UP NEXT: Utah Hosts Arizona in Final Home Game of the Season

Saturday, February 28

Salt Lake City, Utah

5:00 PM

University of Utah

Arizona

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UP NEXT: Utah Hosts Arizona in Final Home Game of the Season

2/26/2026 3:50 PM | Women's Basketball

Utah WBB Game Notes vs. Arizona

SALT LAKE CITY – The Utah women's basketball team will host Arizona in the final game in the Jon M. Huntsman Center this season on Saturday at 5 p.m. The Utes will honor five seniors, Alyssa Blank, Samantha Crispe, Lani White and Maty Wilke in a ceremony after the game.

GAME INFORMATION
Utah (18-11, 8-8 Big 12) vs. Arizona (12-16, 3-14 Big 12)
DATE | TIME: Saturday, Feb. 28 | 5:00 PM (MT)
LOCATION: Salt Lake City, Utah | Jon M. Huntsman Center
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HOW TO TUNE IN
Fans can follow along with the live action of the matchup on ESPN+ with Tony Parks on the PxP and Elaine Elliot as analyst. The radio call will be on ESPN700 with Tyson Ewing and Milee Rustand calling the action.

LAST TIME OUT
The Utah women's basketball team had a nail-biter 69-67 victory over Colorado on Tuesday night. The Utes started out strong going on a 6-0 run and holding the Buffaloes scoreless for 4 complete minutes. The Buffs fought back and held a 14-13 lead over the Utes after the first quarter.

Coming out of quarter break, Colorado came out hot going on a 13-2 point run and had a 9-point lead for Utah. The Utes close the gap by knocking down free throws and a sharp three-pointer by Samantha Crispe before going into halftime down, 33-26.

Coming out of the halftime break, the Utes fired out strong going on a 6-0 run to tie the game at 33-33. Lani White knocked down a 3-pointer and a pair of free throws to give the Utes the lead for the first time since early in the second quarter. The Utes' momentum fired on and had the Utes outscoring the Buffs 23-19 to take a 49-48 lead going into the final quarter of play.

In the fourth quarter, Utah's Maty Wilke and Grace Foster both hit shots behind-the-arc to start the fourth quarter. The Utes held the Buffs to a 2-and-a-half minute scoring drought. The Utes outscored Colorado 18-16 in the fourth quarter to claim the 67-64 victory.

THE UTES
Utah returns four key contributors from the 2024-25 season including Maty Wilke, Samantha Crispe, Brooke Walker and Reese Ross. This year the Utes welcome back Lani White who played at Utah for her freshman and sophomore seasons. White spent her junior season at Virginia Tech but has returned to finish her collegiate career where she started it all, as a Ute. The Utes welcome one true transfer in Kamryn Mafua and four freshmen in LA Sneed, Ella Todd, Avery Hjelmstad and Evelina Otto.

THE KEY IS WILKE
Maty Wilke is Utah's top returner. Wilke is shooting 39% from the field, 35.2% from three and 86.4% from the line while averaging 10.6 points per game. She's averaging 3.4 rebounds and has 66 assists so far this season. Wilke has 1,186 total points in her collegiate career. She has also hit 236 career made three pointers, pulled down 355 career rebounds and posted 254 career assists.

LANI'S CHARISMA
White has logged nine 20-point games this season. Currently leads the Utes with 15.6 points per game. She's shooting 46.7% from the field, 40.3% from three and 83.5% from the free throw line. She's second on the team in rebounding pulling down 139 total on the year and averages 4.8 rebounds a game. She leads the team with 154 made field goals and is second on the team with 62 made three pointers.

Lani White hit a hot streak. She scored 20 or more points and hit five or more made three pointers in back-to-back games (Boise State, 12/10 and Northwestern 12/14). She posted a career-high 26 points and a career-high 7-of-7 from three point range against Northwestern (12/14). She knocked down 12 straight three pointers without a single miss. She matched her career-high scoring by hitting 26 points against Arizona (12/21) including a career-high 11 made field goals.

HEAD COACH GAVIN PETERSEN
Petersen enters his second season and first full season as head coach. He was named the head coach of the Utah women's basketball team on Nov. 19, 2024, just four games into the 2024-25 season. He has a 37-19 record in his career. Petersen became the fastest coach in program history to get a Top-10 victory when he led the Utes to a 78-67 win over No. 3 NotreDame (11/30/24). He brings 23 seasons of college coaching experience to the role, he is in his 11th season overall with the Utes and spent the previous five years as associate head coach under Lynne Roberts.

Petersen has been a part of the staff that has led the Utes to seven postseason appearances—including four NCAA tournaments and a trip to the Sweet Sixteen—and five 20-win seasons, as well as regular appearances in the AP Top 25.

SCOUTING ARIZONA
Arizona is 12-16 overall and 3-14 in Big 12 play this season. The Wildcats are coming off a 75-67 win over Houston. Arizona is led by head coach Becky Burke, who is in her first season at the helm of Colorado and owns a 12-16 overall record.

Arizona is averaging 26.1 points per game while allowing opponents to average 25.3 points per game. The Wildcats are shooting 46.6% from the field, 30% from three, and 75% from the free-throw line so far this season. On the glass, Arizona is averaging 32.1 rebounds per game, compared to opponents' 37.6 boards per game.

The Wildcats have three players averaging double figures in Mickayla Perdue (17.1), Noelani Cornfield (14.1) and Sumayah Sugapong (10.3). Perdue leads the team in scoring and is shooting 44.2% from the field, 35% from three, and 79.1% from the line, while adding 1.9 rebounds per game.

Utah has a 12-8 overall record with Arizona and have an 6-3 record with the Wildcats in Salt Lake City. The last time the Utes and Wildcats faced off was before the Christmas holiday where Utah downed Arizona 63-62 in Tuscan. Utah went 2-0 against Arizona last season and picked up its first win in Tucson since 2018.

NEW AND NOTEWORTHY
• The Utes sit at No. 56 in the Net Rankings.
• Utah is coming off a nail biting 67-64 win over Colorado.
• Lani White logged her ninth 20-point game against Colorado with her 21 points on Tuesday. She's scored in double figures in 15 of the last 17 games.
• Against BYU (2/21), the Utes recorded 33 points in the fourth quarter for the most points scored in a quarter this season.
• Utah and BYU broke the record for most total combined points scored in a single quarter in a Big 12 league game with 63 total points in the fourth quarter (2/21). Utah posted 33 while BYU had 30 of its own.

2025-26 SEASON NEED TO KNOW
• Utah is coming off its fourth consecutive 20-win season and fourth NCAA Tournament appearances. Head Coach Gavin Petersen enters his second season at the helm of the Utes and 11th overall season at Utah.
• The Utes are returning seven from last year's squad including key contributors Maty Wilke, Reese Ross, Samantha Crispe and Brooke Walker.
• Utah welcomes back Lani White who spent the 2022-23 and 2023-24 season with Utah before spending the 2024-25 season at Virginia Tech.
• The Utes have five true newcomers on the roster this year in transfer Kamryn Mafua and freshmen Ella Todd, Evelina Otto, LA Sneed and Avery Hjelmstad
• At the helm for the Utes is Gavin Petersen who is in his second season as head coach and 11th overall season at Utah. He was named head coach Nov. 19, 2024, just four games into the 2025-26 season.
• Utah downed No. 8 TCU (1/3) in overtime 87-77 handing the Frogs their first loss of the season. This was the 11th Top-10 win in school history and the fourth consecutive season the Utes have downed a Top-10 team. It also marked the first time in program history that Utah has picked up a Top-10 win in four straight seasons.
• Against No. 1 UConn (11/23), the Utes posted 14 assists on 14 made field goal for a 100% rate, the highest on the season.
• Maty Wilke, Avery Hjelmstad and Lani White have each logged at least five made threes in a game so far on the season.
• Lani White holds the season high with most points scored in a game with 26 twice (Northwestern 12/14, Arizona 12/21).
• Utah had a season high of 25 assists against Utah State (11/7) including a career-high nine from LA Sneed. Sneed's nine also marks a season high for Utah.
• The Utes best rebounding game of the season came against Boise State where Utah had 56 total boards.
• The Utes knocked down 14 from beyond the arc for the most threes made in a game this season against Boise State (12/10).

• Utah is top 50 nationally in four major statistical categories:
No. 48 assists per game (16.2)
No. 30 defensive rebounds per game (28.3)
No. 27 three point attempts (25.7)
No. 17 three pointers per game (8.8)

UP NEXT
Utah will compete in the Big 12 Championships from Mar. 4 to Mar. 8 in Kansas City, MO.

FOLLOW THE UTES!
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