• Utah Valley University hits the road for the final time in the WAC regular season with games at Seattle U on Thursday at 6 p.m. PT/7p.m. MT and California Baptist on Saturday at noon PT/1 p.m. MT.  Both games will air live on ESPN+.
• The Wolverines (13-12, 8-6) enter the week on a season-best four-game winning streak after a pair of lopsided wins at home last week. UVU defeated Tarleton, 75-53, and Dixie State, 99-59.
• Josie Williams leads UVU with 16.4 points and 12.3 rebounds per game. She enters the week third in the country in rebounds per game while her 19 double-doubles is also tied for third. She's also one double-double shy UVU's single-season record, which is held by Sam Jensen from 2012-13.
• Utah Valley is currently tied for fourth in the WAC standings with Abilene Christian, with ACU holding the tiebreaker. The top six postseason eligible teams will all receive at least a first-round bye at the WAC Tournament in March, while seeds 7-10 will play in the first round on Tuesday, March 8.
   

LAST TIME OUT
Utah Valley raced out to an insurmountable 30-2 lead after one quarter of play en route to the 40-point win over Dixie State to sweep the season series in the Old Hammer Rivalry.

Williams had 24 points and matched her career-high with 19 rebounds while Maria Carvalho scored 22 and surpassed 1,000 career points. Kayla Anderson had career-highs of 17 points and 10 rebounds to earn her first double-double.  The 99 points scored was a season high for the Wolverines, who also outrebounded the Trailblazers 53-18. The rebounds and rebounds allowed, as well as just seven turnovers, were all season bests for UVU.

ABOUT THE OPPOSITION
Seattle U is 9-17 overall and 4-11 in WAC play, tied in the loss column with Chicago State for the 10th and final spot in the WAC Tournament. SU lost at California Baptist on Saturday by 10, but earlier in the week defeated UTRGV at home in overtime. The Redhawks and Wolverines met in January in Orem, with UVU securing a 65-51 win behind a balanced attack and 33 points from the bench. Seattle owns a 12-10 all-time series lead with the Wolverines winning the last three. Bree Calhoun, who did not play in the prior meeting, leads the Redhawks at 13.0 points per game.

Defending WAC Champion California Baptist enters a Thursday contest with Dixie State in third place at 10-4 in the WAC and is 19-6 overall. The Lancers defeated the Wolverines 83-68 in Orem on Jan. 15 behind 30 points from the WAC's leading scorer, Caitlyn Harper. CBU is 6-1 all-time against the Wolverines, including 4-0 at home. CBU has won three of its last four overall, with the only loss coming last Thursday at Grand Canyon.

COMING UP
Following Saturday's game, the Wolverines will wrap up the WAC regular season at home with games against Grand Canyon (March 4) and New Mexico State (March 6) in the UCCU Center.