2022–23 Utah Valley Wolverines women's basketball team

2022–23 Utah Valley Wolverines women's basketball
ConferenceWestern Athletic Conference
Record6–24 (3–15 WAC)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • Keilani Unga (4th season)
  • Michael Shreeve (1st season)
  • Xojian Harry (1st season)
Home arenaUCCU Center (Capacity: 8,500)[1]
Lockhart Arena (Capacity: 2,000)[2]
Seasons
2022–23 WAC women's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Southern Utah† 16 – 2   .889 23 – 10   .697
Stephen F. Austin 15 – 3   .833 26 – 6   .813
California Baptist 13 – 5   .722 22 – 13   .629
Grand Canyon 12 – 6   .667 21 – 10   .677
Utah Tech* 10 – 8   .556 19 – 12   .613
New Mexico State 10 – 8   .556 18 – 17   .514
Abilene Christian 9 – 9   .500 15 – 15   .500
UT Arlington 8 – 10   .444 14 – 17   .452
Sam Houston 8 – 10   .444 13 – 17   .433
UT Rio Grande Valley 6 – 12   .333 12 – 18   .400
Seattle 5 – 13   .278 6 – 24   .200
Utah Valley 3 – 15   .167 6 – 24   .200
Tarleton* 2 – 16   .111 8 – 21   .276
* Ineligible for the 2023 NCAA tournament due to transition from Division II
† 2023 WAC tournament winner
As of March 18, 2023

The 2022–23 Utah Valley Wolverines women's basketball team represented Utah Valley University in the 2022–23 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. Dan Nielson entered the season as head coach for his fourth year.[3] The Wolverines played their home games at the UCCU Center and Lockhart Arena in Orem, Utah as members of the Western Athletic Conference (WAC).

Previous season

The Wolverines finished the 2021–22 season 16–15, 10–8 in WAC play, to finish in fourth place. In the 2022 WAC women's basketball tournament, they defeated Texas–Rio Grande Valley in the quarterfinals before losing to Stephen F. Austin in the semifinals.[4]

Offseason

Departures

Name Position Height Year Reason for departure
Maria Carvalho G 5'8" Senior Transferred to Utah State on March 28[5]
Megan Jensen F 6'3" Junior Transferred to Southern Utah on March 30[6]
Josie Williams C 6'5" Senior Transferred to Louisville on June 30[7]
Madison Grange G 5'11" Senior Transferred to South Dakota on August 19[8]

Incoming transfers

Name Position Height Year Previous school
Halle Nelson G/F 6'1" Redshirt Sophomore Utah State[9]
Jaeden (Vaifanua) Brown F 6'1" Sophomore Wyoming[10]

Roster

2022–23 Utah Valley Wolverines women's basketball team
Players Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Year Previous school Hometown
G 1 Kylee Mabry 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) Fr Davis High School Kaysville, UT
F 2 Elina Tausinga 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) So East High School Salt Lake City, UT
G 3 Kaylee Byon 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) Fr Rosary Academy Buena Park, CA
G 4 Abby Hendricks 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) Fr La Costa Canyon High School Carlsbad, CA
F 5 Shay Fano 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Jr Timpview High School Spanish Fork, UT
G 10 Saige Gibb 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) RS Fr Timpview High School Raymond, AB
F 11 Kayla Anderson 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) Sr Mountain View High School Meridian, ID
G 12 Eleyana Tafisi 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) So Copper Hills High School West Jordan, UT
G 13 Ally Criddle 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) So Skyridge High School Lehi, UT
G 14 Abby Conlee 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) So Lone Peak High School Alpine, UT
G/F 20 Halle Nelson 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) RS So American Fork High School American Fork, UT
G 21 Tahlia White 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) RS So Mountain View High School Orem, UT
F 22 Hanna Roberts 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Jr Riverton High School Riverton, UT
F 24 Jaeden Brown 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) So Corner Canyon High School Draper, UT
C 34 Tessa Chaney 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Fr Westlake High School Saratoga Springs, UT
F 45 Mae Afoa 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) RS Fr Jordan High School Sandy, UT
Head coach
  • Dan Nielson (BYU)
Assistant coach(es)
  • Keilani Unga (BYU)
  • Michael Shreeve (BYU)
  • Xojian Harry (BYU)
Strength and conditioning coach(es)
  • Josh Morzelewski (Utah)
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • (W) Walk-on

Roster
Last update: November 1, 2022

Schedule and results

Date
time, TV 		Rank# Opponent# Result Record Site (attendance)
city, state
Exhibition
October 29, 2022*
2:00 p.m. 		Fort Lewis W 57–48  –
 Lockhart Arena 
Orem, UT
Non-conference season
November 7, 2022*
6:00 p.m., ESPN+ 		Park University W 59–54  1–0
 UCCU Center (453)
Orem, UT
November 11, 2022*
1:30 p.m., P12N 		at Utah L 27–97  1–1
 Jon M. Huntsman Center (1,483)
Salt Lake City, UT
November 16, 2022*
4:00 p.m., MW Network 		at UNLV L 38–82  1–2
 Cox Pavilion (569)
Las Vegas, NV
November 19, 2022*
1:00 p.m., ESPN+ 		at Weber State L 44–55  1–3
 Dee Events Center (316)
Ogden, UT
November 26, 2022*
3:00 p.m., ESPN+ 		at Portland State L 55–73  1–4
 Viking Pavilion (291)
Portland, OR
December 1, 2022*
6:00 p.m., ESPN+ 		St. Thomas (Minnesota) L 43–62  1–5
 UCCU Center (281)
Orem, UT
December 3, 2022*
2:00 p.m., MW Network 		at Utah State L 55–65  1–6
 Smith Spectrum (382)
Logan, UT
December 7, 2022*
6:00 p.m., ESPN+ 		Idaho State L 48–64  1–7
 UCCU Center (263)
Orem, UT
December 10, 2022*
2:00 p.m., ESPN+ 		Northwest Nazarene W 76–72  2–7
 UCCU Center (381)
Orem, UT
December 17, 2022*
2:00 p.m., MW Network 		at Fresno State L 48–53  2–8
 Save Mart Center (806)
Fresno, CA
December 21, 2022*
2:00 p.m., ESPN+ 		Idaho W 59–57  3–8
 UCCU Center (231)
Orem, UT
WAC conference season
December 29, 2022
2:00 p.m., ESPN+ 		Grand Canyon W 65–63 2OT 4–8
(1–0) 		UCCU Center (301)
Orem, UT
December 31, 2022
2:00 p.m., ESPN+ 		at Utah Tech L 58–68  4–9
(1–1) 		Burns Arena (501)
St. George, UT
January 4, 2023
6:00 p.m., ESPN+ 		New Mexico State L 57–63 OT 4–10
(1–2) 		UCCU Center (367)
Orem, UT
January 7, 2023
2:00 p.m., ESPN+ 		California Baptist L 61–69  4–11
(1–3) 		UCCU Center (435)
Orem, UT
January 11, 2023
6:30 p.m., ESPN+ 		at Southern Utah L 66–70  4–12
(1–4) 		America First Event Center (811)
Cedar City, UT
January 14, 2023
2:00 p.m., ESPN+ 		Abilene Christian L 50–71  4–13
(1–5) 		UCCU Center (316)
Orem, UT
January 19, 2023
5:30 p.m., ESPN+ 		at Stephen F. Austin L 46–72  4–14
(1–6) 		William R. Johnson Coliseum (1,229)
Nacogdoches, TX
January 21, 2023
1:00 p.m., ESPN+ 		at Sam Houston L 56–71  4–15
(1–7) 		Bernard Johnson Coliseum (775)
Huntsville, TX
January 26, 2023
6:00 p.m., ESPN+ 		Seattle U L 58–66  4–16
(1–7) 		UCCU Center (481)
Orem, UT
February 4, 2023
1:00 p.m., ESPN+ 		at Tarleton W 63–59 OT 5–16
(2–8) 		Wisdom Gymnasium (763)
Stephenville, TX
February 6, 2023
1:00 p.m., ESPN+ 		at Abilene Christian L 46–73  5–17
(2–9) 		Moody Coliseum (331)
Abilene, TX
February 9, 2023
6:00 p.m., ESPN+ 		UT Arlington W 64–53  6–17
(3–9) 		UCCU Center (295)
Orem, UT
February 11, 2023
2:00 p.m., ESPN+ 		Southern Utah L 70–75  6–18
(3–10) 		UCCU Center (481)
Orem, UT
February 16, 2023
7:00 p.m., ESPN+ 		at California Baptist L 52–90  6–19
(3–11) 		CBU Events Center (397)
Riverside, CA
February 23, 2023
7:00 p.m., ESPN+ 		at Grand Canyon L 53–63  6–20
(3–12) 		GCU Arena (538)
Phoenix, AZ
February 25, 2023
2:00 p.m., ESPN+ 		at Seattle U L 51–66  6–21
(3–13) 		Redhawk Center (450)
Seattle, WA
February 28, 2023
6:00 p.m., ESPN+ 		UT Rio Grande Valley L 59–69  6–22
(3–14) 		UCCU Center (229)
Orem, UT
March 2, 2023
6:00 p.m., ESPN+ 		Utah Tech L 59–71  6–23
(3–15) 		UCCU Center (312)
Orem, UT
WAC tournament
March 6, 2023
1:00 p.m., ESPN+ 		(12) vs. (5) Utah Tech L 68–72  6–24
 Orleans Arena (565)
Paradise, NV
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

Source:[11]

See also

References

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