2015-16 Utah Women's Basketball
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2015-16 Utah Women’s Basketball Game Notes • at No. 9 Stanford and No. 21 California Utah Travels to Bay Area to Continue Pac-12 Play Utah (10-3, 2-0 Pac-12) at No. 9 Stanford (11-3, 1-1 Pac-12) Date: Friday, Jan. 8, 2016 The University of Utah women’s basketball team continues Pac-12 Tipoff: 7:00 p.m. PT Conference play in the Bay Area this weekend, beginning Friday, Jan. 8 Location:Stanford, Calif. at No. 9 Stanford at 7 p.m. PT followed by No. 21 California on Sunday, Arena: Maples Pavilion (7,233) Jan. 10 at 2 p.m. PT. Watch: pac-12.com/live/stanford-university Radio: 105.1 FM Utah has won five consecutive games and has already surpassed its Live Stats: GoStanford.com win total from last season with a 10-3 overall mark this season. The Series: Stanford leads, 18-0 Utes are 2-0 in the league after sweeping Washington State (73-71) and Washington (88-83) in Salt Lake City last weekend. Stanford Projected Starters ppg rbg apg spg 1 Lili Thompson 15.5 4.1 4.6 1.4 No. 9 Stanford stands 11-3 with a 1-1 mark against Pac-12 foes. The 10 Briana Roberson 8.1 2.8 2.7 0.7 Cardinal had its five-game win streak snapped in a 49-31 loss at Arizona 24 Erica McCall 13.1 9.3 0.5 2.1* State on Jan. 4. The Cardinal defeated Arizona on Jan. 2, 59-34. 32 Kailee Johnson 2.4 4.0 1.1 0.7 44 Karlie Samuelson 8.7 3.4 1.6 1.1 No. 21 California is 9-4 overall with an 0-2 mark early in conference * blocks per game competition after road losses at Arizona State (57-49) and Arizona (57- 52). The Golden Bears are 6-1 at home in Haas Pavilion in 2015-16. Cal hosts Colorado on Jan. 8 at 7 p.m. PT. Utah at No. 21 California Game Coverage Date: Sunday, Jan. 10, 2016 Friday’s game at No. 9 Stanford will be streamed live at pac12.com/live/ Tipoff: 2:00 p.m. PT stanford-university, while Sunday’s matchup at No. 21 California will be Location:Berkeley, Calif. Arena: Haas Pavilion (11,877) available live at pac-12.com/live/university-california. Watch: pac-12.com/live/university-california Rick Bouillon will have the radio play-by-play call of the game on 105.1 Radio: 105.1 FM FM. Coverage will start at 5:45 p.m. MT. Live Stats: CalBears.com Series: California leads, 11-4 Live stats for Friday’s contest at Stanford will be available at GoStanford. Cal Projected Starters ppg rbg apg spg com with stats for Sunday’s game found at CalBears.com. 1 Asha Thomas 10.8 3.5 1.1 0.9 3 Mikayla Cowling 13.2 5.2 4.0 1.4 Utes on Board 24 Courtney Range 14.8 6.5 1.5 0.9 31 Kristine Anigwe 21.9 9.5 0.5 1.2 Utah has out-rebounded its opponents in all 13 games. The Utes are 33 Gabby Green 5.6 5.0 5.4 2.8 third in the Pac-12 (15th in the NCAA) with 44.4 rebounds per game and * blocks per game Utah has a plus-11.5 margin, which ranks second in the Pac-12. Magic Numbers Utah is 9-0 this season when scoring 60 or more points. Conversely, the Utes are 0-3 when not reaching the 60-point plateau. Defensively, Utah is 8-0 when holding its opponents to 70 points or less. The Utes have held their opponents to under 40 percent shooting in eight of their nine victories. Utah Roster and Projected Starters No. Name Ht. Pos. Yr. Exp. Hometown Notes 3 Malia Nawahine 5-10 W So. 1L Springville, Utah 17 points vs. Washington (1/4/16), her 4th with 10 or more in 15-16 12 Emily Potter 6-6 F So. 1L Winnipeg, Manitoba 2nd in Pac-12 in rebounding (12.3 rpg), ninth in scoring (17.4 ppg) 14 Paige Crozon 6-1 W So. 2L Humboldt, Saskatchewan 6 double-doubles in last 8, 9th in Pac-12 in rebounding (8.5 rpg) 22 Danielle Rodriguez 5-10 G Sr. 3L Downey, Calif. 5th in asst-to-TO ratio (1.9, 64-34) and 8th in Pac-12 in assists (4.9 apg) 32 Tanaeya Boclair 6-0 W So. 1L San Antonio, Texas Second on team in assists (2.5 apg) 00 Jordanna Porter 5-11 F Fr. HS Kileen, Texas Has appeared in two games 1 Gabrielle Bowie 5-9 G So. 1L San Antoni, Texas Four points against UC Davis (12/29/15) 10 Nakia Arquette 6-1 F Jr. 2L Spokane, Wash. Made a free throw in exhibition game against Fort Lewis (11/6/15) 11 Erika Bean 5-8 G Fr. HS Sacramento, Calif. Season-high 11 pts. and three rebs. vs. Boston College (11/27/15) 13 Devri Owens 5-8 W So. 1L Plano, Texas Has scored in three of the last five outings 20 Katie Kuklok 5-10 W Sr. TR Poway, Calif. Four straight double-figure-scoring games, five total this season 21 Wendy Anae 6-3 F Jr. 2L San Diego, Calif. Scored 3 pts. and had 2 rebs. w/ 2 assists vs. Idaho St. (12/10/14) 23 Daneesha Provo* 6-0 W So. TR Dartmouth, Nova Scotia Played w/ Team Canada at U19 FIBA Worlds in Russia last summer 33 Joeseta Fatuesi 6-4 F So. 1L Santa Clara, Calif. Seven points and five boards against UC Davis (12/29/15) * not eligible until 2016-17 season due to NCAA transfer rules Utah Women’s Basketball • at No. 9 Stanford and No. 21 California 2015-16 Utah Women’s Basketball Washington Recap 3-point territory during that stretch. Crozon Utah Quick Facts has scored 10 or more points in six straight General Information Utah earned an 88-83 Pac-12 Conference games, eight times this season and 18 times Location . Salt Lake City victory over Washington on Family Night Jan. 4 during her Ute career. Founded . .1850 at the Huntsman Center. Enrollment . 31,515 Crozon poured in a career-high 24 points on Nickname . Utes Four Utes recorded 10 or more points and Jan. 4 against Washington, which included a Mascot . .Swoop (Red-Tailed Hawk) Utah held a 45-34 edge in team rebounds. 9-for-10 evening from the foul line, for her Colors . .Crimson and White Utah has out-rebounded its foes in all 13 second career 20-plus point game. Conference . Pac-12 games this season. The Utes were 26-of-31 Arena . Jon M. Huntsman Center (83.9%) from the foul line, while the Huskies Crozon scored a team-high 15 points on Capacity . .15,000/8,590 (with draping system) were 19-22 (86.4%). Jan. 2 against Washington State, including a President . David W. Pershing, Ph.D. 3-for-5 night from long range, to go with five Director of Athletics . .Chris Hill, Ph.D. Junior wing Paige Crozon knocked down a pair rebounds. of foul shots to push Utah’s lead to 81-77 with Basketball Staff 1:14 remaining. UW cut the deficit in half with Crozon is second on the team in scoring, Head Coach . Lynne Roberts a pair of free throws (81-79) but senior wing rebounding and steals this season. 1st year (Seattle Pacific, ’97) Katie Kuklokresponded with a pair of her Career Record . .231-178 (.565) own to make the game 85-81 with 15 second Crozon is third (30th in NCAA) in the Pac-12 Utah Record . 10-3 (1st Year) remaining. in free throw percentage (.886, 39-44). She is fifth in the Pac-12 with 6.2 defensive rebounds Assistant Coach . Gavin Petersen Utah and UW once again traded free throws per game and ninth in the league (97th in 1st year (Hawaii, ’93) to put the game at 87-83 with 9.8 seconds left NCAA) with 8.5 rebounds per game. She is Assistant Coach . .Danyelle Snelgro in regulation before Kuklok tacked on another 10th in offensive rebounds per game (2.3) and 1st year (Utah State, ‘09) free throw to set the final margin at 88-83 in ranks 17th in the Pac-12 in scoring (13.1 ppg). Assistant Coach . .Wesley Brooks favor or Utah. 1st year (West Virginia, ‘06) Crozon is 14th in the Pac-12 in 3-point Washington State Recap shooting (38.9, 21-54). She is eighth in the Pac- Dir. of Admin./Operations . .Willette White 12 with 32.8 minutes per game and is second 5th year (Idaho, ‘82) Five Utes recorded double-digits in points on the team with 0.9 steals per game. Video Coordinator . .Rachel Messer and Utah won its Pac-12 opener 73-71 over Dir. of Alumni/Outreach . .Kendall Rodriguez Washington State on Jan. 2 in the Jon M. Crozon, a Humboldt, Saskatchewan native, has Huntsman Center. been in double-digits in rebounds six times in General Information 2015-16. 2014-15 Overall Record . 9-21 It was Utah’s first win in a Pac-12 opener since 2014-15 Pac-12 Record . 3-15 joining the league in 2011-12. Crozon scored a team-high 18 points to go 2014-15 Pac-12 Finish . 12th with 11 rebounds while also distributing three 2014-15 Pac-12 Tournament .