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 KANSAS CITY WOLVERINES KANGAROOS NOVEMBER GAME 21 3 COLORADO MESA # L 71-67 WAC GAME 6 14 EASTERN WASHINGTON L 68-62 15 BRISTOL W 109-74 Date: Jan. 31, 2015 Tipoff: 1:05 p.m. MT 17 MONTANA TECH W 75-65 Location: Kansas City, Mo. 20 at Utah State L 79-61 Venue: Swinney Recreation Center 22 WEBER STATE W 61-40 2014-15 Season: 3-17 26 at UC Davis L 59-49 2014-15 Season: 7-13 WAC Record: 1-4 29 at San Francisco L 69-50 WAC Record: 1-4 SERIES Angela Jackson . Head Coach: Head Coach:Cathy Nixon Years: 13 Split 1-1 Years: 20 Leader: Career Record: 131-238 DECEMBER Career Record: 327-268 Streak: Utah Valley W1 Record at NMSU: 125-218 (12 years) 2 SOUTHERN UTAH L 76-72 Record at UVU: Same Last Game: Utah Valley 49, Kansas City 43 in Orem, Utah on Feb. 22, 2014. 6 BOISE STATE ^ W 68-60 STATISTICAL LEADERS STATISTICAL LEADERS 11 AIR FORCE W 58-44 Points: Rhaiah Spooner-Knight - 12.8 Points: Calli White 12.2 Karlee Norris - 7.7 13 at Idaho State L 68-67 Rebounds: Rebounds: Kiana Law 7.1 Assists: Mariah Seals - 3.1 Assists: Calli White 2.9 19 at Montana + L 68-44 Steals: Mariah Seals - 1.2 Steals: Calli White 1.1 20 at Austin Peay or St. Louis + L 68-66 29 NEBRASKA-OMAHA W 59-57 JANUARY OPENING TIP 6 at Southern Utah L 66-61 • Utah Valley seeks their first road win and continues WAC road play against UMKC on Jan. 31. 10 at Seattle UNIVERSITY * L 73-58 • The Kangaroos are currently ranked No. 8 in the WAC, while Utah Valley sits at No. 6, since their 17 GRAND CANYON * ^ W 52-50 60-55 dropped decision against Chicago State. 22 TEXAS-PAN AMERICAN * L 59-52 • A win would give UVU their second WAC win, their first road win, their first WAC road win, the edge 24 NEW MEXICO STATE * L 68-58 over UMKC in the series, and bust a three game losing streak for the Wolverines. 29 at Chicago State * L 60-55 31 at Kansas City * 1 p.m. •Utah Valley leads the WAC in field goal defense with .381, and defensive rebounds with 27.16 per game. FEBRUARY • Karlee Norris is second in the WAC in rebounding, averaging 7.7 per game, behind only Batabe 5 BAKERSFIELD * 7 p.m. Zempare from Bakersfield with 10.1. 7 SEATTLE UNIVERSITY * ^ 3 p.m. • Sam Loggins tied her season high with 16 points scored in the contest against Chicago State on 14 at Grand Canyon * 2 p.m. Jan. 29, 2015. 19 at New Mexico State * 7 p.m. •Norris tied her career high in rebounds with 14 in the contest against UTPA last week. 21 at Texas-Pan American* 2 p.m. •Sam Loggins led the Wolverines in scoring for the first time this season in the contest against Seattle 26 KANSAS CITY * ^ 7 p.m. U on Jan. 10 with 13 points, and leads the team thus far in conference scoring with 9.8 ppg. She saw 28 CHICAGO STATE * ^ 3 p.m. her second team high in the contest against Chicago State on Jan. 29 with 16 points. • The Wolverines have yet to win a game on the road, being 0-8 overall, 0-2 WAC. MARCH 7 at Bakersfield * 2 p.m. • Rhaiah Spooner-Knight has scored in double figures in all but three games this season, and has led the Wolverines in scoring six times. • Seals is the lone Wolverine to start all 20 games so far this season, and is Utah Valley’s second most proven scorer with 11.2 points per game. WAC Tournament • Georgia Agnew set a season high with three steals and rebounds with four in the contest against Orleans Arena Chicago State on Jan. 29, 2015. Las Vegas, Nevada • Mariah Seals set career highs in 3FG and 3FGA with four and 11, respectively, against Chicago March 11-14 State on Jan. 29, 2015. •Rebecca MaWhinney tied her career high with nine 3FGA against CSU on Jan. 29, 2015. 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 40 / Sam Loggins 35 / Deijah Blanks 3 / Mariah Seals 21 / Rhaiah Spooner-Knight 5 / Georgia Agnew 6-5 / Center / Jr. 5-9 / Guard / Fr. 5-3 / Guard / Fr. 5-10 / Guard / So. 5-9 / Guard/ So. Boise, Idaho San Diego, Calif. Richmond, Calif. Hamilton, New Zealand Hamilton, New Zealand PPG RPG MPG PPG RPG MPG PPG RPG MPG PPG RPG MPG PPG RPG MPG 6.7 4.7 18.2 2.8 2.7 12.7 11.2 3.9 32.5 12.8 4.8 32.6 4.9 2.1 24.9 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 . 7-12 Home Record . .6-4 Away Record . 0-7 42 Jazmin O’Bannon F 6-3 Fr.-HS Henderson, Nev. (Liberty HS) Neutral Record . 0-1 . .1-3 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 “This is an important road trip for us, we need to gain some momentum and get some wins on the road to be competitive in the WAC,” head coach Cathy Nixon said. “I think we’ve learned that we need to play 40 WBB STAFF minutes of basketball, and that we need to be consistent to bring home a win.” Head Coach . Cathy Nixon — Head coach Cathy Nixon on CSU Alma Mater . BYU, 1989 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. Inagural DI season . .2003 All-time NCAA Record (Years) . 128-180 (11) • Junior Sam Loggins is Utah Valley’s only returning upper classmen and key defensive player, playing NCAA Postseason Appearances .