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Utah Women’s Basketball to Host Nevada

By Adam Cochran, Sports Writer

December 11, 2019

The University of Utah women’s basketball team (5-3, 0-0 Pac-12) welcomes in the Nevada Wolfpack (5-3, 0-1 Mountain West) to the Jon M. Huntsman Center on Saturday, Dec. 14. The Utes are currently on a five-game winning streak. Previewing the Utes The Utes provided a dominant first half per...

Utah Women’s Basketball to Open December Home Stand with Oral Roberts

By Adam Cochran, Sports Writer

December 4, 2019

The University of Utah women’s basketball team (4-3, 0-0 Pac-12) will host the Oral Roberts Golden Eagles (4-5, 0-0 Summit League) on Thursday, December 5, at 7 p.m. at the Jon M. Huntsman Center. The Utes are on a four-game winning streak and will be back at home after three games away from...

Utes, Cougars, Put Winning Streaks on the Line in Women’s Basketball Clash

By Adam Cochran, Sports Writer

November 28, 2019

The University of Utah women’s basketball team (3-3, 0-0 Pac-12) will head to Provo on Friday, November 29 to face in-state rival Brigham Young University (3-1, 0-0 WCC). The Utes will come into the game with a three-win winning streak, and right now they are playing their best basketball of the year....

Utah Women’s Basketball Makes it Three in a Row

By Adam Cochran, Sports Writer

November 24, 2019

The University of Utah women’s basketball team (3-3, 0-0 Pac-12) went to Hawaii and will return with two more wins after sweeping the Bank of Hawaii Classic. On Friday, the Utes topped Texas Southern (2-3, 0-0 SWAC), 61-52 before handling UTSA (3-3, 0-0 C-USA) 91-45 on Sunday. Texas Sta...

Utah Women’s Basketball Cruises to First Victory, Preps for Hawaii

By Adam Cochran, Sports Writer

November 19, 2019

The University of Utah women’s basketball team (1-3, 0-0 Pac-12) coasted to a comfortable 87-49 victory over the Eastern Washington Eagles (0-3, 0-0 Big Sky) at the Jon M. Huntsman Center on Nov. 18. This marked the first victory of the season for Utah. Game Recap The Utes got off to a...

Utah Women’s Basketball Welcome South Dakota in Home Opener

By Adam Cochran, Sports Writer

November 16, 2019

The University of Utah women’s basketball team (0-2, 0-0 Pac-12) will host their home opener this weekend, Saturday, November 16, 2019, at the Jon M. Huntsman Center. They welcome the South Dakota Coyotes (3-0, 0-0 Summit League). The Utes won the only previous matchup against the Coyotes 66-59 in...

A Young Team and High Hopes with U Women’s Basketball

By Casey Overfield, Sports Editor

November 13, 2019

The University of Utah women’s basketball team is preparing for their 2019-20 campaign and they have a strong platform for success. The Utes are welcoming back a core of returning players, as well as a strong incoming class to their roster, and these players, along with their coaches, al...

Women’s Basketball Falls to Cincinnati Schools in Season Opener

By Adam Cochran, Sports Writer

November 8, 2019

The University of Utah Women’s Basketball team dropped their first two games of the 2019-2020 season in Cincinnati. On Tuesday, Nov. 5, the Utes fell to Cincinnati in a hard-fought game, 68-62. Two days later, they lost to Xavier 70-63, in a game decided in the final minute. Turnovers were the major...

Young Players Shine in Utah Women’s Basketball Exhibition Win

By Adam Cochran, Sports Writer

October 31, 2019

The University of Utah Women’s Basketball Team won an exhibition game against Westminster College Thursday at the Jon M. Huntsman Center. In front of a crowd of over 6,000 screaming kids from area elementary schools for the Utes’ annual “Future Scholars” day, Utah ran away with a big 88-58 victory...

Utes Set to Host Westminster in Exhibition to Tip-off Season

By Adam Cochran, Sports Writer

October 30, 2019

The University of Utah Women’s Basketball team will host an exhibition game on Thursday, October 31, 2019, against the Westminster Griffins. The game will mark the unofficial beginning of the 2019-20 season for the Utes. After finishing sixth in the Pac-12 last year, the Utes were picked seventh in...