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Friday, January 5
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UP NEXT: No. 15 Utah Takes on Arizona State
1/3/2024 1:25 PM | Women's Basketball
SALT LAKE CITY – The No. 15 Utah Utes (10-3) continue Pac-12 action at Arizona State on Jan. 5 at 7:00 p.m.
GAME INFORMATION
No. 15 Utah (10-3, 0-1 Pac-12) vs. Arizona State (8-5, 0-1 Pac-12)
DATE | TIME: Friday, Jan. 5 | 7:00 p.m. MT
LOCATION: Tempe, Ariz. | Desert Financial Arena
LIVE STATS: Click Here
LIVE STREAM: Click Here
TV: Pac-12 Arizona
LISTEN: Click Here
TWITTER UPDATES: @UtahWBB
HOW TO TUNE IN
Fans can watch the Arizona State game on Pac-12 Arizona with Greg Mescall and Angela Taylor. The radio call will be on ESPN 700, with Tyson Ewing handling play-by-play and Milee Enger as analyst. Live stats are on UtahUtes.com.
OPENING TIP
The Utes have posted a 10-3 record overall on the season and are 0-1 in the Pac-12 season. Utah is currently on a four-game win streak in the overall series with ASU.
LAST TIME OUT
Utah started Pac-12 action with a 76-65 loss to then ranked No. 8 Colorado. Utah and Colorado were evenly matched with a tied 33-33 score at halftime. Utah ended the third quarter and started the fourth on a surge to push for an eight-point lead. The Buffs pulled ahead in the end to pull out for a victory. Utah was led by Pili who had a double-double with 27 points and 10 rebounds.
THE UTES
Utah returned all of last year's starting five including All-American and Pac-12 Player of the Year, Alissa Pili, as well as All-American Gianna Kneepkens.Utah also brought back starters, Jenna Johnson, Kennady McQueen and Isabel Palmer. Other key players returning are Ines Vieira, Lani White and Dasia Young. Utah welcomed three transfers in Matyson Wilke, Alyssa Blanck and Samantha Crispe as well as two true freshmen Daniela Falcon Hernandez and Reese Ross to this year's squad.
The Utes lost Kneepkens after a season ending foot injury that occurred against BYU (Dec. 2).
PILI POWER
Pili earned Preseason AP All-American Honorable Mention as well as being named to the Katrina McClain Preseason Watchlist, Naismith Trophy Watchlist and the WBCA Wade Trophy Preseason Watchlist. Pili was placed No. 4 on the most recent ESPN Top 25 Women's Basketball Players list.
Pili posted a career-high 37 points against No. 1 South Carolina (Dec. 10). After that performance Pili earned ESPN, AP and USBWA Player of the Week. She also earned Pac-12 Player of the Week.
IN THE RANKS
Utah has been ranked No. 15 in the latest AP Top 25 polls. Utah has been ranked in the Top 25 for eight consecutive weeks. Utah is No. 4 in the NCAA Net Rankings and No. 12 in the USA Today Coaches Poll. Utah is one of five Pac-12 schools currently in the Top 25.
Utah was ranked No. 5 in the AP Top 25 Preseason Poll. This was the highest preseason ranking for Utah in school history and the first time the Utes have been ranked to start a season since 2005.
AT THE TOP
Utah is the nation's No. 5 scoring team averaging 91.2 points per game. Utah is No. 1 in the nation in field goal percentage (53.3%). The Utes are No. 1 in the nation in assists per game averaging 23.8 assists per game and average an assist on 70.2% of all made field goals. Utah is also the nations best three point shooting team averaging 12.7 made three pointers a game and No. 2 in three point percentage (41.7). Utah is ranked in the top 10 nationally in a total of eight major statistical categories
HEAD COACH LYNNE ROBERTS
Roberts is in her ninth season at the helm of the Utes. She has posted a 149-106 record in her time at Utah. She was dubbed the Pac-12 Coach of the Year in 2023 after leading the team to its first ever Pac-12 regular season title. She led Utah to its second ever Sweet 16 appearance. Roberts also led the Utes to its highest AP Rankings in school history, including 12 weeks in the Top 10.
SCOUTING ARIZONA STATE
Arizona State has an 8-5 overall record and are 0-1 in Pac-12 action on the year. The Sun Devils are on a one-game losing streak and coming off a 65-55 loss to Santa Clara.
ASU is led by Jalyn Brown who averages 13.8 points per game.Jaddan Simmons is another big contributor for the Sun Devils as she averages 12.9 points per game.
This will be the 32nd meeting between the two teams. Utah has a 16-15 overall record against Arizona State. Utah is on a four-game losing streak in the series. The last time the two teams met up was Feb. 19, 2023 where Utah defeated ASU 74-69. Utah has an 8-8 record against ASU in Tempe.
NOTABLES
(all statistical rankings are updated through games of 1/2/24)
NEXT UP
The Utes will return to the Huntsman on Jan. 12 to take on Stanford before hosting California Jan. 14.
FOLLOW THE UTES!
Fans can follow along during the 2023-24 season on social media (Twitter: @UtahWBB | Instagram: @UtahWBB | Facebook: Facebook.com/UtahWBB).
GAME INFORMATION
No. 15 Utah (10-3, 0-1 Pac-12) vs. Arizona State (8-5, 0-1 Pac-12)
DATE | TIME: Friday, Jan. 5 | 7:00 p.m. MT
LOCATION: Tempe, Ariz. | Desert Financial Arena
LIVE STATS: Click Here
LIVE STREAM: Click Here
TV: Pac-12 Arizona
LISTEN: Click Here
TWITTER UPDATES: @UtahWBB
HOW TO TUNE IN
Fans can watch the Arizona State game on Pac-12 Arizona with Greg Mescall and Angela Taylor. The radio call will be on ESPN 700, with Tyson Ewing handling play-by-play and Milee Enger as analyst. Live stats are on UtahUtes.com.
OPENING TIP
The Utes have posted a 10-3 record overall on the season and are 0-1 in the Pac-12 season. Utah is currently on a four-game win streak in the overall series with ASU.
LAST TIME OUT
Utah started Pac-12 action with a 76-65 loss to then ranked No. 8 Colorado. Utah and Colorado were evenly matched with a tied 33-33 score at halftime. Utah ended the third quarter and started the fourth on a surge to push for an eight-point lead. The Buffs pulled ahead in the end to pull out for a victory. Utah was led by Pili who had a double-double with 27 points and 10 rebounds.
THE UTES
Utah returned all of last year's starting five including All-American and Pac-12 Player of the Year, Alissa Pili, as well as All-American Gianna Kneepkens.Utah also brought back starters, Jenna Johnson, Kennady McQueen and Isabel Palmer. Other key players returning are Ines Vieira, Lani White and Dasia Young. Utah welcomed three transfers in Matyson Wilke, Alyssa Blanck and Samantha Crispe as well as two true freshmen Daniela Falcon Hernandez and Reese Ross to this year's squad.
The Utes lost Kneepkens after a season ending foot injury that occurred against BYU (Dec. 2).
PILI POWER
Pili earned Preseason AP All-American Honorable Mention as well as being named to the Katrina McClain Preseason Watchlist, Naismith Trophy Watchlist and the WBCA Wade Trophy Preseason Watchlist. Pili was placed No. 4 on the most recent ESPN Top 25 Women's Basketball Players list.
Pili posted a career-high 37 points against No. 1 South Carolina (Dec. 10). After that performance Pili earned ESPN, AP and USBWA Player of the Week. She also earned Pac-12 Player of the Week.
IN THE RANKS
Utah has been ranked No. 15 in the latest AP Top 25 polls. Utah has been ranked in the Top 25 for eight consecutive weeks. Utah is No. 4 in the NCAA Net Rankings and No. 12 in the USA Today Coaches Poll. Utah is one of five Pac-12 schools currently in the Top 25.
Utah was ranked No. 5 in the AP Top 25 Preseason Poll. This was the highest preseason ranking for Utah in school history and the first time the Utes have been ranked to start a season since 2005.
AT THE TOP
Utah is the nation's No. 5 scoring team averaging 91.2 points per game. Utah is No. 1 in the nation in field goal percentage (53.3%). The Utes are No. 1 in the nation in assists per game averaging 23.8 assists per game and average an assist on 70.2% of all made field goals. Utah is also the nations best three point shooting team averaging 12.7 made three pointers a game and No. 2 in three point percentage (41.7). Utah is ranked in the top 10 nationally in a total of eight major statistical categories
HEAD COACH LYNNE ROBERTS
Roberts is in her ninth season at the helm of the Utes. She has posted a 149-106 record in her time at Utah. She was dubbed the Pac-12 Coach of the Year in 2023 after leading the team to its first ever Pac-12 regular season title. She led Utah to its second ever Sweet 16 appearance. Roberts also led the Utes to its highest AP Rankings in school history, including 12 weeks in the Top 10.
SCOUTING ARIZONA STATE
Arizona State has an 8-5 overall record and are 0-1 in Pac-12 action on the year. The Sun Devils are on a one-game losing streak and coming off a 65-55 loss to Santa Clara.
ASU is led by Jalyn Brown who averages 13.8 points per game.Jaddan Simmons is another big contributor for the Sun Devils as she averages 12.9 points per game.
This will be the 32nd meeting between the two teams. Utah has a 16-15 overall record against Arizona State. Utah is on a four-game losing streak in the series. The last time the two teams met up was Feb. 19, 2023 where Utah defeated ASU 74-69. Utah has an 8-8 record against ASU in Tempe.
NOTABLES
(all statistical rankings are updated through games of 1/2/24)
- Ranked No. 15 in this week's AP Top 25 Polls
- Utah has been ranked for eight consecutive weeks this season in the Top 25. Last year, the Utes broke the record being ranked for 13 consecutive weeks in the AP Top 10 during 2022-23 and was ranked in the AP Poll 19 consecutive weeks.
- The Utes are 6-0 in the Huntsman Center this year and are currently on a 22-game win streak at home.
- Utah's 98-34 win over Merrimack College (Nov. 24) is Utah's largest margin of victory so far this season.
- Against South Carolina State (Nov. 9), Utah had 21 made three pointers breaking the school record for most threes in a game which was previously set at 19 (vs. Lipscomb Nov. 10, 2021).
- Utah has three Utes averaging double figures, Alissa Pili (24.0), Gianna Kneepkens (17.8) and Isabel Palmer (14)
- Utah has posted five games of 100 points or more and are undefeated when hitting 100 or more in school history (25-0).
- Utah is the nation's No. 5 scoring team and ranked in the top 10 nationally in eight major statistical categories:
- No. 5 scoring (91.2)
- No. 6 in assist/turnover ratio (1.63)
- No. 1 in assists per game (23.8)
- No. 1 field goal percentage (53.3)
- No. 4 scoring margin (+33.5)
- No. 2 in three point percentage (41.7)
- No. 1 in made three pointers per game (12.7)
- No. 2 in three point attempts per game (30.5)
- Alissa Pili is No. 4 in the nation in field goal percentage (68.2%). She's also No.4 in points per game (24.
- 0).Pili was named Pac-12 Player of the Week (Dec. 12) after putting up back-to-back 30 point games, including a career-high 37 points against No. 1 South Carolina.
- Alissa Pili was named an AP Preseason All-American Honorable Mention, as well as named to the Katrina McClain Preseason Watchlist, Wade Trophy Watchlist, Naismith Trophy Preseason Watchlist and the Wooden Award Watchlist.
- Inês Vieira is No. 6 in the country in total assists with 93 on the year and No. 9 in assists per game averaging 7.2. Vieira is also N. 6 in the country in steals (42) and No. 11 in steals per game (3.23).
- Kennady McQueen has stepped up her performance from beyond the arc and sits at No. 34 in the nation in three point percentage (44.6).
- The Utes are coming off a historic 2022-23 season including a Pac-12 regular season title and an NCAA Sweet 16 appearance
- At the helm for the Utes is reigning Pac-12 Coach of the Year, Lynne Roberts who enters her ninth season
NEXT UP
The Utes will return to the Huntsman on Jan. 12 to take on Stanford before hosting California Jan. 14.
FOLLOW THE UTES!
Fans can follow along during the 2023-24 season on social media (Twitter: @UtahWBB | Instagram: @UtahWBB | Facebook: Facebook.com/UtahWBB).
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