UVU LOOKS TO EXTEND HOME WIN STREAK ON WEDNESDAY NIGHT AGAINST WESTERN COLORADO
After claiming the MGM Main Event Middleweight championship at the Cox Pavilion in Las Vegas and extending its home win streak to 16 games with a win over North Dakota last week, Utah Valley continues play at the UCCU Center on Wednesday night against Division II Western Colorado. Tip-off is set for 7 p.m.

Jake Toolson scored 17 points and Conner Toolson added 15 to lead Utah Valley to a 74-68 win over North Dakota on Saturday evening at the UCCU Center. The win pushed UVU's home win streak to 16 games—the third-best active home win streak in the nation. Isaiah White also reached double figures with 12 points with seven rebounds two blocks. TJ Washington just missed a double-double with nine points and nine assists.

Jake Toolson was been named Western Athletic Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Week for the week of Nov. 19-25. It is the first WAC Player of the Week honor of the season and the third of his career. Toolson averaged 16.3 points, 5.0 rebounds and 3.0 assists per game as the Wolverines went 3-0 last week. He shot 66.7 percent (16-of-24) from the floor, including a blistering 77.8 percent (7-of-9) mark from three-point range and an impressive 90.9 percent (10-of-11) from the free throw line over the three games

Jake Toolson scored 20 points and Ben Nakwaasah added a career-high 18 to lead Utah Valley to the MGM Main Event Middleweight title with an 87-72 win over Long Beach State last week at Cox Pavilion in Las Vegas. Jake Toolson led the Wolverines with 20 points on a perfect 8-for-8 clip from the field, including a 2-of-2 mark from beyond the arc and a perfect 2-of-2 performance from the free throw line. He also pulled down five rebounds and dished out four assists. Baylee Steele recorded a 14-point, 10-rebound double-double in the win.

Conner Toolson was named the MGM Main Event MVP after 19.0 points, 3.5 rebounds, and 1.0 steals per game over the two games at the tournament. The senior guard shot 60.9 percent (14-of-23) from the field, including a 42.9 percent (6-of-14) clip from beyond the arc.

Utah Valley currently owns the nation's third-longest active home win streak in the nation at 16 games. The Wolverines look to extend their win streak to 17 games against Western Colorado on Wednesday night.

BROADCAST INFORMATION
Wednesday night's game against Western Colorado will be broadcast live on UVUtv and the WAC Digital Network (WACdigitalNetwork.com). The game will also be streamed live via UVU's YouTube channel and on its Facebook page. Brandon Crow and Holton Hunsaker will be on the call. The game will also be broadcast over the radio waves as Jim McCulloch enters his ninth season as the radio play-by-play personality. Josh Kullanki will be handling the color commentary duties on the radio. The radio broadcast will be aired live on ESPN 960AM radio. A live stream of the radio broadcast will also be available at ESPN960Sports.com.

ABOUT WESTERN COLORADO
Western Colorado (formerly Western State Colorado) enters Wednesday's game at UVU with a 3-3 record. The Division II Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference school has already played one Division I school this year as the team defeated Air Force, 84-64, in an exhibition game to open the season. The Mountaineers are averaging 82.3 points per game on 45 percent shooting. Western's offensive output is currently the fourth highest in the RMAC. Western has outscored opponents 266-197 in the first half this season. Individually, redshirt senior guard Quincy Harding leads Western in scoring with 20.0 points per game--the fifth best in the RMAC. Senior guard Brady Subart is averaging 15.6 points per game while redshirt junior guard Jaire Roberts posts 14.0 points per game. Western has won two straight games, including a 93-69 win over Fisher College (Mass.) and an 89-63 win over Graceland (Iowa) on Nov. 23 and 24, respectively in Grand Junction, Colo. In Western's exhibition win over Air Force, the Mountaineers used hot shooting from long range as the team knocked down 15-of-29 shots from beyond the arc to defeat the Falcons, 84-64.

SERIES HISTORY VS. WESTERN COLORADO
Utah Valley and Western Colorado meet up for the first time in a non-exhibition game for the Wolverines. The two teams have played two other times, both in exhibition matchups in Orem with UVU winning both of those games. Wednesday night's game will count as an exhibition contest for Western Colorado. The game will mark the third time this season that the Wolverines have taken on a team from the Division II RMAC as UVU defeated Dixie State in an exhibition game before downing Westminster in its season opener.

All-Time Results vs. Western Colorado (Exhibition Games)
Jan. 09, 2015    Utah Valley def. Western Colorado, 97-52    Orem, Utah (Exhibition)
Nov. 07, 2016    Utah Valley def. Western Colorado, 113-87    Orem, Utah (Exhibition)
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UVU EXTENDS HOME WIN STREAK TO 16 GAMES WITH 74-68 WIN OVER NORTH DAKOTA
Jake Toolson scored 17 points and Conner Toolson added 15 to lead Utah Valley to a 74-68 win over North Dakota on Nov. 24 at the UCCU Center. The win pushed UVU's home win streak to 16 games—the third-best active home win streak in the nation.
 
UVU's first four made shots of the game were all from long range as the team took a 12-4 lead into the first media timeout. Utah Valley then used a 7-3 run over just a one-minute span to take a 20-9 advantage with 12:15 left in the first half. UND countered with an 8-3 run to cut the UVU lead to six points, 23-17, with 8:44 remaining. The two teams then played even the rest of the half as the Wolverines took a 40-32 lead into the break.
 
North Dakota opened the second half on a 15-6 run over a 7:25 span to cut the UVU lead to just one point, 48-47, with 11:52 left to play. North Dakota tied the game, 55-55, with 7:48 to play and then took its first lead of the game on an Aanen Moody three-pointer to lead 58-55 with 7:12 remaining. UVU then responded by out-scoring the Fighting Hawks 18-12 the rest of the way to secure the 74-68 win.
 
Jake Toolson scored his team-high 17 points on 4-of-9 shooting from the field, including a 3-of-4 mark from long range. He also knocked down 6-of-7 shots at the charity stripe and pulled down six rebounds with two assists.
 
Conner Toolson hit 6-of-12 shots from the field, including three shots from beyond the arc for his 15 points. Isaiah White also reached double figures with 12 points on 5-of-8 shooting. White had seven rebounds with two blocks. TJ Washington just missed a double-double with nine points and nine assists.
 
As a team, Utah Valley shot 50.9 percent (28-of-55), including a 45.5 percent (10-of-22) mark from three-point range. The Wolverines held North Dakota to 45.2 percent shooting. UVU out-rebounded UND 35-30 on the night. Conner Avants led North Dakota with 20 points, while Cortez Seales helped with 19.

HOME SWEET UCCU CENTER
Utah Valley holds an all-time 168-46 (78 percent) record in 13 seasons at the UCCU Center. The Wolverines are averaging 12.5 wins a season at the UCCU Center. UVU finished play at home last season with a school-record 16-1 record. The team holds the nation's fifth-ranked active home win streak in the country at 16 games.

JAKE TOOLSON NAMED WAC PLAYER OF THE WEEK
Utah Valley junior guard Jake Toolson has been named Western Athletic Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Week for the week of Nov. 19-25. This is his first WAC Player of the Week honor of the season and the third of his career.
 
The Gilbert, Ariz. native averaged 16.3 points, 5.0 rebounds and 3.0 assists per game as the Wolverines went 3-0 last week. Toolson shot 66.7 percent (16-of-24) from the floor, including a blistering 77.8 percent (7-of-9) mark from three-point range and an impressive 90.9 percent (10-of-11) from the free throw line over the three games. He opened the week with 12 points, four rebounds and three assists in a win over Hartford. Toolson then scored 20 points on a perfect 8-of-8 shooting from the field, 2-of-2 from beyond the arc and 2-of-2 from the free throw line in Utah Valley's win over Long Beach State in the championship game of the MGM Main Event in Las Vegas. He also pulled down five rebounds and dished out four assists to help the Wolverines claim the MGM Main Event Middleweight championship belt. Toolson then scored 17 points with six rebounds and two assists in Utah Valley's win over North Dakota on Saturday as the Wolverines extended their home winning streak to 16 games – the fifth-longest active home win streak in the country.

UVU CLAIMS MGM MAIN EVENT TITLE WITH 87-72 WIN OVER LONG BEACH STATE
Jake Toolson scored 20 points and Ben Nakwaasah added a career-high 18 to lead Utah Valley to the MGM Main Event Middleweight title with a 87-72 win over Long Beach State on Wednesday afternoon at Cox Pavilion in Las Vegas.

Jake Toolson led the Wolverines with 20 points on a perfect 8-for-8 clip from the field, including a 2-of-2 mark from beyond the arc and a perfect 2-of-2 performance from the free throw line. He also pulled down five rebounds and dished out four assists. Nakwaasah scored his career-high 18 points on 6-of-7 shooting from the floor, including a 3-of-3 clip from long range. He also knocked down 3-of-4 free throws and pulled down five rebounds with five assists.
 
Conner Toolson scored 15 points, while Baylee Steele and Isaiah White also reached double figures with 14 and 13 points, respectively. As a team, Utah Valley shot a season-best 58 percent (29-of-50) from the field, including a 52 percent (11-of-21) mark from three-point range. Steele recorded a double-double with his 14 points and 10 rebounds.
 
Utah Valley and Long Beach State played through four lead changes and seven ties over the first 17 minutes of the first half. UVU then used back-to-back-to-back threes by Isaiah White, Ben Nakwaasah, and Conner Toolson to go on a 9-0 run and take a 40-28 lead with 1:22 left in the half. The Wolverines took a 41-34 advantage into the break.
 
The two teams played evenly through the first 12 minutes of the second half until UVU pushed its lead to 12 points, 63-51, on Conner Toolson and Nakwaasah threes. Toolson then gave UVU a 66-53 lead after knocking down a three with seven minutes to play. The Wolverines then out-scored LBSU 13-9 the rest of the way to secure the win.
 
Conner Toolson was named the MGM Main Event Middleweight MVP after scoring a combined 38 points over the two games at the tournament

CONNER TOOLSON NAMED MGM MAIN EVENT MVP
Conner Toolson was named the MGM Main Event Middleweight MVP after scoring 19.0 points, 3.5 rebounds, and 1.0 steals per game over the wins over Hartford and Long Beach State. He shot 60.9 percent (14-of-23) from the field, including a 42.9 pecent (6-of-14) clip from long range.

UVU HOLDS NATION'S FIFTH-RANKED ACTIVE HOME WIN STREAK IN THE NATION
Utah Valley won a school-record 16 games at home last season, finishing the 2017-18 campaign with a school-record 16-1 record at home, surpassing the previous record of 14-1 set by the 2006-07 team. Utah Valley currently has the nation's fifth-longest active home win streak in the nation at 16 games behind South Dakota State (23), Charleston (18), Houston (18), and Montana (17). The Wolverines look to extend their win streak to 17 games on Wednesday night against Western Colorado.

Longest Active Home Win Streaks in the Nation
1.    South Dakota St.    23    
T2.    Charleston    18
T2.    Houston    18
4.    Montana    17
5.    Utah Valley    16    
T6.    Buffalo    15
T6.    Nebraska    15
T8.    Murray State    12
T8.    UNC Greensboro    12
T10.    Tennessee    11
T10.    LSU    11
T10.    Rider    11

CONNER TOOLSON MOVES UP ON THE CAREER STEALS AND THREE-POINTERS MADE CHARTS
Conner Toolson moved up to sixth on the all-time UVU steals list. He passed up Chris Bailey (2005-07) for the sixth spot and is now just one steal away from the fifth spot on the list, which is occupied by cousin Ryan Toolson (2003-04, 06-09). Holton Hunsaker is UVU's all-time steals leader with 157. Toolson is now all alone in fifth on the all-time at UVU on the three-point field goals made chart with 143 and is just 18 made threes away from tying UVU great Ronnie Price for fourth on the all-time threes list.

UVU Career Steals Chart
1.    157    Holton Hunsaker, 2010-14
2.    110    Ben Aird, 2010-14
3.    108    Ronnie Price, 2003-05
4.    106    Jordan Swarbrick, 2007-11
5.    100    Ryan Toolson, 2003-04, 06-09
6.    99    Conner Toolson, 2016-pres
7.    94    Chris Bailey, 2005-07
8.    80    Josh Olsen, 2006-09
9.    75    David Heck, 2003-07
10.    73    Pierre Thomas, 2003-06

UVU Career Three-Point FG made
1.    315    Ryan Toolson , 2003-04, 06-09
2.    236    Holton Hunsaker, 2010-14
3.    166    Isiah Williams, 2010-12
4.    161    Ronnie Price, 2003-05
5.    143    Conner Toolson, 2016-pres
6.    140    David Heck, 2003-07
7.    125    Kenneth Ogbe, 2016-18
8.    117    Richard Troyer, 2004-08
9.    92    Jordan Swarbrick, 2007-11
10.    86    Josh Olsen, 2006-09

MAN OF STEELE
Redshirt junior Baylee Steele pulled down a school-record 19 rebounds against BYU on Nov. 9. Steele's 19 boards breaks the previous single game UVU mark of 18 set by Jon Bell at Florida Gulf Coast on March 5, 2004. Geddes Robinson tied the 18-rebound mark on Jan. 28, 2012 against NJIT. The record stood for 14 years before Steele broke it on Nov. 9, 2018 at BYU. Steele is averaging team-best 9.3 rebounds per game this season.