SALT LAKE CITY – An undefeated Utah women's basketball team hosts in-state rival Utah State Saturday, Dec. 3 at 2 p.m. at the Jon M. Huntsman Center.
The Utes opened the season 6-0 for the team's best start to a season under head coach
Lynne Roberts. Junior forward
Emily Potter leads Utah averaging a double-double with 16.7 points and 10.7 rebounds per game.
Sophomore guard
Erika Bean has paced the Ute offense dishing out 7.2 assists per contest, good for 10th nationally and second in the Pac-12.
Game Coverage: Live stream and stats will be available at
utahutes.com. You can listen to the game on
ESPN700 with Tyson Ewing.
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Record Watch: Junior forward
Emily Potter is moving up the career blocks list in Utah's record book with 146 blocks, five away from becoming the second leading blocker in program history. Potter has also tallied 924 career points to put her in the race to enter the 1,000-point club.
Previous Action: The University of Utah women's basketball team defeated Southern Utah 69-43 Wednesday night at the Jon M. Huntsman Center. Junior forward
Emily Potter grabbed her third double-double of the season scoring 20 points while pulling down 15 rebounds. Utah's (6-0) size played a role against Southern Utah (3-2) as the Utes tallied 42 points in the paint compared to the Thunderbird's 14 points. Junior wing
Malia Nawahine scored 16 points while grabbing seven rebounds and dishing out three assists.
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.