THE GAME
The University of Utah women's basketball team will close out the regular season on the road on Sunday, March 1 against the No. 9 UCLA Bruins. The game is set for a 2 p.m. MT tip in Pauley Pavilion.
UTAH vs. THE PAC-12
The Utes are 120-169 all-time against the current members of the Pac-12. Since joining the Pac-12 for the 2011-12 season, Utah is 59-102 in conference play.
HOW TO TUNE IN
Utah's game against UCLA will air on Pac-12 Los Angeles with Anne Marie Anderson and Layshia Clarendon 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 head to Las Vegas, Nev. for the 2020 Pac-12 Women's Basketball Tournament. The tournament runs March 5-8 at the Mandalay Bay Events Center. Opponents and game times will be announced after Utah's games on Sunday.
THREE POINTERS
• Utah has knocked down 235 three-pointers this season, ranking third in the Pac-12 and No. 14 in NCAA Division I women's basketball.
• Utah's underclassmen have scored 1,406 of Utah's 1,925 points this season (73%). Utah's top two scorers are both underclassmen (Freshmen
Brynna Maxwell – 13.4 and
Lola Pendande – 10.7)
• Utah set a school record for threes made in a season in 2018-19 (239) and with one regular season game left, the Utes need five 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.
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 five three-pointers to break the single-season record for threes made in a season, currently sitting at 235. Utah broke the school record in 2018-19, knocking down 239.
• With Utah knocking down 239 three-pointers in 2018-19 and 235 through 28 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. 14 in Division I women's basketball in three-pointers made this season (235).
• Utah ranks third in the Pac-12 and No. 20 in Division I women's basketball in three-pointers made per game (8.4).
• Utah ranks fourth in the Pac-12 and No. 24 in Division I women's basketball in three-point percentage (.363).
• Nine of the 12 players that have seen action this year have knocked down at least 10 threes each.
• Utah's 16 made threes against Colorado (1/17/20) was a school record for single-game threes made, breaking the previous record of 15 set in 2004 vs. TCU.
• Utah shot 69.6-percent from the arc against Colorado which ranks first in the Pac-12 and fifth nationally in single-game three-point percentage this season.
• Utah's 16 made threes against Colorado is the second-most scored in a game in the Pac-12 this season (Oregon, 17 vs. Utah State). Utah's 11 threes in the second half against the Buffaloes leads the conference in three-pointers made in the second half this season.
TEAM LEADERS
This season, Utah has had eight different players lead the Utes or tie for the lead in scoring at least once.
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Daneesha Provo, 1x (17 pts vs. USC)
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Dru Gylten, 1x (21 pts vs. Cal)
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Andrea Torres, 2x (14 pts at Oregon State; 15 pts vs. Arizona State)
• Kemery Martín, 3x (13 pts at Stanford; 15 pts vs. Oregon; 15 pts vs. Stanford)
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Julie Brosseau, 2x (14 pts vs. ORU; 10 pts vs. UCLA)
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Niyah Becker, 3x (13 pts at Cincinnati; 17 pts vs. Eastern Washington; 18 pts vs. Weber State)
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Lola Pendande, 7x (19 pts vs. South Dakota; 12 pts vs. Nevada; 21 pts vs. Providence; 18 pts vs. Weber State; 20 pts vs. Colorado; 12 pts at Oregon State; 17 pts vs. Oregon State)
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Brynna Maxwell, 12x (15 pts at Xavier; 15 pts vs. Texas Southern; 22 pts vs. UTSA; 18 pts at BYU; 24 pts at Colorado; 27 pts at Cal; 17 pts vs. Oregon State; 16 pts at Washington; 22 pts at Washington State; 22 pts vs. Arizona; 15 pts vs. Arizona State; 18 pts at USC)
MAXWELL MAKING IT COUNT
Freshman
Brynna Maxwell is leading the Utes this season in scoring (13.4 ppg) and three-pointers made (75). She has led the Utes in scoring in 12 games and has reached double-digits in 19, including in seven of the last eight games.
• Her 75 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 two away from breaking it. Maxwell is also three 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 375 points this season is the most by a true freshman since 2010-11 when Michelle Plouffe scored 480 (35 games, 13.7 ppg).
• Maxwell has 13 games this season with 15+ points, including in seven of the last eight games.
• 45.5% three-point percentage leads the Pac-12, ranks No. 7 in the nation overall and is first among freshmen nationally.
• Her 75 made threes leads the Pac-12 overall and ranks No. 20 in the country. It also ranks second among freshmen nationally.
• Her 2.68 threes per game ranks first in the Pac-12 and No. 34 in the country, also ranking fifth nationally among freshmen.
• She has hit two-or-more threes in 22 of Utah's 27 games this season and has only been held to zero threes and zero points once (vs. Stanford, 2/14).
• Earned Pac-12 Freshman of the Week after her trip home to the state of Washington where she averaged 19.0 points and 5.5 rebounds per game in Utah's wins over Washington and Washington State on the road.