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UTAH VALLEY WRAPS UP WAC ROAD PLAY AT CALIFORNIA BAPTIST ON WEDNESDAY NIGHT
Fresh off a pair of wins over CSU Bakersfield and Grand Canyon at home last week, Utah Valley travels to Riverside for its final road game of the season on Wednesday night against California Baptist. The game will tip-off at 8 p.m. (MT) and will be broadcast live on ESPN+.

Utah Valley swept a pair of games at home last week against CSU Bakersfield and Grand Canyon. It marks the first time since Jan. 2 that the team has won back-to-back games. It is the first time this season that the Wolverines have won back-to-back games during WAC play.

Brandon Averette led four other Wolverines in double figures with career-high 23 points to help lead Utah Valley to an 92-80 win over Grand Canyon on Saturday afternoon in front of a season-high 5,236 fans at the UCCU Center. With the win, Utah Valley completes the two-game regular season sweep over the 'Lopes for the first time since 2014.

TJ Washington dished out a career-high 13 assists in the win over Grand Canyon on Saturday night, marking his sixth straight game with five or more assists. The 13 assists are the second most ever recorded in a single game in UVU history. During WAC play, Washington ranks second in the league in assists per game at 5.9.

Emmanuel Olojakpoke became UVU's single season record holder in total blocks on Feb. 20 in a win over CSU Bakersfield. The senior center had three blocks in the game to push his season blocks total to 72. The 72 swats breaks the UVU single season record of 71 set by Akolda Manyang during the 2017-18 season. Olojakpoke currently has 74 blocks this season.
 
As of Feb. 24, Utah Valley ranks 11th in the nation in total blocks with 145 swats. The Wolverines also rank 13th nationally in blocks per game at 5.2 a contest. Individually, Emmanuel Olojakpoke is ranked tied for eighth nationally with 74 blocks. He also ranks 13th in blocks per game at 2.64.

Utah Valley has played 15 games this season that have been decided by six points or less and seven games decided by three points or less. The Wolverines have lost six games by three points or less and 11 games by six points or less.

Mark Madsen enters his first season as the head coach of the Wolverines. The two-time NBA champion, former Los Angeles Lakers assistant coach, and former Stanford University basketball star makes his debut season as a head coach. He is just the third head coach in UVU's Division I history. Madsen takes over the Utah Valley program after serving the past six seasons as an assistant coach for the Los Angeles Lakers. He was a two-time NBA champion as a player with the Lakers (2001 and 2002), and he played for the Minnesota Timberwolves for six seasons.

BROADCAST INFORMATION
Wednesday's game at California Baptist will be broadcast live on ESPN+, which is available at ESPNplus.com. Pep Fernandez will be handling the play-by-play duties and Joan Bonvicini will be on the color commentary. The game will also be broadcast over the radio waves as Jim McCulloch enters his 10th season as the Voice of the Wolverines. Jason Erickson 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 CALIFORNIA BAPTIST
California Baptist enters Wednesday night's game with a 19-8 overall record and a 8-4 mark in WAC play. CBU has played 18 home games this season and holds a 13-5 mark at the CBU Events Center. The team is 3-3 at home in WAC play. The team split a pair of road games last week, falling 69-63 at Kansas City before downing Chicago State 95-53. Four Lancers finished in double figures, as the team recorded one of its best shooting performances on the season. CBU shot 59.3 percent from the field (32-54), 62.1 percent from the three-point line (18-29), and 92.9 percent from the free-throw line (13-14). Junior guard Milan Acquaah and redshirt senior guard Brandon Boyd finished with a team-high 22 points in the win at CSU. Acquaah leads the team in scoring at 17.7 points a game, followed by Flavors Jr. at 14.2 and Boyd (Idaho State transfer) at 11.2 points per game. As a team, CBU is averaging 80.6 points a game while limiting opponents to a 68.7 points a contest.

SERIES HISTORY VS. CBU
Utah Valley and California Baptist will meet up on the basketball hardwood for just the fourth time on Wednesday night. The game marks the second time the two teams have met in Riverside. UVU swept the first two games between the two programs last season, defeating CBU 79-62 at home before picking up a 64-63 win in Riverside. CBU then picked up its first-ever win against the Wolverines with a 65-61 victory in Orem on Jan. 29.

All-time Results vs. CBU (UVU leads 2-1)
Jan. 29, 20120    California Baptist def. Utah Valley, 65-61        Orem, Utah
Jan. 30, 2019    Utah Valley def. California Baptist, 79-62        Orem, Utah
March 2, 2019    Utah Valley def. California Baptist, 64-63        Riverside, California