• Utah Valley will wrap up regular season play on Friday night at the UCCU Center against Stephen F. Austin. Tip-off is set for 6 p.m. The game will be free to the public.
   
• Utah Valley secured its third WAC regular season title on Wednesday night with a 78-59 win over UT Arlington. It marks the third overall WAC regular season championship for UVU (2013-14, 2020-21, 2022-23) and its second in the last three years under head coach Mark Madsen. Utah Valley sits atop the WAC standings with an 14-3 record. The Wolverines hold a one-game lead in the WAC standings over Sam Houston with one to play and would win the WAC title outright with a win on Friday night over SFA or a Sam Houston loss against Abilene Christian.
   
• Utah Valley will celebrate senior night on Friday night prior to tip-off against Stephen F. Austin. Trey Woodbury, Blaze Nield, Tim Fuller, Tahj Small, and Le'Tre Darthard will be honored.
   
• Utah Valley claimed a WAC regular season title with a 78-59 win over UT Arlington on Wednesday night at the UCCU Center. Justin Harmon scored 17 points and Le'Tre Darthard added 16 to lead the Wolverines to their third WAC regular season crown in program history. Aziz Bandaogo recorded his 15th double-double of the season with 10 points and 11 rebounds.
   
• Utah Valley has hit the 20-win mark for a second straight season. This year's team hit the 20-win mark faster than any team in UVU history in the program's full Division I status era. The 2003-04 team hit the 20-win mark through 25 games during UVU's Division I provisional status era. It's only the second team in UVU history that the Wolverines have won 20-plus games in back-to-back seasons. With 23 wins, UVU is closing in on the UVU record of 25 wins set during the 2018-19 season.
   
• Aziz Bandaogo's five swats at Tarleton on Feb. 23 gave him 83 blocks on the season, which is the most blocks in a season in UVU history. The 83 blocks breaks Emanuel Olojakpoke's previous single season record of 81 blocks set during the 2019-20 season. Bandaogo now has 85 blocks on the season.
   
• Utah Valley has won 20 of its last 23 games over a three-month stretch. During that stretch, Utah Valley rattled off 11 straight wins that began with an 88-78 win over Long Beach State on Dec. 3 and ended in an 85-80 loss to Seattle U on Jan. 14. The 11-game streak is the second longest streak in program history behind the 2011-12 team, which won 13 straight. UVU also had a streak of five straight wins come to an end at Tarleton last week.
   
• Utah Valley is the top shot blocking team in the nation with 196 blocks and a 6.5 blocks per game average. The Wolverines sit ahead of Iona (5.8), Illinois (5.7), Milwaukee (5.6), and Western Kentucky (5.5). Utah Valley also ranks second nationally in defensive rebounds per game (29.73) and seventh in rebounds per game (40.13). Utah Valley's 196 blocks are the most swats ever recorded in a single season in program history, breaking the previous record of 157 set during the 2019-20 season.
   
• Aziz Bandaogo ranks in the top-10 nationally in six statistical categories. He ranks third in blocks (85), fifth in blocks per game (2.83), sixth in rebounds (317), seventh in defensive rebounds per game (7.70), ninth in rebounds per game (10.6), and 10th double-doubles (15).

BROADCAST INFORMATION
Friday night's game against UT Arlington 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 and 92.1 FM and 96.3 FM - HD 3 in Salt Lake City with Jim McCulloch on the call.

ABOUT STEPHEN F. AUSTIN
SFA enters Saturday's game with an 19-11 overall record and an 11-6 mark in WAC play. The Lumberjacks hold a 6-4 road record this season. The team had won two straight before dropping a 64-59 overtime decision at Sam Houston on Wednesday night. Nigel Hawkins led the team with a 20-point, 10-rebound double-double in the loss at Sam Houston. AJ Cajuste and Latrell Jossell were also in double figures with 19 and 13 points, respectively. Sadaidriene Hall leads the team in scoring at 13.1 points a game, but did not play on Wednesday night due to an injury. Latrell Jossell ranks second on the team in scoring at 11.8 points a contest. Hawkins (11.0) and Cajuste (10.1) also average double figures. Jossell is one of the top three-point shooters in the nation as he ranks 11th nationally with a 42.9 percent mark from long range. SFA ranks third nationally in turnovers forced per game at 18.27. The Jacks also rank 11th in the country in bench points per game (28.20) and 12th in three-point percentage (38.7). 

SERIES HISTORY VS. THE LUMBERJACKS
Utah Valley and Stephen F. Austin will meet for just the second time on the basketball hardwood. The two teams will meet in Orem for the first time on Friday night. SFA took the only meeting between the two schools, taking a 78-59 win in Nacogdoches in 2022. 

All-Time Results vs. Stephen F. Austin (0-1)
Feb. 03, 2022    Stephen F. Austin def. Utah Valley, 78-59        Nacogdoches, Texas

UTAH VALLEY CLAIMS WAC TITLE WITH 78-59 WIN OVER UT ARLINGTON
Utah Valley claimed a WAC regular season title with a 78-59 win over UT Arlington on Wednesday night at the UCCU Center. Justin Harmon scored 17 points and Le'Tre Darthard added 16 to lead the Wolverines to their third WAC regular season crown in program history. The WAC championship is the second WAC regular season title in the past three years and the second under head coach Mark Madsen.