Women's Basketball Game Notes vs. Montana State
SALT LAKE CITY – Utah women's basketball opens the 2016-17 season Saturday against Montana State at 2 p.m. in the Jon M. Huntsman Center.
Head coach
Lynne Roberts enters her second season at the helm of the Utes program returning four starters from the 2015-16 campaign that saw an 18-win season.
Following the women's game, the Runnin' Utes open their 2016-17 campaign at 5 p.m. against Northwest Nazarene.
Game Coverage: The game will be stream on
pac-12.com. Live stats will be available at
utahutes.com.
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Previous Action: Utah picked up a 96-42 win over South Dakota School of Mines and Technology in an exhibition matchup were all 11 players saw action.
Utes Picked Eighth: The Utah women's basketball team has been picked eighth in the 2016-17 Pac-12 women's basketball preseason poll, announced by the league office on Thursday at the Pac-12 Women's Basketball Media Day. The Utes, who garnered 52 points, are coming off an 18-15 season and a trip to the third round of the WNIT a year ago. Head coach
Lynne Roberts, who is entering her second year, led Utah to the program's first winning season since 2012-13 and doubled the number of Pac-12 wins from the previous year by going 8-10 in league play. Among the four starters returning for Utah are junior center
Emily Potter, who earned All-Pac-12 recognition last season, and senior wing
Paige Crozon.
Under Roberts: The Utes, who garnered 52 points, are coming off an 18-15 season and a trip to the third round of the WNIT a year ago.
Lynne Roberts led Utah to the program's first winning season since 2012-13 and doubled the number of Pac-12 wins from the previous year by going 8-10 in league play. The Utes scored 2,266 points, which is fourth in school history. Utah was fifth in the Pac-12 in scoring with 68.7 points per game, a 13.8 point-per-game improvement from the 2014-15 team that finished last in the Pac-12 (54.9 ppg). Roberts' up-tempo style of play saw the Utes make 14 3-point field goals in their WNIT first-round victory over Montana on Mar. 18, 2016, which is the second-highest total in school history. Utah made rebounding a priority during its first season under Roberts. The club grabbed 1,399 rebounds, which is the third most in school history. The Utes hauled in 970 defensive rebounds, which stands second in the Utah record book.