UVU TRAVELS TO GRAND CANYON STATE TO TAKE ON ARIZONA, NORTHERN ARIZONA
After playing three-straight games at home, Utah Valley travels to the Grand Canyon State to take on Arizona and Northern Arizona this week. The Wolverines will take on Arizona on Thursday before traveling to play Northern Arizona on Saturday. Thursday's game against the Wildcats is set to tip-off at 7 p.m. The game will be broadcast live on the Pac-12 Network.

Utah Valley and Arizona meet on the basketball hardwood for just the second time on Thursday night. The two teams have met just one time with the Wildcats taking an 87-56 win on Dec. 9, 2014 in Tucson. The game marked Arizona's 36th-straight non-conference home win. The Wildcats have since extended their non-conference home win streak to 51 games. UVU holds an all-time 2-8 record against teams from the Pac-12 Conference. UVU's lone wins over Pac-12 foes include a 75-71 win over Arizona State on Dec. 10, 2005 and a 70-68 victory at Oregon State on Dec. 1, 2010.

Conner Toolson scored a season-high 26 points and TJ Washington scored a career-high 17 points to lead Utah Valley to a 98-75 win over Denver in a Summit League/WAC challenge game on Saturday night at the UCCU Center. The win extended UVU's home win streak to 18 games—one of the longest streaks in the country. Conner Toolson scored his 26 points on 8-of-15 shooting, including a 5-of-10 clip from beyond the arc. He also knocked down 5-of-6 shots at the free throw line and pulled down four rebounds. Washington knocked down 5-of-7 shots from the field, including 2-of-3 from long range for his 17 points. He also dished out six assists. Jake Toolson scored 15 points on a 5-of-9 clip, including a pair of threes. Ben Nakwaasah and Baylee Steele were also in double figures with 14 and 10 points, respectively.

Conner Toolson now ranks fifth on the all-time UVU steals list and made threes list. He ranks ninth on the all-time points chart and is just 60 points away from becoming just the eighth 1,000-point scorer in UVU history. He passed up cousin Ryan Toolson (2003-04, 06-09) for the fifth spot and is now just two steals away from tying Jordan Swarbrick (2007-11) for the fourth spot. Toolson is now all alone in fifth on the all-time at UVU on the three-point field goals made chart with 152 and is just nine made threes away from tying UVU great Ronnie Price for fourth on the all-time threes list. Toolson ranks ninth on UVU's all-time scoring list with 940 points. He needs just 60 points to become just the eighth player in UVU history to reach the 1,000-point plateau.

Utah Valley is currently tied for the fourth-longest active home win streak in the nation at 18 games. The Wolverines look to extend their win streak to 18 games against Denver on Saturday night.

BROADCAST INFORMATION
Thursday night's game at Arizona will be broadcast live on the Pac-12 Network. J.B. Long and Steve Lavin will be on the call. The Pac-12 Network is available in the state of Utah on Xfinity/Comcast channels 37/410/757, CenturyLink channels 682/1682, and on Dish Network Channels 406/409/5438. The game will also be broadcast over the radio waves on ESPN960 AM as Jim McCulloch enters his ninth season as the radio play-by-play personality. Jason Erickson will be handling the color commentary duties on the radio. A live stream of the radio broadcast will also be available at ESPN960Sports.com.

ABOUT ARIZONA
Arizona enters Thursday night's game against Utah Valley with a 6-2 record.  After dropping games to Gonzaga (91-74) and Auburn (73-57) at the Maui Jim Maui Invitational in Hawaii, the Wildcats have won two straight, including a 76-72 win on the road at UConn. Arizona now returns to the McKale Center where the team has won 51 straight non-conference games. Arizona's last loss at home was a 61-57 setback to San Diego State in 2011. The Wildcats hold an 86-3 record at home since the start of the 2013-14 season. The three home losses rank as the fewest in the country since the 2013-14 season. Sophomore guard Brandon Randolph leads the Wildcats in scoring at 17.3 points per game. Junior center Duke transfer Chase Jeter averages 12.6 points and leads the team on the boards at 7.5 rebounds per game. Freshman guard Brandon Williams and senior guard Justin Coleman also average double figures at 12.1 and 11.4 points per game, respectively. Arizona averages 78.6 points per game while limiting opponents to a 67.4 points per game mark. Arizona is coached by Sean Miller, who is in his 10th year with the team. He holds a 253-76 record during his time at UA.

SERIES HISTORY VS. ARIZONA, PAC-12
Utah Valley and Arizona meet on the basketball hardwood for just the second time on Thursday night. The two teams have met just one time with the Wildcats taking an 87-56 win on Dec. 9, 2014 in Tucson. The game marked Arizona's 36th straight non-conference home win. The Wildcats have since extended their non-conference home win streak to 51 games. UVU holds an all-time 2-8 record against teams from the Pac-12 Conference. UVU's lone wins over Pac-12 foes include a 75-71 win over Arizona State on Dec. 10, 2005 and a 70-68 victory at Oregon State on Dec. 1, 2010.

LAST TIME VS. ARIZONA (Dec. 9, 2014 - McKale Center - Tucson, Ariz.)
Chad Ross scored a career-high 12 points and Marcel Davis added 10 to lead Utah Valley to an 87-56 setback to No. 3 Arizona at the McKale Center on Dec. 9, 2014.
 
Utah Valley fell to 3-5 during the 2014-15 season with the loss while Arizona won its 36th straight regular season non-conference game to improve to 9-0. No. 3 Arizona is the highest ranked opponent that Utah Valley has ever faced.
 
The game wrapped up a streak of seven straight road games for the Wolverines who returned home to host in-state rival Utah State.
 
"I thought we competed, worked hard and gave our best effort," said Utah Valley head coach Dick Hunsaker. "They are arguably the top team in the country and I thought there were a number of things we can build on from this game moving forward."
 
The Wolverines got off to a quick start, taking a 16-14 lead after junior guard Jaden Jackson hit a shot from beyond the arc with 13:24 remaining in the first half.  Arizona then re-took the lead and never trailed again as the Wildcats opened the second half on a 20-2 run to help secure the victory.
 
Ross scored his career-high 12 points on 5-of-7 shooting from the field, including a 2-of-2 mark from three-point range. Davis tallied his 10 points on a 2-of-4 clip from the field and a perfect 6-of-6 mark from the charity stripe.
 
Donte Williams and Zach Nelson each added eight points, while Eli Robison and Mitch Bruneel each recorded five.
 
Freshman Stanley Johnson led four Wildcats in double figures with 14 points. Dusan Ristic scored 13 points while Rondae Hollis-Jefferson and Gabe York added 12 and 11 points, respectively.

UVU EXTENDS HOME WIN STREAK TO 18 GAMES WITH WIN OVER DENVER
Conner Toolson scored a season-high 26 points and TJ Washington scored a career-high 17 points to lead Utah Valley to a 98-75 win over Denver in a Summit League/WAC challenge game on Saturday night at the UCCU Center. The win extends UVU's home win streak to 18 games—one of the longest streaks in the country.
 
The win marks the fifth-straight win for Utah Valley, which improves to 6-3 on the season. Denver falls to 2-6 with the setback.

Utah Valley jumped out to a 9-2 run over the first 2:15 of the game with Connor Toolson scoring seven of UVU's first nine points in a three-point bucket and a pair of layups.  Leading 21-15 with 11:38 to play, Utah Valley used a 15-4 run to take a 36-19 lead with 7:23 remaining in the half.  The two teams played evenly over the final seven minutes as the Wolverines were able to take a 53-37 into the break. The 53 points are the most points that UVU has scored in a half this season. The Wolverines used an 8-2 run early in the second half to jump out to a 63-42 lead with 14:42 to play. Utah Valley then scored 15 unanswered points over a 3:45 span to take a 31-point lead, 78-47, with 10 minutes to go. Denver out-scored UVU 28-20 the rest of the way but it wasn't enough as UVU hung on to win by 23 points, 98-75.
 
Conner Toolson scored his 26 points on 8-of-15 shooting, including a 5-of-10 clip from beyond the arc. He also knocked down 5-of-6 shots at the free throw line and pulled down four rebounds. Washington knocked down 5-of-7 shots from the field, including 2-of-3 from long range for his 17 points. He also dished out six assists. Jake Toolson scored 15 points on a 5-of-9 clip, including a pair of threes. Ben Nakwaasah and Baylee Steele were also in double figures with 14 and 10 points, respectively.
 
UVU shot 53.4 percent (31-of-58) from the field, including a 44.8 percent (13-of-29) clip from three-point range. The Wolverines out-rebounded Denver 38-29 on the night.

CONNER TOOLSON MOVES UP ON THE CAREER LISTS
Conner Toolson now ranks fifth on the all-time UVU steals list and made threes list. He ranks ninth on the all-time points chart. He passed up cousin Ryan Toolson (2003-04, 06-09) for the fifth spot and is now just two steals away from tying Jordan Swarbrick (2007-11) for the fourth spot. 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 152 and is just nine made threes away from tying UVU great Ronnie Price for fourth on the all-time threes list. Toolson ranks ninth on UVU's all-time scoring list with 940 points. He needs just 60 points to become just the eighth player in UVU history to reach the 1,000-point plateau.

UVU TIED FOR THE FOURTH-LONGEST ACTIVE HOME WIN STREAK IN THE NATION, BREAKS SCHOOL RECORD
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 is tied with Montana for the nation's fourth-longest active home win streak in the nation at 18 games behind South Dakota State (24), Houston (21), and Charleston (20). The Wolverines look to extend their win streak to 19 games on Dec. 19 against Idaho State. The previous UVU home win streak record was 17 games, which was set from the 2004-05 season to the 2005-06 season.

HOME SWEET UCCU CENTER
Utah Valley holds an all-time 171-46 (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 fourth-ranked active home win streak in the country at 18 games.