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The University of Utah Athletics
Utah Women Host Montana-Western Thursday Nigh
10/31/2005 12:00 AM | Women's Basketball
Oct. 31, 2005
SALT LAKE CITY - The University of Utah women's basketball team hosts Montana-Western in a 7 p.m. exhibition contest Thursday night at the Huntsman Center.
The Utes return all but one player off the 2004-05 squad, which finished 26-8 and advanced to the second round of the NCAA Tournament. Last year's Utah squad also won a share of the regular-season Mountain West Conference Championship.
Seniors Kim Smith and Shona Thorburn, who shared Mountain West Conference Player of the Year honors last season, return to lead the Utes. Smith averaged 17.8 points and 8.9 rebounds per game last season, leading the MWC in both categories. Thorburn averaged 14.9 points and 6.2 rebounds per game in 2004-05. She also led the MWC and was ranked No. 6 in the nation, dishing out 6.5 assists per contest.
Montana-Western enters Thursday night's contest with a 3-0 mark. The Lady Bulldogs have defeated the University of Lethbridge, Eastern Oregon and Brandon University so far this season. Montana-Western has won its three contests by an average margin of 21.3 points and is scoring 73.3 points per contest.
Montana-Western is Division I member of the National Intercollegiate Athletics Association (NAIA) and is located in Dillon, Mont. Montana-Western is a member of the Frontier Conference, which also includes Lewis-Clark State College, Carroll College, Montana Tech, MSU-Northern, Rocky Mountain College, Westminster Colleg, and the University of Great Falls.
UM-Western offers varsity sports for both men and women. The Lady Bulldogs compete in basketball (varsity and JV), volleyball, golf and rodeo. The UM-Western men field squads in football, basketball (varsity and JV), golf and rodeo.
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