game and carry that over to win another game,” WBB STAFF head coach Cathy Nixon said. “We haven’t really done that all year, carry consistency over from game to Head Coach . Cathy Nixon game, and win at home back to back and then go to Idaho State and do it on the road as well.” Alma Mater . BYU, 1989 — Head coach Cathy Nixon on Air Force and Idaho State Record at UVU . 319-255 (20th Season) Career Record . Same Associate Head Coach . Jason Glover (2nd Season) SPOONER-KNIGHT, LOGGINS NAMED TO ALL-WAC PRESEASON TEAMS Alma Mater . Grand Canyon, 1985 • Utah Valley guard Rhaiah Spooner-Knight and center Sam Loggins were each predicted by the Phone . 801-863-8984 coaches and media to earn All-WAC honors in the preseason polls. Email . [email protected] • Spooner-Knight was voted by both the media and the coaches to first team All-WAC. Assistant Coach . Liz Darger (6th Season) • Loggins was voted by the coaches to second team All-WAC, respectively. Alma Mater . BYU, 2000 • Spooner-Knight was voted in 2014 to the All-Newcomer WAC team, and is the only Wolverine to Phone . 801-863-8985 achieve a WAC postseason honor. Email . [email protected] • Spooner-Knight, a true freshman from Hamilton, New Zealand last year, was the only Wolverine to Assistant Coach . .Adam Wardenburg (1st Season) Alma Mater . .Utah State 2013 average double figures last season at 11.4 ppg. She also pulled in a team-best 6.4 rpg. Phone . 801-863-8984 • Spooner-Knight was the team’s leading scorer in conference-only play, averaging 13.2 ppg and 6.6 Email . .. [email protected] rpg. In terms of scoring, she ranked second in the WAC in scoring amongst freshmen, finishing Athletic Trainer . Paul Webb behind only conference Freshman of the Year Shawnte’ Goff of Texas-Pan American and her 15.0 Phone . 801-863-5523 ppg. Email . [email protected] Utah Valley Women’s Basketball 3 PROGRAM INFO PRESEASON TIP • The Wolverines finished 7-23 in the 2013-14 season, 4-12 in the WAC, and were knocked out in the First Year . .1978 (NJCAA) first round of the WAC tournament by Bakersfield in overtime by two points. First Game . .Jan. 11, 1979 • Of its returners, Rhaiah Spooner-Knight is Utah Valley’s most proven scorer, averaging 11.4 points (Ricks College 47, Utah Valley 21) per game and starting nearly every contest in the 13-14 season.