THE GAME
The No. 15/14 Utah Utes (7-0)—the nation's top scoring team at 97.0 points per game—travel south on Saturday to face BYU at the Marriott Center. Tipoff is set for 5 p.m. MT.
THE MATCHUP
Saturday, Dec. 10 | 5 p.m. (MT)
#15/14 Utah (7-0) at BYU (4-5)
Location: Marriott Center, Provo, Utah
TV: BYUtv
Radio: ESPN700 KALL | Listen Live Click Here
Live Stats: Click Here
HOW TO TUNE IN
Fans can watch on BYUtv. 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.
SEASON TICKETS
Season tickets for the 2022-23 season are now available. Floor seats are priced at $100, while general admission tickets at $25. Call the Utah ticket office at 801-581-UTIX or visit
www.UtahTickets.com.
OPENING TIP
• The Utes moved up one spot to No. 15 in this week's AP poll—the program's highest position since ranking 14th on Jan. 28, 2019—and two spots to No. 14 in the USA Today Coaches poll. It's Utah's highest position in the coaches poll since March 10, 2008 (13th). Utah was 25th in this year's preseason AP poll, and moved up to 17th and 16th over the first two regular season polls before this week's climb to 15th. The Utes are one of five Pac-12 teams ranked this week by the AP, led by Stanford (2), and joined by Arizona (12), UCLA (13) and Oregon (17).
• The Utes boast the nation's No. 1 scoring offense, averaging 97.0 points per game, and also lead the nation in assists per game (21.7) and field goal percentage (52.6%).
• The first NCAA NET rankings of the year came out on Tuesday, and Utah checked in at No. 6, second-best among Pac-12 teams behind Stanford (2).
• Utah scored in triple digits for the second time this season last Thursday at Mississippi Valley State (109-42), and now has scored 90 or more points in five of seven games this season. The Utes reached 100 points three times last season and scored 90 or more eight times. Utah's highest-scoring game came vs. No. 16 Oklahoma (124), which tied the program record (March 24, 1979 vs. NAU).
• Utah's 67-point win at Mississippi Valley State (109-42) was its largest on the road in program history, following its largest all-time margin of victory, 70 points, earlier this season at home against Utah Valley University (97-27).
• Junior forward
Alissa Pili added to her impressive early-season resume last week with a season-high 28 points at MVSU, on an incredibly efficient 12-of-16 shooting—including 2-2 from 3—in just 16:15 of action. Pili, Pac-12 Player of the Week Nov. 28, ranks third nationally in field-goal percentage at 69.4% and has shot 75% or better in 4 of 7 games this season.
• Utah made 10 three-pointers at MVSU, its third time in seven games making 10 or more three-pointers. It's the 90th game in Head Coach
Lynne Roberts' tenure with 8 or more made threes, and Utah is 65-25 in those games.
• The Utes have dished out 152 assists this season and average a national-best 21.7 per game. Utah recorded 29 or more assists in two games, including a season-best 33 against No. 16 Oklahoma. Utah has assisted on 63.6 percent of its field goals this season, and every Utah player has logged an assist on the year.
• Utah's 46-point victory over No. 16 Oklahoma on Nov. 16 was the largest win margin by the Utes against an AP Top 25 team. It was also the largest margin of victory for a Pac-12 team against a ranked team since 1999-00.
• Two Utes landed on national preseason award watch lists, sophomore
Gianna Kneepkens (Jersey Mike's Naismith Award/nation's top player; and Cheryl Miller Award/top small forward) and Junior
Alissa Pili (Katrina McClain Award for the top power forward).
NEXT UP
Utah welcomes Colorado for its Pac-12 opener on Wednesday, Dec. 14. The game will tip off at 3 p.m. MT. Tyson Ewing and Milee Enger will have the call of the contest on ESPN700. Live Stats can be found at UtahUtes.com.
Full Notes can be found
here.
FOLLOW THE UTES!
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@UtahWBB | Instagram:
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Facebook.com/UtahWBB).