• Utah Valley continues WAC road play as the team travels to The Golden State to take on California Baptist on Wednesday night at the CBU Events Center in Riverside.
   
• Utah Valley went a perfect 2-0 on the road last week with a 72-64 win at UT Arlington and a 75-61 win over UTRGV. Le'Tre Darthard scored a game-high 19 points and Aziz Bandaogo recorded a double-double with a career-high 18 points and 16 rebounds to lead the Wolverines in win at UT Rio Grande Valley on Saturday night. Justin Harmon scored a season-high 21 points and Bandaogo notched a 13-point, 12-rebound double-double to lead Utah Valley to the 72-64 win over UT Arlington on Thursday night.
   
• With its two road wins last week, Utah Valley extends its win streak to 10 games. It is the fifth-longest win streak in the nation. The win streak dates back to an 88-78 win over Long Beach State on Dec. 3.
   
• Aziz Bandaogo was named the TicketSmarter Western Athletic Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Week on Monday. It is the second time this season that Bandaogo has earned the honor.  Bandaogo recorded a pair of double-doubles to lead Utah Valley to a pair of WAC road wins over UT Arlington and UTRGV last week to help the Wolverines push their win streak to 10 games and move to a perfect 4-0 in WAC play. He averaged 15.5 points, 14.0 rebounds, and 4.5 blocks over the two games. He also shot 63.2 percent from the field and recorded an 87.5 percent clip from the free throw line.
   
• Le'Tre Darthard knocked down his 100th career three-pointer on Jan. 5 at UT Arlington. He now ranks ninth all-time at UVU with 105 career made threes.
   
• Utah Valley's 80-64 win over Sam Houston last week was the team's highest-rated win of the season as the Bearkats held an NCAA NET rating of No. 20 at the time. Utah Valley has also defeated two other top-100 NET rated teams in Oregon (66) and BYU (89).
   
• With its 77-72 win at Oregon on Dec. 20, Utah Valley became one of four WAC teams to pick up a win over a team from a Power 5 Conference. Utah Valley (Oregon) joins Sam Houston (Oklahoma, Utah), California Baptist (Washington), and Tarleton (Boston College) to pick up wins over teams from a Power 5 league.
   
• Utah Valley is the top shot blocking team in the nation at 6.8 blocks per game. The Wolverines sit just ahead of Auburn (6.6 bpg.), Oral Roberts (6.0 bpg), and Florida (6.0 bpg.).
   
• Aziz Bandaogo ranks in the top-20 nationally in six statistical categories. He ranks third in blocks (50), fourth in blocks per game (2.94), fifth in rebounds (175), seventh in double doubles (8), 10th in rebounds per game (10.3), and 11th in defensive rebounds per game (7.53).

BROADCAST INFORMATION
Wednesday night's game at California Baptist will be broadcast live on the ESPN+, which is available on the ESPN+ app and at ESPNplus.com. The game will also be broadcast over the Utah County airwaves on ESPN 960 AM with Jim McCulloch on the call.

ABOUT CALIFORNIA BAPTIST
California Baptist enters Wednesday night's game against UVU with a 10-7 overall record and a 2-2 conference mark. The team won a pair of WAC games last week, picking up a 72-58 win at home against Utah Tech and a 70-61 win at New Mexico State. In the win at NM State on Saturday, graduate guard/forward Riley Battin led the team with 18 points, while redshirt sophomore forward Hunter Goodrick pulled down nine rebounds to go with eight points. Saturday's win was CBU's first-ever win over New Mexico State. Joe Quintana leads the team in scoring at 10.5 points per game, followed closely by Taran Armstrong at 10.4 points a contest. Goodrick leads the team on the boards, pulling down 7.1 rebounds a game, while Armstrong fronts the team in assists at 4.8 a game. As a team, CBU ranks 34th in the country in three-point attempts per game at 25.9. The team gets a lot of production from its bench at 27.9 points a game. 

SERIES HISTORY VS. THE LANCERS
Utah Valley and California Baptist will meet for the ninth time on the basketball hardwood on Wednesday. The Wolverines hold an all-time 5-3 advantage in the series. UVU has won three of the last four meetings against the Lancers, including a 64-54 win in Orem in the two team's last matchup on Feb. 26, 2022. The two teams split last season's two-game series with each team winning on its home floor. CBU took a 75-73 win over UVU in the last game played in Riverside on Jan. 15, 2022. CBU holds a 2-1 advantage in games played in Riverside. 

NATIONAL BLOCKS LEADER
As of Jan. 9, Utah Valley now leads the nation in both total blocks and blocks per game. The Wolverines lead the country with 116 blocks and lead the nation in blocks per game at 6.8. Auburn is second in the country at 6.6 blocks per game.