• Utah Valley University wraps up the WAC regular season with a pair of home games in the UCCU Center starting Thursday at 6 p.m. MT against Grand Canyon. The final home game will be Saturday at noon MT against New Mexico State. Both games will air live on ESPN+.
• The Wolverines (14-13, 9-7) are currently in fourth place, one game in the loss column in front of both Sam Houston and Abilene Christian. UVU would need to finish ahead of both teams to stay in fourth due to tiebreakers. The top six teams earn first-round byes in next week's tournament, the top four receive byes through the first two rounds, and the top two are idle until the tournament semifinals.
• Josie Williams leads UVU with 17.4 points and 12.2 rebounds per game. Her points per game is second in the WAC and her 55.4% from the floor is fourth in the conference. She enters the week fourth in the country in rebounds per game while her 20 double-doubles — which is tied for the school record — is also tied for fourth nationally.

LAST TIME OUT
Utah Valley split two games on its final WAC road trip of the season last week. The Wolverines held of Seattle U, 67-61, last Thursday before falling 84-59 to California Baptist on Saturday.

Williams finished with 28 points and 16 rebounds in the win over Seattle to set a new caeer-high in scoring. She followed that up with 31 points at CBU but the Lancers used a big second quarter to pull away and coasted to the win. On Monday she was named the WAC Player of the Week of the second time this season and sixth time in her career.

ABOUT THE OPPOSITION
Grand Canyon (19-8, 12-4) is one win or one California Baptist loss from securing the No. 2 seed in next week's tournament. The Lopes saw their four-game win streak snapped last Saturday against Sam Houston. UVU defeated GCU, 58-50, on Feb. 10 in Phoenix, holding off a late run to win for the second straight time in GCU Arena.

New Mexico State (10-16, 6-10) snapped a four-game skid with an 80-71 win over Chicago State on Saturday. The Aggies are currently the No. 9 seed and play at regular season champion Stephen F. Austin on Thursday. The Wolverines defeated NM State, 66-32, on Feb. 12 in Las Cruces to win for the second straight time in the Pan Am Center. The Aggies were in the midst of four home games in seven days during that game.