SALT LAKE CITY – An undefeated Utah women's basketball team hits the road to face Nevada Tuesday night at 7:30 p.m. MT.
The Utes opened the season 7-0 for the team's best start to a season under head coach
Lynne Roberts. Junior forward
Emily Potter leads Utah averaging a double-double with 15.7 points and 10.3 rebounds per game.
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Scouting the Series: Utah leads the series against the Wolf Pack 5-0 with the last win coming in December of 2013 in a 61-57 victory at the Jon M. Huntsman Center. Nevada wins the offensive battle averaging 75.6 points per game compared to Utah's 73.9, but Utah's defense holds opponents to 57.4 points per contest.
Mountain West Matchups: Utah has defeated all three Mountain West opponents the Utes have faced this season including most recently a 65-58 win over in-state rival Utah State.
Record Watch: Junior forward
Emily Potter is moving up the career blocks list in Utah's record book with 148 blocks, five away from becoming the second leading blocker in program history. Potter has also tallied 934 career points to put her in the race to enter the 1,000-point club.
Previous Action: Utah entered Saturday's game as the No. 5 team in the nation in rebounding and proved so against the Aggies grabbing 44 rebounds for 13 second chance points as the Utes defeated Utah State 65-58. The University of Utah women's basketball team is off to the program's best start since the 2012-13 season with an undefeated mark of 7-0. Senior wing
Paige Crozon led the Utes in scoring with 15 points while pulling down four rebounds. Junior wing
Tanaeya Boclair scored 14 points with seven rebounds for the Utes as junior win
Malia Nawahine and junior forward
Emily Potter finished in double figures with 12 and 10 points, respectively.
Utes Picked Eighth: The Utah women's basketball team has been picked eighth in the 2016-17 Pac-12 women's basketball preseason poll, announced by the league office on Thursday at the Pac-12 Women's Basketball Media Day. The Utes, who garnered 52 points, are coming off an 18-15 season and a trip to the third round of the WNIT a year ago. Head coach
Lynne Roberts, who is entering her second year, led Utah to the program's first winning season since 2012-13 and doubled the number of Pac-12 wins from the previous year by going 8-10 in league play. Among the four starters returning for Utah are junior center
Emily Potter, who earned All-Pac-12 recognition last season, and senior wing
Paige Crozon.
Under Roberts: The Utes, who garnered 52 points, are coming off an 18-15 season and a trip to the third round of the WNIT a year ago.
Lynne Roberts led Utah to the program's first winning season since 2012-13 and doubled the number of Pac-12 wins from the previous year by going 8-10 in league play. The Utes scored 2,266 points, which is fourth in school history. Utah was fifth in the Pac-12 in scoring with 68.7 points per game, a 13.8 point-per-game improvement from the 2014-15 team that finished last in the Pac-12 (54.9 ppg). Roberts' up-tempo style of play saw the Utes make 14 3-point field goals in their WNIT first-round victory over Montana on Mar. 18, 2016, which is the second-highest total in school history. Utah made rebounding a priority during its first season under Roberts. The club grabbed 1,399 rebounds, which is the third most in school history. The Utes hauled in 970 defensive rebounds, which stands second in the Utah record book.