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Associate AD/Communications & Marketing: Clint Burgi (WBB Contact) | E: [email protected] | O: 801-864-8644 | C: 801-362-1548 2020-21 SCHEDULE GAME 3 vs SIMPSON UNIVERSITY (0-0) NOVEMBER SATURDAY, JAN. 2 | 2 P.M. MT 28 at Utah Canceled OREM, UTAH (UCCU CENTER) 28 Southern Utah % W, 58-47 TV/STREAM: WAC DN LIVE STATS: GOUVU.COM DECEMBER ALL-TIME: FIRST MEETING STREAK: N/A 2 at Idaho State Canceled LAST MEETING: N/A 5 UNLV Canceled 10 William Jessup % W, 84-43 12 Montana State Canceled 15 at BYU Postponed UTAH VALLEY WOLVERINES (2-0) 18 at Southern Utah Canceled HEAD COACH: DAN NIELSON, 2ND SEASON 21 at Montana Canceled CAREER RECORD: 14-16 OVERALL, 9-6 WAC ALMA MATER: BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY, 2006 JANUARY 2 Simpson University % 2pm 8 at California Baptist* 3pm OPENING TIP 9 at California Baptist* 3pm Utah Valley University women’s basketball is back after a three-week layoff on Saturday at 2 p.m. in 15 Seattle U* % 5:30pm the UCCU Center against Simpson University. The Wolverines (2-0) have had their last four sched- % 16 Seattle U* 5:30pm uled games either postponed or canceled. 29 at Tarleton* 5pm 30 at Tarleton* 5pm Saturday is the final non-conference game on the schedule with UVU opening WAC play on Friday, Jan. 8 and Saturday, Jan. 9 at unbeaten California Baptist. Each WAC team will play twice against FEBRUARY the same opponent and in the same location on consecutive days. The WAC home opener is 5 Chicago State* % 5:30pm against Seattle U on Jan. 15-16. 6 Chicago State* % 3pm 12 at Dixie State* 7pm Through the first two games, Josie Williams is averaging 14.5 points and 8.0 rebounds per game 13 at Dixie State* 7pm while Maria Carvalho is averaging 13.0 points and Nehaa Sohail is scoring 9.5 points to go along 19 New Mexico State* + 5:30pm with 9.5 rebounds. 20 New Mexico State* + 3pm 26 at UT Rio Grande Valley* 5pm 27 at UT Rio Grande Valley* 2pm 2020-21 ROSTER # NAME POS. HT. YR. HOMETOWN (HIGH SCHOOL/PREVIOUS) MARCH 1 Rae Falatea G 5-8 R-Fr. Sandy, Utah (East HS/CSUN) 5 Grand Canyon* % 5:30pm 2 Elina Tausinga F 5-10 Fr. Salt Lake City, Utah (East HS) 6 Grand Canyon* % 3pm 3 Maria Carvalho G 5-8 Jr. Lisbon, Portugal (Escola secundaria de vagos) 4 Sydney Wright G 5-5 So. Adelaide, South Australia (Henley) 5 Shay Fano F 6-0 So. Spanish Fork, Utah (Timpview HS/Southern Utah) 2020-21 WAC Tournament (March 10, 12-13) Orleans Arena (Las Vegas, Nevada) 11 Kayla Anderson G 5-7 Jr. Meridian, Idaho (Mountain View HS/Midland) 12 Eleyana Tafisi G 5-6 Fr. West Jordan, Utah (Copper Hills HS) All Times Mountain Time 20 Leilani Otuafi G 5-9 So. Fallon, Nevada (Churchill County HS/BYU) % Game played in UCCU Center 21 Nehaa Sohail F 6-2 R-Jr. El Paso, Texas (Coronado) + Game played in Lockhart Arena 22 Megan Jensen C 6-3 So. Castle Dale, Utah (Emery) 23 Madison Grange G 5-11 Jr. Salt Lake City, Utah (Skyline) 33 Va’e Malufau F/C 5-11 R-Sr. Laie, Hawaii (Punahou) 40 Josie Williams C 6-5 Jr. West Haven, Utah (Roy) Head Coach: Dan Nielson (2nd Season, BYU ‘06) Assistant Coaches: Ashley Garfield (2nd Season, BYU ‘15); Morgan Bailey (2nd Season, BYU ‘15); Keilani Unga (2nd Season, BYU ‘13) 1 2020-21 UVU WOMEN’S BASKETBALL LAST TIME OUT Playing for the first time since Nov. 28, the Utah Valley University women’s basketball UVU WHEN... returned to the court with an 84-43 win over William Jessup University last Thursday. All 11 OVERALL 2-0 players active for the game got into the scoring column for UVU. The Wolverines used a 23-2 WAC 0-0 run that spanned the end of the second quarter and first half of the third quarter to take a LEADING AFTER FIRST QUARTER 1-0 34-point lead en route to the lopsided win. Maria Carvalho led three players in double figures TRAILING AFTER FIRST QUARTER 1-0 with 14 points while Shay Fano added 13 points, seven rebounds and four assists, and Josie TIED AFTER FIRST QUARTER 0-0 Williams scored 10. Several players notched new career highs, including Sydney Wright and Eleyana Tafisi, who each scored nine. Utah Valley recorded assists on its first 11 made field LEADING AT THE HALF 1-0 goals and finished with 22 in the game, with Kayla Anderson’s five leading the way. TRAILING AT HALF 1-0 TIED AT HALF 0-0 ABOUT SIMPSON UNIVERSITY LEADING AFTER THIRD QUARTER 1-0 Simpson University is an NAIA program from Redding, California and coached by 14th-year TRAILING AFTER THIRD QUARTER 1-0 head coach Derrick Pringle, Jr. The Redhawks will be playing their season opener on Sat- TIED AFTER THIRD QUARTER 0-0 urday after seeing the earlier game on the schedule all canceled. Simpson will also play at OVERTIME 0-0 Dixie State on Monday, opening its season against consecutive NCAA DI programs. GAMES DECIDED BY 3 POINTS OR LESS 0-0 GAMES DECIDED BY 4-9 POINTS 0-0 GAMES DECIDED BY 10-19 1-0 GAMES DECIDED BY 20-29 POINTS 0-0 GAMES DECIDED BY 30 POINTS OR MORE 1-0 HAS MORE REBOUNDS 1-0 HAS LESS REBOUNDS 1-0 REBOUNDS ARE EQUAL 0-0 HIGHER SHOOTING PERCENTAGE 2-0 LOWER SHOOTING PERCENTAGE 0-0 FEWER TURNOVERS 2-0 MORE TURNOVERS 0-0 TURNOVERS ARE EQUAL 0-0 SCORES 59 POINTS OR LESS 1-0 SCORES 60-69 POINTS 0-0 WOLVERINES SIGN TWO LOCAL PRODUCTS SCORES 70-79 POINTS 0-0 Dan Nielson announced the signing of two local Utah high school products at the outset of SCORES 80-89 POINTS 1-0 the November signing period. Mae Afoa (Jordan High School) and Ally Blackham (Skyridge SCORES 90-99 POINTS 0-0 High School) will both join the Wolverines next fall. SCORES 100 POINTS OR MORE 0-0 OPPONENT SCORES 59 POINTS OR LESS 2-0 UVU PICKED FIRST, SECOND IN PRESEASON POLLS OPPONENT SCORES 60-69 POINTS 0-0 Utah Valley University juniors Maria Carvalho and Josie Williams were both named to the OPPONENT SCORES 70-79 POINTS 0-0 preseason All-WAC first team while the Wolverines were picked to finish first in a close vote of the league’s nine head coaches. The media picked the UVU second, behind California OPPONENT SCORES 80-89 POINTS 0-0 Baptist, with Carvalho on the first team and Williams a second-team selection. OPPONENT SCORES 90-99 POINTS 0-0 OPPONENT SCORES 100+ POINTS 0-0 COVID-19 PROTOCOLS Utah Valley University is currently only permitting the immediate family members of each NOVEMBER 1-0 player and coach to attend the games in person. All home games can be seen live on the DECEMBER 1-0 WAC Digital Network at no cost, with live stats available via StatBroadcast at UVUStats. JANUARY 0-0 com. All coach and player interviews will be conducted either by phone or via Zoom and as FEBRUARY 0-0 requested. MARCH 0-0 2 2020-21 UVU WOMEN’S BASKETBALL NEW LOOK FOR WAC BLOODLINES The Western Athletic Conference had two outgoing members following • Nehaa Sohail’s brother, Ayaan, is a sophomore basketball player at last season but added DI newcomers Dixie State (St. George, Utah) and Lamar University. Tarleton (Stephenville, Texas). DSU’s move to DI gives the WAC two Utah • Freshman guard Sydney Wright’s father played collegiately at Drake schools and a total of seven NCAA Division I programs. The Trailblazers and Texas and was drafted by the Phoenix Suns in the 1991 NBA are also old junior college rivals with Utah Valley from the Scenic West Draft’s second round. Athletic Conference when the two competed at the NJCAA level. The two • Freshman center Megan Jensen has a sister (Brooke) who played outgoing programs were CSU Bakersfield (Big West) and Kansas City volleyball at Oakland University and is also the cousin of former UVU (Summit League). student-athletes Kalani Norris (volleyball) and Trac Norris (T&F/CC). • Josie Williams’ dad played college football at Garden City Com- POLYNESIAN INFLUENCE munity College and Ricks College, and her mom ran track & cross Utah Valley has six players and one coach who are of Polynesian descent country at Weber State. on the 2020-21 roster. Assistant coach Keilani Unga is Tongan, as are • Leilani Otuafi’s father played football at Dixie St. and at Northern St. Leilani Otuafi, Eleyana Tafisi and Elina Tausinga, while Rae Falatea, Shay in Aberdeen, S.D. Fano and Va’e Malufau are Samoan. • Head coach Dan Nielson’s brother (Tyler) is an assistant men’s bas- ketball coach at Loyola University New Orleans, an NAIA program. STATE CHAMPS • Assistant coach Ashley Garfield is the sister of former UVU volley- Five members of the 2020-21 roster combined to win 10 state champi- ball player Chelsey Heaps and brother-in-law of All-American UVU onship during their high school careers. Rae Falatea and Elina Tausinga baseball player Austin Heaps. were teammates at East High School, where they won back-to-back • Assistant coach Morgan Bailey is the niece of former NBA player state titles in 2018 and 2019. Madison Grange was named the 4A MVP Thurl Bailey. after leading Skyline High School to a 2017 Utah state title. Megan • Assistant coach Keilani Unga is married to former NFL player Har- Jensen led Emery High School to back-to-back 3A titles in 2018 and vey Unga, who played collegiately and is the current running backs 2019, earning 3A MVP each time.