Utah Valley opened the 2024-25 season with a decisive 92-57 victory over Western Colorado on Monday night at the UCCU Center. Tanner Toolson and Hayden Welling led the team with 15 points each, while Dominick Nelson and Carter Welling added 13 points apiece. Toolson shot 6-of-12 from the field, including three 3-pointers, and Welling was perfect from the field, going 7-of-7. Utah Valley dominated the glass with a 43-24 rebound advantage and outscored the Mountaineers 52-30 in the paint.

BROADCAST INFORMATION
Saturday's game will be broadcast live on ESPN+, which is available on the ESPN app and on ESPNplus.com. Brandon Crow and Ethan Jordan will be on the call for the ESPN+ broadcast. The game will also be broadcast over the air waves on the Wolverine Sports Network with Jim McCulloch and Brice Larson on the call. The radio broadcast will be aired live on ESPN 960 AM/103.9 FM radio in Utah County and 98.3 FM/105.1 (HD2) in Salt Lake City with a live stream available at ESPN960sports.com. Larson will host the pregame/halftime/postgame show for the game.

ABOUT UTEP
UTEP, a program with a rich history, won the 1966 NCAA championship and became the first team with an all-Black starting lineup to win the title, a milestone famously portrayed in the film Glory Road. UTEP heads to Utah Valley for its first road test of the season, following a dominant 102-55 win over Division II Sul Ross State in its opener. In that game, Ahamad Bynum led the Miners with a career-high 20 points, supported by Trey Horton III and Otis Frazier III, each with 17 points, and Corey Camper Jr. with 11. UTEP showed impressive shooting, hitting 56.5% from the field and 51.9% from beyond the arc, including a combined 11 threes from Bynum and Horton. The Miners forced 26 turnovers, capitalizing on fast breaks and bench depth. This matchup against Utah Valley is the first of three games against WAC opponents as part of the CUSA/WAC scheduling initiative.

CONFERENCE USA/WAC SCHEDULING INITIATIVE
Utah Valley's game against UTEP marks the first of two matchups this season for UVU as part of the CUSA/WAC scheduling initiative. The Wolverines will also travel to Alabama to face Jacksonville State on Dec. 14. Now in its second season, the initiative saw UVU go 1-1 against CUSA opponents last year, with a 79-73 road win at Sam Houston and a 73-69 home loss to Liberty.

SERIES HISTORY VS. UTEP
Utah Valley and UTEP will meet on the basketball hardwood for the first time on Saturday afternoon. 

LAST TIME OUT
Tanner Toolson and Hayden Welling each scored a game-high 15 points to lead Utah Valley to a decisive 92-57 victory over Division II Western Colorado in the team's season opener Monday night at the UCCU Center. Four Wolverines scored in double figures. Toolson and Welling each had 15 points, while Dominick Nelson and Carter Welling added 13 points apiece.

UCCU CENTER MAGIC
Utah Valley holds an impressive 80-20 (80%) record at home since a win over Seattle U on March 4, 2017. The Wolverines boast an all-time 231-66 (77.8%) record as they enter their 22nd season at the UCCU Center, averaging 11.0 wins per season on their home court. UVU finished 10-4 at home last season and opened the 2024-25 season with a dominant 92-57 victory over Western Colorado at the UCCU Center on Monday night. The team has won 27 of its last 31 games at home and 35 of its last 41 at the UCCU Center. Utah Valley's 14 home wins during the 2022-23 season tied the program record for most home wins in a season, matching the 2006-07, 2011-12, and 2018-19 seasons.