OPENING TIP

• Utah Valley continues its stretch of six straight home games to open the 2018-19 season on Saturday at 11 a.m. MT in the UCCU Center against Ottawa University. 
• The Wolverines are looking to start 3-1 for the first time since the 2015-16 season when UVU began 6-1.
• Freshman Eve Braslis leads the team with averages of 14.3 points and 8.3 rebounds and is shooting 65.5 percent from the field.
• Sophomore Sophia Jacobbson scored a career-high 13 points on Saturday against the University of Portland. 
• Former UVU assistant Caitlyn Sears is an assistant coach with Ottawa. Sears was at UVU from 2015-17, for two seasons. 
   

LIVE COVERAGE
Saturday's game can be seen live on the WAC Digital Network with StatBroadcast also available. 

THE WEEK THAT WAS
UVU had a busy opening week with three games in five days. The Wolverines opened the season against UC Santa Barbara on Nov. 6, a 63-54 win. The 54 points allowed are the fewest a UVU team has allowed in a season-opening win in the school's NCAA DI era. UVU also defeated the University of La Verne, 86-79, on Thursday before a 65-60 loss to Portland on Saturday. 

ABOUT THE SPIRIT
Ottawa is a second-year athletic program and members of the National Christian College Athletic Association located in Surprise, Arizona. The Spirit won their first three games of the season, two in dominating fashion, and have three players in double figures led by Alexis Smith's 16.7 ppg. Bailey Osmer is scoring 15.3 points and grabbing 8.0 rebounds so far. Saturday's game will be an exhibition for Ottawa. 

SERIES HISTORY
Tuesday will the first regular season meeting for UVU against Ottawa. The two played an exhibition contest -- for both teams -- prior to the 2017-18 season. 

UP NEXT
The Wolverines host another NCCAA program in Arizona Christian next Wednesday at 1 p.m. MT in Lockhart Arena.