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2022–23 Utah Valley Wolverines women's basketball team
Intercollegiate basketball season
The 2022–23 Utah Valley Wolverines women's basketball team represents Utah Valley University in the 2022–23 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. Dan Nielson entered the season as head coach for his 4th season.[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).
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| Conference | Western Athletic Conference |
| Record | 6–24 (3–15 WAC) |
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| Home arena | UCCU Center (Capacity: 8,500)[1] Lockhart Arena (Capacity: 2,000)[2] |
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| 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 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| † 2023 WAC tournament winner As of March 18, 2023 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Main article: 2021–22 Utah Valley Wolverines women's basketball team
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]
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| Name | Position | Height | Year | Reason for departure |
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| 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] |
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More information Date time, TV, Rank# ...
| Date time, TV |
Rank# | Opponent# | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state | ||||||
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| Exhibition | |||||||||||
| October 29, 2022* 2:00 pm |
Fort Lewis | W 57–48 | – |
Lockhart Arena Orem, UT | |||||||
| Non-conference season | |||||||||||
| November 7, 2022* 6:00 pm, ESPN+ |
Park University (Gilbert, AZ) | W 59–54 | 1–0 |
UCCU Center (453) Orem, UT | |||||||
| November 11, 2022* 1:30 pm, Pac 12 Network |
at Utah | L 27–97 | 1–1 |
Jon M. Huntsman Center (1,483) Salt Lake City, UT | |||||||
| November 16, 2022* 4:00 pm, MW Network |
at UNLV | L 38–82 | 1–2 |
Cox Pavilion (569) Las Vegas, NV | |||||||
| November 19, 2022* 1:00 pm, ESPN+ |
at Weber State | L 44–55 | 1–3 |
Dee Events Center (316) Ogden, UT | |||||||
| November 26, 2022* 3:00 pm, ESPN+ |
at Portland State | L 55–73 | 1–4 |
Viking Pavilion (291) Portland, OR | |||||||
| December 1, 2022* 6:00 pm, ESPN+ |
University of St. Thomas (Minnesota) | L 43–62 | 1–5 |
UCCU Center (281) Orem, UT | |||||||
| December 3, 2022* 2:00 pm, MW Network |
at Utah State | L 55–65 | 1–6 |
Smith Spectrum (382) Logan, UT | |||||||
| December 7, 2022* 6:00 pm, ESPN+ |
Idaho State | L 48–64 | 1–7 |
UCCU Center (263) Orem, UT | |||||||
| December 10, 2022* 2:00 pm, ESPN+ |
Northwest Nazarene | W 76–72 | 2–7 |
UCCU Center (381) Orem, UT | |||||||
| December 17, 2022* 2:00 pm, MW Network |
at Fresno State | L 48–53 | 2–8 |
Save Mart Center (806) Fresno, CA | |||||||
| December 21, 2022* 2:00 pm, ESPN+ |
Idaho | W 59–57 | 3–8 |
UCCU Center (231) Orem, UT | |||||||
| WAC conference season | |||||||||||
| December 29, 2022 2:00 pm, ESPN+ |
Grand Canyon | W 65–63 2OT | 4–8 (1–0) |
UCCU Center (301) Orem, UT | |||||||
| December 31, 2022 2:00 pm, ESPN+ |
at Utah Tech | L 58–68 | 4–9 (1–1) |
Burns Arena (501) St. George, UT | |||||||
| January 4, 2023 6:00 pm, ESPN+ |
New Mexico State | L 57–63 OT | 4–10 (1–2) |
UCCU Center (367) Orem, UT | |||||||
| January 7, 2023 2:00 pm, ESPN+ |
California Baptist | L 61–69 | 4–11 (1–3) |
UCCU Center (435) Orem, UT | |||||||
| January 11, 2023 6:30 pm, ESPN+ |
at Southern Utah | L 66–70 | 4–12 (1–4) |
America First Event Center (811) Cedar City, UT | |||||||
| January 14, 2023 2:00 pm, ESPN+ |
Abilene Christian | L 50–71 | 4–13 (1–5) |
UCCU Center (316) Orem, UT | |||||||
| January 19, 2023 5:30 pm, 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 pm, ESPN+ |
at Sam Houston | L 56–71 | 4–15 (1–7) |
Bernard Johnson Coliseum (775) Huntsville, TX | |||||||
| January 26, 2023 6:00 pm, ESPN+ |
Seattle U | L 58–66 | 4–16 (1–7) |
UCCU Center (481) Orem, UT | |||||||
| February 4, 2023 1:00 pm, ESPN+ |
at Tarleton | W 63–59 OT | 5–16 (2–8) |
Wisdom Gymnasium (763) Stephenville, TX | |||||||
| February 6, 2023 1:00 pm, ESPN+ |
at Abilene Christian | L 46–73 | 5–17 (2–9) |
Moody Coliseum (331) Abilene, TX | |||||||
| February 9, 2023 6:00 pm, ESPN+ |
UT Arlington | W 64–53 | 6–17 (3–9) |
UCCU Center (295) Orem, UT | |||||||
| February 11, 2023 2:00 pm, ESPN+ |
Southern Utah | L 70–75 | 6–18 (3–10) |
UCCU Center (481) Orem, UT | |||||||
| February 16, 2023 7:00 pm, ESPN+ |
at California Baptist | L 52–90 | 6–19 (3–11) |
CBU Events Center (397) Riverside, CA | |||||||
| February 23, 2023 7:00 pm, ESPN+ |
at Grand Canyon | L 53–63 | 6–20 (3–12) |
GCU Arena (538) Phoenix, AZ | |||||||
| February 25, 2023 2:00 pm, ESPN+ |
at Seattle U | L 51–66 | 6–21 (3–13) |
Redhawk Center (450) Seattle, WA | |||||||
| February 28, 2023 6:00 pm, ESPN+ |
UT Rio Grande Valley | L 59–69 | 6–22 (3–14) |
UCCU Center (229) Orem, UT | |||||||
| March 2, 2023 6:00 pm, ESPN+ |
Utah Tech | L 59–71 | 6–23 (3–15) |
UCCU Center (312) Orem, UT | |||||||
| WAC Tournament | |||||||||||
| March 6, 2023 1:00 pm, 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. | |||||||||||
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- "UCCU Center". www.utahvalley.com. Retrieved October 31, 2022.
- "UVU arena named after Becky Lockhart, first female speaker of the Utah House of Representatives". heraldextra.com. Retrieved October 31, 2022.
- "UVU signs men's and women's hoops coaches to new five-year deals". heraldextra.com. Retrieved October 30, 2022.
- Driscoll, Dennis; Communications, SFA Associate Athletic Director of Strategic. "SFA Advances to WAC Championship Game". Stephen F. Austin. Retrieved November 1, 2022.
- "Utah State Women's Basketball Dominates Fort Lewis College in Exhibition 74-45". Utah State University Athletics. Retrieved November 1, 2022.
- Ellertson, Sean. "Southern Utah women's basketball picks up transfers Tomekia Whitman and Kinlee Toomer". The Spectrum. Retrieved November 1, 2022.
- PR, University of Louisville. "Louisville Adds Utah Valley State Transfer Center Josie Williams". Sports Illustrated Louisville Cardinals News, Analysis and More. Retrieved November 1, 2022.
- "Grange transfers to South Dakota". University of South Dakota Athletics. Retrieved November 1, 2022.
- "UVU women's basketball adds Utah State transfer". heraldextra.com. Retrieved November 1, 2022.
- "Nielson announces three prep signings and transfer". Utah Valley University Athletics. Retrieved November 1, 2022.