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No. 12 Utes Close Non-Conference Play Thursday at Home vs. Southern Utah
12/21/2022 2:05 PM | Women's Basketball
Final non-conference game before resuming Pac-12 play
THE GAME
The 12th-ranked Utah Utes (11-0, 1-0 Pac-12) close out non-conference play on Thursday, Dec. 22 when Southern Utah visits the Jon M. Huntsman Center for a 5 p.m. tipoff. The nation's second-highest scoring team, Utah is one of eight remaining undefeated teams nationally, and seek to match their best start to a season (12-0).
THE MATCHUP
Thursday, Dec. 22 | 5 p.m. (MT)
#12 Utah (11-0; 1-0 Pac-12) vs. Southern Utah (4-6; 0-0 WAC)
Location: Jon M. Huntsman Center, Salt Lake City, Utah
TV: Pac-12 Mountain (Krista Blunk, Anthony Levrets)
Radio: ESPN700 KALL | Listen Live Click Here
Live Stats: Click Here
HOW TO TUNE IN
Fans can watch the Southern Utah contest on Pac-12 Mountain. Krista Blunk will have the call of the game, while former Utah head coach Anthony Levrets provides the analysis. The radio call will be on ESPN 700 KALL, with Tyson Ewing handling play-by-play and Milee Enger as analyst. Live stats can be found at UtahUtes.com.
TICKETS
Single-game and season tickets for the 2022-23 can be purchased here, or by calling the Utah ticket office at 801-581-UTIX. For more information please visit www.UtahTickets.com.
OPENING TIP
Utah wraps up its non-conference slate this week, then prepares for the resumption of Pac-12 play at Washington State (Dec. 30) and Washington (Jan. 1).
Full notes package can be found here.
FOLLOW THE UTES!
Fans can follow along during the 2022-23 season on social media (Twitter: @UtahWBB | Instagram: @UtahWBB | Facebook: Facebook.com/UtahWBB).
The 12th-ranked Utah Utes (11-0, 1-0 Pac-12) close out non-conference play on Thursday, Dec. 22 when Southern Utah visits the Jon M. Huntsman Center for a 5 p.m. tipoff. The nation's second-highest scoring team, Utah is one of eight remaining undefeated teams nationally, and seek to match their best start to a season (12-0).
THE MATCHUP
Thursday, Dec. 22 | 5 p.m. (MT)
#12 Utah (11-0; 1-0 Pac-12) vs. Southern Utah (4-6; 0-0 WAC)
Location: Jon M. Huntsman Center, Salt Lake City, Utah
TV: Pac-12 Mountain (Krista Blunk, Anthony Levrets)
Radio: ESPN700 KALL | Listen Live Click Here
Live Stats: Click Here
HOW TO TUNE IN
Fans can watch the Southern Utah contest on Pac-12 Mountain. Krista Blunk will have the call of the game, while former Utah head coach Anthony Levrets provides the analysis. The radio call will be on ESPN 700 KALL, with Tyson Ewing handling play-by-play and Milee Enger as analyst. Live stats can be found at UtahUtes.com.
TICKETS
Single-game and season tickets for the 2022-23 can be purchased here, or by calling the Utah ticket office at 801-581-UTIX. For more information please visit www.UtahTickets.com.
OPENING TIP
- Utah fans can enjoy "Happy Holidays to U" at Thursday's game. Candy Canes will be available at the doors, and information will be shared throughout the game for local community causes and charities, as well as dedicated spaces to donate.
- The Utes moved up one spot to 12th in both the AP poll and the USA Today Coaches' poll this week, the program's highest AP position since being slotted at 12th in the March 10, 2008 poll, and in the coaches poll since the final 2006-07 rankings.
- This week's NCAA NET rankings place the Utes at No. 5, second-best among Pac-12 teams behind Stanford (2).
- The Utes (11-0) are off to their third start of 11-0 or better in the eight-year tenure of head coach Lynne Roberts, and are one of just eight unbeaten teams in the nation. The Utes started the 2018-19 season 12-0 – the best start in program history – and the 2016-17 campaign 11-0. Utah is the only Pac-12 team among the eight remaining undefeated teams in the country.
- Utah holds an all-time home record of 542-131 (.805), and has won 10 of its last 11 home games. The Utes boast nine undefeated home seasons at the Jon M. Huntsman Center, and had a 28-game home winning streak from 1/195 to 2/8/97.
- Utah is the nation's No. 2 scoring team (92.7 ppg), one of five major statistical categories in which the Utes boast a top-10 national ranking: 1st in field-goal percentage (52.3), third in assists (20.6) and scoring margin (+34.6) and 9th in assist/turnover ratio (1.46).
- The Utes feature a balanced scoring attack, with four players averaging in double figures: Alissa Pili (20.6), Gianna Kneepkens (14.2), Jenna Johnson (12.2) and Kennady McQueen (10.6). Issy Palmer is next in line at 9.7. Pili (2nd) and Kneepkens (10th) rank in the top 10 in the Pac-12.
- The Utes have scored 85 or more points in nine of the 11 games this season, including 124 against then-No. 16 Oklahoma. That was one of two games over 100 points and one of six over 90 points.
- Junior forward Alissa Pili leads the team in scoring (20.6; 2nd Pac-12, 16th NCAA) and ranks fifth in the nation in field-goal percentage (67.9%). She was named Pac-12 Player of the Week on Nov. 28, and recently topped the 1,000-career-point mark.
- Pili, who, ranks fifth in the nation (No. 1 Pac-12) in field-goal percentage at 67.9%, and is 16th in scoring (2nd Pac-12) at 20.6 per game.
- Sophomore Gianna Kneepkens ranks in the top 15 in the nation in three-point shooting percentage (50.9; 12th), third-best among Pac-12 players.
- Utah has made 8 or more three-pointers in six games this season, and 92 times in Head Coach Lynne Roberts' tenure with the Utes, compiling a record of 67-25 in those games.
- The Utes lead the nation in assists (21.1), including a season-best 33 against No. 16 Oklahoma, and have assisted on 62.6 percent of made field goals (211 of 337).
- Utah's 46-point victory over No. 16 Oklahoma (11/16) was the program's largest win margin vs. an AP Top 25 team, and the largest for a Pac-12 team against a ranked foe since 1999-00.
- Preseason Watch Lists: Soph. Gianna Kneepkens (Jersey Mike's Naismith Award/nation's top player; and Cheryl Miller Award/top small forward) and Jr. Alissa Pili (Katrina McClain Award for the top power forward).
Utah wraps up its non-conference slate this week, then prepares for the resumption of Pac-12 play at Washington State (Dec. 30) and Washington (Jan. 1).
Full notes package can be found here.
FOLLOW THE UTES!
Fans can follow along during the 2022-23 season on social media (Twitter: @UtahWBB | Instagram: @UtahWBB | Facebook: Facebook.com/UtahWBB).
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