Utah Valley closes regular season at Utah Tech on Saturday in Old Hammer Rivalry
ST. GEORGE, Utah—Top-seeded Utah Valley will shut out the regular season on Saturday evening when the Wolverines journey to face Utah Tech in the Old Hammer Rivalry at Burns Arena. Tipoff is about for 7 pm
Utah Valley enters the sport with a 23–7 total report and a 13–4 mark in Western Athletic Conference play after defeating Southern Utah earlier this week to safe its second straight WAC regular-season championship. The Wolverines have now gained back-to-back WAC titles below head coach Todd Phillipswho’s a finalist for the 2025–26 Hugh Durham Award, offered yearly to the highest mid-major coach in Division I males’s basketball. Phillips is the one coach in UVU historical past to guide a crew to back-to-back WAC titles.
The Wolverines have been one of the vital environment friendly groups in the nation this season, rating among the many nationwide leaders in assists, steals, field-goal share, blocks and scoring margin. Utah Valley additionally leads the WAC in a number of key classes, together with assists per recreation, blocks per recreation, field-goal share and scoring protection.
Utah Valley has been led by redshirt sophomore ahead Jackson Holcombewho paces the crew in scoring (15.4 ppg), rebounding (7.2 rpg), steals (69) and blocks (41). Holcombe just lately set a brand new Utah Valley single-season report with 69 steals and has been named to the Lou Henson Award Watch List, which honors the nation’s high mid-major participant.
Redshirt junior guard Trevan Leonhardt continues to orchestrate the Wolverine offense and just lately broke his personal single-season faculty report for assists. Leonhardt at present has 179 assists on the yr, surpassing the earlier mark of 178 that he set final season. He additionally ranks second all-time in Utah Valley historical past in each profession assists and profession steals.
Utah Valley can be trying to carry momentum into subsequent week’s WAC Tournament in Las Vegas, the place the Wolverines have secured the No. 1 seed and a bye into the event semifinals.
Utah Tech enters Saturday’s matchup with a 6–11 WAC report and can be taking part in its last dwelling recreation of the season at Burns Arena.
Saturday’s recreation can be broadcast dwell on ESPN+ and over the airwaves on the Wolverine Sports Network/ESPN The Fan.
