THE GAME
The University of Utah women's basketball team is heading to Los Angeles, Calif. for its final regular season games, starting with USC on Friday, Feb. 28. The Utes and the Trojans will tip off at 7 p.m. MT on Friday night.
UTAH vs. THE PAC-12
The Utes are 120-168 all-time against the current members of the Pac-12. Since joining the Pac-12 for the 2011-12 season, Utah is 59-101 in conference play.
HOW TO TUNE IN
Utah's game against USC will air on Pac-12 Mountain with Krista Blunk and Tammy Blackburn on the call. Fans can also tune in on the radio on ESPN 700 and listen to play-by-play announcer Tyson Ewing call the shots.
NEXT UP
Utah will stay in L.A. to take on the No. 9 UCLA Bruins on Sunday, March 1 for its final regular season game. The game is set for a 2 p.m. MT tip on Pac-12 Los Angeles with Anne Marie Anderson and Layshia Clarendon on the call.
THREE POINTERS
• Utah has knocked down 228 three-pointers this season, ranking third in the Pac-12 and No. 16 in NCAA Division I women's basketball.
• Utah's underclassmen have scored 1,355 of Utah's 1,859 points this season (73%). Utah's top two scorers are both underclassmen (Freshmen
Brynna Maxwell – 13.2 and
Lola Pendande – 10.8)
• Utah set a school record for threes made in a season in 2018-19 (239) and with two regular season games left, the Utes need 12 more to break the record for the second straight year.
TOURNAMENT TIME!
After Utah's trip to L.A., the Utes will head to Las Vegas, Nev. for the 2020 Pac-12 Women's Basketball Tournament, running March 5-8. Fans can head to
Pac-12.com to learn more about tickets and hotel rates.
LAST TIME OUT
The Utes notched a come from behind victory on senior day Sunday against the No. 21 Arizona State Sun Devils, winning the game 75-71. The rally began in the second quarter when the Utes cut the ASU lead from 13 to seven points on back-to-back threes from
Kiana Moore, sending the Utes into the third quarter with momentum. Utah shot 58-percent from the floor and a perfect 5-for-5 from the three in the third quarter with
Brynna Maxwell hitting a key three-pointer with 4:43 left in the period to officially give Utah a 50-48 lead. The Utes wouldn't trail for the rest of the game, shooting 55-percent overall from the floor and 52-percent from the arc. Maxwell and
Andrea Torres contributed 15 points each, both shooting 3-for-4 from beyond the arc. Provo added 12 points while
Dru Gylten recorded a double-double with 10 points and a career-high 12 assists.
THREES, THREES AND MORE THREES
Utah has hit eight or more threes 14 times this season and 50 times under the direction of
Lynne Roberts, going 38-12 in those games. Utah has also knocked down double-digit threes in nine games this year (10 vs. South Dakota; 10 vs. UTSA; 14 at BYU; 11 vs. ORU; 11 vs. USC; 16 at Colorado; 11 at Washington; 10 vs. Arizona; 11 vs. Arizona State).
• Utah needs 12 three-pointers to break the single-season record for threes made in a season. Utah broke the school record in 2018-19, knocking down 239.
• With Utah knocking down 239 three-pointers in 2018-19 and 228 through 27 games in 2019-20, it is the first time since 2004-05 and 2005-06 that the Utes have had 200+ threes in back-to-back years. Utah scored 235 threes in 2004-05, which was a school record at the time, then breaking it in 2005-06 with 238.
• Utah ranks third in the Pac-12 and No. 16 in Division I women's basketball in three-pointers made this season (228).
• Utah ranks third in the Pac-12 and No. 18 in Division I women's basketball in three-pointers made per game (8.4).
• Utah ranks second in the Pac-12 and No. 14 in Division I women's basketball in three-point percentage (.365).
MAXWELL MAKING IT COUNT
Freshman
Brynna Maxwell is leading the Utes this season in scoring (13.2 ppg) and three-pointers made (73). She has led the Utes in scoring in 11 games and has reached double-digits in 18, including in six of the last seven games.
• Her 73 made three-pointers is the most by a Ute since Iwalani Rodrigues knocked down 110 in 2010-11. It is also the most by a freshman since 1994-95 when Julie Krommenhoek knocked down 76.
• Krommenhoek's 76 threes in 1994-95 is the Utah women's basketball freshman record with Maxwell just four away from breaking. Maxwell is also five threes away from ranking fifth all-time in program history in single-season threes (No. 5 is currently Kalee Whipple who had 77 in 2008-09).
• Maxwell's 357 points this season is the most by a true freshman since 2010-11 when Michelle Plouffe scored 480 (35 games, 13.7 ppg).
DRU'S DIMES
Sophomore
Dru Gylten has led or tied for the lead in assists in 21 of the 26 games she has appeared in this season and in 37 career games.
• She has had five or more assists in 16 games this season and in 38 in her career.
• She ranks second in the Pac-12 in total assists (141) and assists per game (5.42), also ranking 18th nationally in assists per game and No. 21 in total assists.
• With her career-high 12 assists against Arizona State (2/23), Gylten has 305 career assists through 56 games. Her 300+ assists is the most by a sophomore in school history.