Utah Valley hosts Tarleton on Saturday Wac Showdown – University Athletics in the Utah Valley

Utah Valley hosts Tarleton State on Saturday afterwards at WAC Showdown

• The Utah Valley remains at home to host Tarleton state on Saturday afternoon in the center of UCCU. The werewolves improved to the perfect 9-0 at home with a dominant 94-73 victory over UT Arlington on Thursday night and were looking to keep their home series alive against the Texas. Tipoff is set for 2 hours MT, and the game will be broadcast live to ESPN+ and will be worn on the Wolverine and ESPN fan sports network (960 AM/103.9 FM in Utah County, 98.3 FM/101.5 HD2 in Salt Lake County).
  
• The Utah Valley bounced from its first WAC loss in a dominant way, transferring UT Arlington 94-73 on Thursday night in the center of UCCU to stay perfect at home this season. Dominic Nelson led the road with 19 points tall while Tanner Toolson Added 13. The werewolves (16-7, 8-1 WAC) drained the season 14 triangers and rejected 25 assists until they made four turnover. Trevan Leonhardt It has contributed 10 points, eight assists and seven rebounds, as UVU remained at the top of the WAC standings and clicked the UTA victory for four games. The victory marks the ninth victory at the home of Utah Valley this season and staged the stage for the Saturday match against Tarleton State.
  
• The Utah Valley is dominant at home this season, improving to the perfect 9-0 in the center of UCCU, while exceeding opponents with an average of 23.2 points per game at home. Werewolves fired an impressive 52.5% of the terrain and 41.3% of three, while an average of 86.8 points per race in the center of UCCU. UVU also controls the glass, exceeding opponents from 40.4 to 30.7 per game and blocking 8.2 shots per game at home. The key home victories include a 89-60 victory over Utep, a 72-64 win over Grand Canyon, the Triumph 75-69 over the California Baptist, and the victory on Thursday night 94-73 over UT Arlington.
  
• Recently, Utah Valley had a win of 10 games, which extended from December 18 to February 1, starting with wins without conferences in Idaho and Weber, before a dominant victory in the home over Betesda. Wolverines then opened WAC PLAY with seven straight wins, including key victories over Abilene Christian, Grand Canyon, California Baptist (twice), UT Arlington, UTAH TECH and Seattle U. The Streak included an exciting out -of -way win Marquee Home Win Over GCU on January 9th. During the UVU section, 48.3 percent of the pitch, exceeding opponents with an average of 78.9 to 66.1, while adding 38.6 rebounds and 6.7 blocks per game.

Broadcast information
The Saturday game against Tarleton State will be broadcast live on ESPN+, with Brandon Crowe and Josh Kalunkie calling Michael Gukind on the sidelines. The broadcast is available in the ESPN and ESPNPLUS.com app. The game will also be broadcast on air waves on the Wolverine Sports Network with Jim McCulch and Brice Larson in the conversation. The radio broadcast will be broadcast live on ESPN 960 AM/103.9 FM in Utah County and 98.3 FM/105.1 (HD2) in Salt Lake City, with live flow available at Espnthefan.com. Larson will host the radio show for a preliminary game, halftime and after the game for the game.

For the Tarleton State
The Tarleton State enters the Saturday match in the Utah Valley with a total record of 10-14 and 5-4 brands in the WAC PLAY. Texas come out of a heavy loss 91-54 in Seattle U on Thursday night, where the 15 triplets per season 15 allowed. Despite the failure, Tarlethon was strong this season, leading WAC and ranked a second national scale forced to a match (a match ( 17.1). Texas are also ranked second in WAC on game thefts (9.9). Offensively, Tarlethon is led by Bubu Benjamin, which averaged 15.4 points, 5.0 rebounds and 1.6 thefts per game. He also plays a heavy load, qualifying among national leaders in minutes of a match (36.1). Keitenn Bristow adds 13.5 points and 4.1 race fights, while Chris MPAKa leads the recovery team (5.1 RPG) and ranks third in WAC in blocks (34). Texas fought with efficiency, qualifying near the bottom of WAC in the ratio of the assistant-back (0.59, 9th) and play rpm (18.1, 9th). They also qualify last at the conference in triplets made in a match (4.4) and attempts with three game points (13.0). The Tarleton State is 1-11 on the road this season and lost four of its five WAC Road games.

History of the Vs. Series. Texas
The Valley of Utah and the State of Tarleton will meet for the ninth time on Saturday afternoon. UVU has 5-3 advantages of all time in the series. The Two Teams Faced Off Twice Last Season, Splitting The Matchups, With Tarleton Winning 72-61 in Orem on Feb. 8, 2024, and Uvu Responding with A 63-60 Win in Stephenville on March 7, 2024. UVU HAS WON Two of the last three matches while the series has been tied with 2-2 in the last four games. UVU is 2-2 for all time against Tarleton State in UCCU Center and 2-1 in Stephenville. The teams also met on a neutral floor once, with werewolves claiming a 72-58 win in the WAC 2023 tournament in Las Vegas. The biggest margin of victory in the series came on January 1, 2022, when UVU won 77-55 at home.

Last time against The Texans: Utah Valley 63, Tarleton State 60 (3/7/24 – Stephenville, TX)

Ethan Potter He scored 22 career points and dropped 15 career fights to lead the Utah Valley to win 63-60 times over Tarleton State on March 7, 2024 at Wisdom Gym by clicking in the 10-game Texans victory -The second the longest win series in the nation at the time. The Utah Valley gave up 13 points in the second half, 51-38, with 13:09 to play. Texas retained the lead to 12 points, 58-46, with 9:18. Drake Allen Throw a dip, which caused a range of 17-2 above the final 9:18 of the game to help lift the werewolves to win. Potter scored its highest 22 points on 8 of 18 clips on the pitch and 6 out of 11 marks in the free throw line. He also took a game of high 15 rebounds to go with three blocks and theft.

Utah Valley bounces with a dominant victory over UT Arlington
The Utah Valley remained perfect at home with a dominant 94-73 victory over UT Arlington on Thursday night in the center of UCCU. Wolverines (16-7, 8-1 WAC) demolished the highest seasons of 14 triplets while throwing 25 assists at only four rpm to stay at the conference. Dominic Nelson led the road with 19 points, five assists and four struggles while Tanner Toolson Add 13 points, five assists and three thefts. Trevan Leonhardt Fill in the statistical sheet with 10 points, eight assists and seven rebounds. The Utah Valley controls the game from beginning to end, leading with as many as 25 points and holding Mavericks (11-12, 4-5 WAC) to 44.6% firing.