Utah Valley University Basketball Videos

	UVU: Women's Basketball vs UND 2010 123.65 min. \| 4.6 user rating After eliminating two of the top three seeds over the Great West Conference Tournament's first two days, the Utah Valley women's basketball team came from 18 points down to upset No. 1 seed and regular season champion North Dakota, 70-62, to become the conference's first-ever tournament champions. In a game that reflected the team's season, a slow offensive start found UVU (10-22) trailing early on before slowly chipping away and finishing strong to win the team's fifth straight game. Trailing by six late, Asumi Nakayama hit a free-throw line jumper and Jenna Johnson hit back-to-back 3-pointers, the second coming with 1:46 to go, to put the Wolverines up 59-57, their first lead of the game. UVU then hit 11-of-12 from the line over the final 1:23 to seal the win. Nakayama finished with 14 points, eight assists, five steals and five rebounds and was named the Tournament MVP after averaging 17.0 points, 7.7 assists, 5.0 rebounds and over three steals per game. Johnson, who scored 17 and was named to the All-Tournament team, helped limit GWC Player of the Year Kayla Bagaason of North Dakota (17-14) to eight points on 3-of-12 shooting. Kaycee Mansfield had her second double-double in two days, scoring 15 points and pulling down 12 rebounds and was also on the All-Tournament Team after averaging 10.0 points and 11.3 rebounds. "Honestly it feels very, very surreal right now. It has been a rocky, rocky road, and the thing that kept me hopeful all year long was that they would ...
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	UVU: Men's Basketball vs. Texas-Pan American 2011 147.63 min. \| 5.0 user rating Ronnie Price, who is the 27th member to be inducted into the UVU Hall of Fame, played three seasons with the Wolverines from 2002-05. His first season in Orem was the Wolverines' last as a junior college. Price averaged 24.3 points per game in his final season, which ranked him third in the NCAA is scoring. He was also voted to the All-District 8 team by the United States Basketball Writers Association and was also named the NCAA Division I Independent Player of the Year. For his career he averaged 19.7 points and 3.9 rebounds in 89 games. In his last two years, which count in UVU's NCAA records books, he ranks first in career scoring average (22.2) and second in points scored (1245). "This is an exciting time for Wolverine Athletics. Ronnie Price is such a great individual and we are so much looking forward to having him a member of our hall of fame," UVU Athletic Director Mike Jacobsen said. "Ronnie and his wife Jenni are both very important to our program. Jenni was a cheerleader for us and also worked in our marketing department. Ronnie is a great basketball player, but even a better person. They are family to us and we look forward to this exciting night." As a sophomore in 2002-03, in the school's final season as a junior college, Price averaged a team-best 15.3 points per game and scored a career-high 38 points in a win over Southern Idaho in the semifinals of the Region 18 tournament. The following year, the school's first NCAA season, Price, who played his ...
	UVU: Men's Basketball vs. Utah State University 2011 128.97 min. \| 5.0 user rating Utah Valley got 22 points from Isiah Williams but Utah State pulled away in the second half to win 76-58 on Saturday in front of a NCAA Division I school-record 7124 fans in the UCCU Center. The previous attendance record was set last season when 6324 fans saw Utah Valley University induct Ronnie Price into its Hall of Fame. We played with tremendous emotion and were very excited about the great turnout. The crowd lifted us early but we couldn't ride that wave," said Coach Dick Hunsaker. "We were able to compete and battle but a couple of breakdowns at the end of the first half kind of set the tone for the second half." The first 20 minutes were neck-and-neck with seven ties, five lead changes and neither team leading by more than five. The Aggies (8-2) led 11-8 when Williams got hot, scoring the next 12 points during a 11-4 spurt to put the Wolverines (4-6) up 19-15. The scored was tied at 25 with 3:39 left until the break before USU went into the half with a three-point edge, 33-30. In the second half, Utah State quickly pushed the lead to seven before Holton Hunsaker hit a three to get the Wolverines within four, 43-39, with 14:48 remaining. USU scored the next five to take a nine-point lead before Williams hit consecutive buckets to make it 48-43. From there the Aggies went on an 11-1 run to take a 59-44 lead. USU shot 53.8 percent in the decisive second half and 47.1 percent for the game. Utah Valley finished with 36.4 percent shooting. Besides Williams' 22, Hunsaker ...
	UVU: Men's Basketball vs. HBU 2011 135.78 min. \| 5.0 user rating Utah Valley sent its seniors out with a win in their final regular season home game, outlasting Houston Baptist 67-62 on Saturday in front of 3014 inside the UCCU Center. With the win the Wolverines (18-10) move to 10-1 in the Great West Conference and clinch at least a share of the conference title. Ben Aird, the reigning conference player of the week, led the way with 22 points and 11 rebounds on 9-for-12 shooting. Isiah Williams added 14 and Geddes Robison finished with 12 points and 13 boards, helping UVU to a big 48-23 edge on the glass. UVU did not trail in the game but could never pull away from the Huskies (4-23, 2-8), who got 16 points Andrew Gonzalez. "Give Houston Baptist a tremendous amount of credit. They showed why were picked second in the preseason poll. They played with great tenacity and really rode the momentum of their win over Middle Tennessee of the Sun Belt Conference on Tuesday," said UVU head coach Dick Hunsaker. "We worked hard defensively and it was a great effort on the boards. This game was all about our seniors. They have been great ambassadors for the program and are really great kids." Justin Baker, Shawn Deadwiler and Jordan Swarbrick each played their final regular season home game on Saturday. Baker finished with five points and seven rebounds, Deadwiler had four points and two assists and Swarbrick added six points, five boards, five assists and a block. The Wolverines never trailed in the first half and twice led by seven but each time ...
	UVU: Women's Basketball vs. CSU 2011 GWC 118.18 min. \| 0 user rating Utah Valley University's quest to repeat as the Great West Conference Women's Tournament Champion came to an end Friday afternoon with an 82-64 semifinal loss to No. 1 seed Chicago State at the UCCU Center. With the loss, the Wolverines, who won six of their last nine games, end the season 8-21 overall. Utah Valley beat Texas-Pan American 81-65 in the quarterfinals Wednesday to advance to the semifinals for the second consecutive season. "This wasn't the best representation of ourselves and I would hate for this game to define the last month and a half of the season because we became a pretty good basketball team," UVU coach Cathy Nixon said. "We ran up against a Chicago State team which was a difficult match up for us and they're a pretty good team. They rolled through everybody." Chicago State's Tressa Beckel scored the first six points of the game, and the Cougars never looked back. The Wolverines shot a respectable 39 percent from the field, but couldn't overcome 25 turnovers, which led to 35 Chicago State points. The Cougars ended up shooting 44.6 percent from the field. Jenna Johnson paced the Wolverines with 17 points, while Sammie Jensen added 12 points and 11 rebounds for her 15th double-double of the year. Abbie Beutler answered with a 3-pointer and Kim Bell added a bucket in the paint to cut the lead to one with 17:21 left in the first half, but the Wolverines were never able to take the lead. UVU had the CSU lead down to one at 8-7 on another lay-up by Bell ...
	Utah Valley University Basketball - Lights Out - Wolverine 0.57 min. \| 5.0 user rating The Wolverine shooting lights out
	Ronnie Price Documentary courtesy of UVU 8.52 min. \| 5.0 user rating UVU created a documentary of Ronnie Price that was played before he was inducted into the Utah Valley University Hall of Fame on Feb. 4, 2009
	UVU: Men's Basketball vs. FIU 2011 135.48 min. \| 5.0 user rating A trio of Utah Valley players combined for 74 points as the Wolverines (6-7) outlasted Florida International in a wild 95-92 shootout on Tuesday night in the UCCU Center. Isiah Williams matched his career high with 26, Holton Hunsaker scored 17 of his career-high 25 in the second half and Jordan Swarbrick scored 20 in the first half and finished with 23 for the Wolverines. Utah Valley dished out 19 assists and a committed a season-low nine turnovers while outrebounding FIU, 38-28. Hunsaker had a career-best seven assists and hit all eight of his free-throw attempts to go along with two steals. Geddes Robinson hit double figures in rebounds for the third straight game, recording his second double-double with 10 points and 11 boards and Ben Aird added a career-high 10 rebounds and three blocks on a seven-block night for UVU. "Terrific college basketball game," said Coach Dick Hunsaker. "The key was how we took care of the basketball. I was very pleased with our competitiveness. It was a real nice win for us." Alex Legion scored 22 points - hitting six 3-pointers - to lead five Panthers (5-7) in double figures. FIU, a team coached by former Detroit Pistons guard Isiah Thomas, hit 13 shots from beyond the arc while UVU hit 10 treys and shot 53.4 percent overall in the ballgame. Florida International shot 49.2 percent for the game. The Wolverines hit 11 of their first 15 shots to begin the contest and eventually stretched their first-half lead to 41-25 with 5:54 remaining. UVU ...
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	UVU: Men's Basketball vs. NJIT 2011 131.95 min. \| 3.0 user rating Utah Valley ran out to a big early lead, withstood a pair of runs and pulled away late to win 71-58 in the UCCU Center on Saturday, handing NJIT its first loss in the Great West Conference. The win for the Wolverines, now 12-9 overall, marked the sixth victory in the last seven and puts UVU atop the Great West standings at 4-1. The Highlanders are now 7-12 overall and tied with both North Dakota and South Dakota at 3-1 early on in the conference. "It was a tough game, a physical game. NJIT has good, intelligent players and got a lot of momentum when they cut into the lead at the end of the first half," said UVU coach Dick Hunsaker. "I feel very fortunate that we were able to compete and fight and pull out a hard-fought win." Utah Valley started 8-of-9 from the field and led 21-6 when Justin Baker nailed a three at the 12:35 mark of the half. Holton Hunsaker and Jordan Swarbrick also connected on 3-pointers for the Wolverines during the run to start the game. The lead stretched to 30-11 when Keith Thompson stole an errant NJIT pass at the top of the arc and went coast-to-coast for an one-handed dunk midway through the half. From there though the Wolverines went cold and the Highlanders got hot, closing the half on a 16-5 run to get within eight, 35-27. After Geddes Robinson began the second half with a bucket for Utah Valley, Chris Flores led NJIT on an 11-3 run with a pair of treys to get the Highlanders within two, 40-38. NJIT got within a point on a bucket by Jheryl ...
	UVU: Men's Basketball vs. Chicago State University 2011 141.73 min. \| 5.0 user rating Utah Valley University jumped out to an early lead and used a decisive run at the end of the first half to run past Chicago State, 84-61, in a physical, Great West Conference contest on Thursday the UCCU Center. The Wolverines (11-9, 3-1) never trailed and built an early double-digit lead behind 15 first-half points from Isiah Williams. UVU led by nine, 32-23, late in the half before closing on a 17-3 run to lead 49-26 at the break. Williams finished with 17 to lead UVU while Justin Baker came off the bench to score 14. A perfect 3-3 from the field and 4-4 from the line, Geddes Robinson collected his fifth double-double of the season with 10 points and 13 rebounds. Holton Hunsaker and Jordan Swarbrick each added 11 as five Wolverines reached double figures. "We came out with great energy. We came out very sharp, very crisp," said Utah Valley coach Dick Hunsaker. "They (Chicago State) really put a lot of pressure on the basketball and I thought we handled that respectably. The win gives Utah Valley a sweep of the season series over the Cougars (5-16, 2-3), after the 93-82 win on Jan. 8 in Chicago. CSU was led by 18 points from Jonathon Montgomery. Fueled by seven points from Williams over the first four minutes of the game, the Wolverines found themselves in front 13-4. The offense continued to click for UVU throughout the rest of the first half. After a Chicago State 3-point basket, Williams was fouled on a three of his own and made all three free throws to give the ...
	UVU: Men's Basketball vs. Georgia State 2012 133.08 min. \| 0 user rating Despite 16 points and 17 rebounds from Geddes Robinson, Utah Valley came up short against a streaking Georgia State team, 71-68, on Saturday night in the UCCU Center. Robinson matched a career high with 17 rebounds - eight on the offensive glass - but the Panthers (8-3) held off the Wolverines (6-6) in the final seconds to win their eighth straight game. "I just didn't think we played well enough," said UVU coach Dick Hunsaker. "Georgia State had a lot to do with that but we simply didn't play well enough to win the game." UVU (6-6) trailed by nine at the three-minute mark and nearly pulled off a last-gasp comeback. Holton Hunsaker made three free throws with 33 seconds left to get the Wolverines within five and later drilled a deep trey to make it 70-68 with 12 seconds remaining. Jihad Ali hit 1-of-2 from the line to push the lead to three and then came up with a big steal in the final seconds to help the Panthers (8-3) seal the win. Hunsaker scored 14 points while Isiah Williams finished with 12 and Taylor Brown scored seven off the bench. Georgia State - of the Colonial Athletic Association - had four players in double figures, led by 17 from Devonta White and 16 points and nine rebounds from Ali. The Wolverines jumped out early, hitting four of their first five attempts from the 3-point line, and led for most of the first half. UVU led by nine with 3:29 left until the break before the Panthers closed the half with 10 straight points to lead 36-35.
	Cal State Northridge Highlights vs. UVSC, 12/5/07 2.15 min. \| 5.0 user rating CSUN Matador basketball defeats Utah Valley State 76-64. Here are some highlights.
	Utah Valley at Sacramento State 12-9-08 Mens Basketball 2.03 min. \| 5.0 user rating Recap of the mens basketball game on December 9, 2008. Utah Valley defeated Sacramento State 64-44.
	UVU: Men's Basketball vs. USD 2011 120.02 min. \| 3.0 user rating Utah Valley had six players score in double figures and Geddes Robinson hauled in 15 boards as the Wolverines topped South Dakota, 94-79, on Thursday night in Great West Conference basketball at the UCCU Center. UVU (16-10, 8-1) rode a hot start, with eight of the team's first nine field goals coming from beyond the 3-point line, to race out to a 28-10 lead less than eight minutes in. In addition to Robinson's 15 boards, the junior also scored 13 points for his seventh double-double of the year, a new school record for double-doubles in a season. Ben Aird scored 18 points, on 8-for-11 shooting, and pulled down nine rebounds and Justin Baker came off the bench to hit 8-for-10 from the floor to finish with a season-high 17 points and eight boards. Utah Valley outrebounded the Coyotes (12-13, 4-4) 47-30. "We got out of the blocks well, had good ball movement and I thought we did a nice job of balancing the game," said UVU coach Dick Hunsaker. "We also did a great job on the backboards and took care of the basketball. If we get everybody going and playing well we can be productive at a lot of positions." Isiah Williams had 17 points, Holton Hunsaker added 16 and Jordan Swarbrick finished with 12 points, seven rebounds and six assists. The Wolverines dished out 25 assists in the game and hit 49.2 percent from the field while USD shot 44.6 percent for the game. Williams and Hunsaker each hit three treys and Swarbrick hit the other two as UVU took the early 28-10 lead, matching ...
	UVU: Men's Basketball vs UND 2011 130.60 min. \| 5.0 user rating Ben Aird's dunk with 17.3 seconds left gave Utah Valley a one-point lead as the Wolverines went on to defeat North Dakota in a thriller, 67-64, on Saturday night in the UCCU Center. Geddes Robinson drew a double team and found Aird to give the Wolverines (17-10, 9-1) a 65-64 advantage, Isiah Williams hit two free throws with three seconds left to seal the win. Utah Valley trailed by five, 63-58, with less than three minutes to go when a Robinson put back cut it to three before Holton Hunsaker knocked down a game-tying trey with 2:04 remaining. Troy Huff hit 1-of-2 free throws with 1:48 to go to give the Fighting Sioux (13-12, 5-3) a 64-63 lead before Aird's game-winning bucket. "This was a terrific game, a hard-fought game," said Utah Valley coach Dick Hunsaker. "We got terrific bench play. I couldn't say enough about that group. We wouldn't be sitting here with the victory without the bench tonight." With the win the Wolverines hold on to first place in the Great West Conference with two games remaining. Next Saturday, UVU hosts Houston Baptist in the final regular season home game on Senior Night at 7 pm Aird finished with 19 points to lead Utah Valley while Robinson became the school's new single-season rebound leader with eight boards. Hunsaker scored all 15 of his points in the second half after playing just five minutes in the first half when he was whistled for two early fouls. Utah Valley shook off a slow start offensively to go into the half with a 29-27 lead ...
	UVU: Men's Basketball vs. USD 2011 GWC 129.65 min. \| 5.0 user rating South Dakota was the only team to beat Utah Valley during the Great West Conference regular season, and Friday night in the men's semifinals of the conference tournament, the Coyotes struck again, taking down the No. 1-seed Wolverines, 72-70, but it came with a little controversy. With 4.6 seconds left, USD's Jake Thomas hit the second of two foul shots to give the Coyotes the two-point advantage. UVU's Isiah Williams, who led the Wolverines with a 21 points, took the inbounds pass and drove down the right side. Just past half court, in an attempt to dribble around a defender, he was called for stepping out of bounds, but video replay seemed to show otherwise. Ironically, Williams hit a 30-foot 3-pointer immediately following the whistle that would have given the Wolverines a one-point lead with just over two seconds remaining. With 2.1 seconds left, UVU fouled and USD missed both shots, and Jordan Swarbrick's shot from three-quarter court rimmed off as time expired. "Give South Dakota all the credit in the world, but we didn't not play our best game," UVU coach Dick Hunsaker said. "They got their shooters on track early. It was a tough game. Congratulations to South Dakota. They're the defending tournament champions and they played like it." In the second half alone, the game was tied or the lead changed hands 10 times. With 10:36 left in the game, the Wolverines (19-11) trailed by seven points, but they slowly whittled away at the lead. Geddes Robinson hit a pair of ...
	UVU: Men's Basketball vs Maine 2010 152.03 min. \| 5.0 user rating Maine's Raheem Singleton hit a jumper with 0.8 seconds to tie it and Utah Valley couldn't recover in overtime, falling 71-66 in the season opener on Friday in the UCCU Center. Jordan Swarbrick hit a pair of free throws with just over eight seconds to go in regulation before the game-tying shot. Singleton then scored the six of the first eight points in overtime as the Black Bears (1-0) began OT on a 10-0 run. "I really thought we ran out of steam, to be honest We just weren't able to answer that bell in OT," said UVU coach Dick Hunsaker. "I thought we played our hearts out. I knew how tough Maine was by leading their league in defense. I was pleased how we fought and competed and stood up the physical test that they presented." The Wolverines (0-1) got 61 of their 66 points from four players including 17 from freshman Ben Aird and 16 each from Swarbrick and Geddes Robinson. Robinson finished with seven boards and Aird had six rebounds, three steals and a block. Holton Hunsaker finished with 12 points in his debut, making three 3-pointers. Hunsaker - a Louisiana Tech signee prior to serving an LDS mission - played 41 minutes as did Swarbrick. Maine limited UVU to 34 percent shooting overall while hitting 52 percent of its shots including 5-of-6 in the overtime. UVU hit just two of its nine attempts in OT. After trailing by seven, 34-27, early in the second half, Utah Valley ran off 13 straight points and eventually led 43-36 with 14:21 remaining. The Black Bears chipped ...
	UVU: Men's Basketball vs. UTPA 2011 125.87 min. \| 0 user rating Utah Valley used a strong defensive effort to win its fifth straight Great West Conference game, 64-42, over Texas-Pan American on Saturday night. The Wolverines (15-10, 7-1) limited the Broncs (4-22, 1-8) to just 13 made field goals in winning for the fifth time in their last six games and move to 9-2 in their last 11 contests. "I was very happy with our defense and we did a nice job of taking care of the basketball in a game where the spurts on either side were very limited," said Wolverine coach Dick Hunsaker. "You have to respect UTPA's effort and how hard they play." Jordan Swarbrick and Ben Aird each scored 12 points in the second half as Swarbrick finished with a game-high 16 and Aird added 14 on 7-of-10 from the floor. Isiah Williams finished with 13 and scored seven points to lead the Wolverines on a 14-3 start to begin the game. Brandon Provost scored eight consecutive points for the Broncs during an 8-2 run to trim the UVU lead to six, 21-15, but the Wolverines worked the lead back to 10, 31-21, by halftime. The Broncs cut it to five, 33-28, early in the second half but would get no closer as Utah Valley answered right back. Williams knocked down a three followed by buckets from Aird and Justin Baker. Swarbrick hit a trio of 3-pointers for UVU, the last giving the Wolverines a 53-38 advantage with 8:38 remaining. Aird then scored six straight points and Swarbrick hit two free-throws to cap an 11-1 run that made it 61-39 with just over four minutes left. Utah ...
	UVU: Men's Basketball vs. Grambling State University 2012 119.93 min. \| 0 user rating Utah Valley kept Grambling State without a field goal for over eight minutes to start the game on its way to a 64-34 win on Wednesday night in the UCCU Center. The Wolverines (2-1) limited the visiting Tigers (0-3) to just 10 first-half points on 15.4 percent shooting in taking a big 24-point lead by halftime. "I thought we came out and did yeoman's job of working defensively and on the backboards," said head coach Dick Hunsaker. "We had a few sparks by individual plays that helped our energy." Alfonzo Hubbard led a balanced scoring attack with 12 points and eight boards off the bench. Isiah Williams also finished with 12 points on 4-for-6 shooting while Geddes Robinson, Ben Aird and Keith Thompson all added eight points apiece. UVU led 16-10 before closing the first half on an 18-0 run over the final 6:16. A Rory Fannon bucket followed by a steal and dunk from Thompson sparked the run. The half was capped with a Holton Hunsaker steal and a behind-the-back pass from Hubbard to Hunsaker for a fast-break lay-up. Aird scored six of UVU's first eight points to begin the second half - four coming on consecutive put-backs - extending the lead 46-19 with 15 minutes to play. Grambling State was led offensively by Steven Danridge's 10 points on 4-of-7 shooting, while Peter Roberson's seven boards paced the Tigers on the glass. Utah Valley held GSU to just 26.4 percent from the field on the night while outscoring the Tigers 42-14 in the paint.
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	UVU: Men's Basketball vs. Seattle University 2012 121.12 min. \| 0 user rating Utah Valley got two big 3-pointers from Holton Hunsaker and clutch free throws from Isiah Williams and Alfonzo Hubbard down the stretch as it held off a surging Seattle squad, 77-72, Saturday night in the UCCU Center. The game was the first of back-to-back meetings for the Wolverines with the Redhawks. Williams scored a game-high 22 points, including 5-of-11 from three, while Keith Thompson added 17 and Hunsaker finished with 11. Ben Aird pulled down 12 rebounds to go along with eight points, and Hubbard added nine points off the bench. "I thought we continued to compete and play through tough stretches," said Wolverine coach Dick Hunsaker. "At times we made it harder on ourselves than we should have. I was just real pleased and proud of the way our kids responded. That was a physical, talented team that we played." Coming out of halftime with a 40-28 lead, UVU (8-10) saw Seattle (3-10) reel off a quick 12-4 run to cut the lead to 44-40 with just over 16 minutes to play. It seemed the Wolverines had weathered the storm when they responded with a 10-2 run of their own, highlighted by consecutive treys from Williams, to jump ahead 54-42 with 12:37 remaining. But the Redhawks would storm back, putting together a 17-4 run to take their first lead since 18:28 in the first half at 59-58. The hot shooting of Jarell Flora propelled the run for Seattle as the freshman connected on three treys in the rally. Seattle maintained a 68-67 lead with 3:40 left when Hunsaker caught fire ...

	UVU: Women's Basketball vs UND 2010 123.65 min. \| 4.6 user rating After eliminating two of the top three seeds over the Great West Conference Tournament's first two days, the Utah Valley women's basketball team came from 18 points down to upset No. 1 seed and regular season champion North Dakota, 70-62, to become the conference's first-ever tournament champions. In a game that reflected the team's season, a slow offensive start found UVU (10-22) trailing early on before slowly chipping away and finishing strong to win the team's fifth straight game. Trailing by six late, Asumi Nakayama hit a free-throw line jumper and Jenna Johnson hit back-to-back 3-pointers, the second coming with 1:46 to go, to put the Wolverines up 59-57, their first lead of the game. UVU then hit 11-of-12 from the line over the final 1:23 to seal the win. Nakayama finished with 14 points, eight assists, five steals and five rebounds and was named the Tournament MVP after averaging 17.0 points, 7.7 assists, 5.0 rebounds and over three steals per game. Johnson, who scored 17 and was named to the All-Tournament team, helped limit GWC Player of the Year Kayla Bagaason of North Dakota (17-14) to eight points on 3-of-12 shooting. Kaycee Mansfield had her second double-double in two days, scoring 15 points and pulling down 12 rebounds and was also on the All-Tournament Team after averaging 10.0 points and 11.3 rebounds. "Honestly it feels very, very surreal right now. It has been a rocky, rocky road, and the thing that kept me hopeful all year long was that they would ...
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	UVU: Men's Basketball vs. Texas-Pan American 2011 147.63 min. \| 5.0 user rating Ronnie Price, who is the 27th member to be inducted into the UVU Hall of Fame, played three seasons with the Wolverines from 2002-05. His first season in Orem was the Wolverines' last as a junior college. Price averaged 24.3 points per game in his final season, which ranked him third in the NCAA is scoring. He was also voted to the All-District 8 team by the United States Basketball Writers Association and was also named the NCAA Division I Independent Player of the Year. For his career he averaged 19.7 points and 3.9 rebounds in 89 games. In his last two years, which count in UVU's NCAA records books, he ranks first in career scoring average (22.2) and second in points scored (1245). "This is an exciting time for Wolverine Athletics. Ronnie Price is such a great individual and we are so much looking forward to having him a member of our hall of fame," UVU Athletic Director Mike Jacobsen said. "Ronnie and his wife Jenni are both very important to our program. Jenni was a cheerleader for us and also worked in our marketing department. Ronnie is a great basketball player, but even a better person. They are family to us and we look forward to this exciting night." As a sophomore in 2002-03, in the school's final season as a junior college, Price averaged a team-best 15.3 points per game and scored a career-high 38 points in a win over Southern Idaho in the semifinals of the Region 18 tournament. The following year, the school's first NCAA season, Price, who played his ...
	UVU: Men's Basketball vs. Utah State University 2011 128.97 min. \| 5.0 user rating Utah Valley got 22 points from Isiah Williams but Utah State pulled away in the second half to win 76-58 on Saturday in front of a NCAA Division I school-record 7124 fans in the UCCU Center. The previous attendance record was set last season when 6324 fans saw Utah Valley University induct Ronnie Price into its Hall of Fame. We played with tremendous emotion and were very excited about the great turnout. The crowd lifted us early but we couldn't ride that wave," said Coach Dick Hunsaker. "We were able to compete and battle but a couple of breakdowns at the end of the first half kind of set the tone for the second half." The first 20 minutes were neck-and-neck with seven ties, five lead changes and neither team leading by more than five. The Aggies (8-2) led 11-8 when Williams got hot, scoring the next 12 points during a 11-4 spurt to put the Wolverines (4-6) up 19-15. The scored was tied at 25 with 3:39 left until the break before USU went into the half with a three-point edge, 33-30. In the second half, Utah State quickly pushed the lead to seven before Holton Hunsaker hit a three to get the Wolverines within four, 43-39, with 14:48 remaining. USU scored the next five to take a nine-point lead before Williams hit consecutive buckets to make it 48-43. From there the Aggies went on an 11-1 run to take a 59-44 lead. USU shot 53.8 percent in the decisive second half and 47.1 percent for the game. Utah Valley finished with 36.4 percent shooting. Besides Williams' 22, Hunsaker ...
	UVU: Men's Basketball vs. HBU 2011 135.78 min. \| 5.0 user rating Utah Valley sent its seniors out with a win in their final regular season home game, outlasting Houston Baptist 67-62 on Saturday in front of 3014 inside the UCCU Center. With the win the Wolverines (18-10) move to 10-1 in the Great West Conference and clinch at least a share of the conference title. Ben Aird, the reigning conference player of the week, led the way with 22 points and 11 rebounds on 9-for-12 shooting. Isiah Williams added 14 and Geddes Robison finished with 12 points and 13 boards, helping UVU to a big 48-23 edge on the glass. UVU did not trail in the game but could never pull away from the Huskies (4-23, 2-8), who got 16 points Andrew Gonzalez. "Give Houston Baptist a tremendous amount of credit. They showed why were picked second in the preseason poll. They played with great tenacity and really rode the momentum of their win over Middle Tennessee of the Sun Belt Conference on Tuesday," said UVU head coach Dick Hunsaker. "We worked hard defensively and it was a great effort on the boards. This game was all about our seniors. They have been great ambassadors for the program and are really great kids." Justin Baker, Shawn Deadwiler and Jordan Swarbrick each played their final regular season home game on Saturday. Baker finished with five points and seven rebounds, Deadwiler had four points and two assists and Swarbrick added six points, five boards, five assists and a block. The Wolverines never trailed in the first half and twice led by seven but each time ...
	UVU: Women's Basketball vs. CSU 2011 GWC 118.18 min. \| 0 user rating Utah Valley University's quest to repeat as the Great West Conference Women's Tournament Champion came to an end Friday afternoon with an 82-64 semifinal loss to No. 1 seed Chicago State at the UCCU Center. With the loss, the Wolverines, who won six of their last nine games, end the season 8-21 overall. Utah Valley beat Texas-Pan American 81-65 in the quarterfinals Wednesday to advance to the semifinals for the second consecutive season. "This wasn't the best representation of ourselves and I would hate for this game to define the last month and a half of the season because we became a pretty good basketball team," UVU coach Cathy Nixon said. "We ran up against a Chicago State team which was a difficult match up for us and they're a pretty good team. They rolled through everybody." Chicago State's Tressa Beckel scored the first six points of the game, and the Cougars never looked back. The Wolverines shot a respectable 39 percent from the field, but couldn't overcome 25 turnovers, which led to 35 Chicago State points. The Cougars ended up shooting 44.6 percent from the field. Jenna Johnson paced the Wolverines with 17 points, while Sammie Jensen added 12 points and 11 rebounds for her 15th double-double of the year. Abbie Beutler answered with a 3-pointer and Kim Bell added a bucket in the paint to cut the lead to one with 17:21 left in the first half, but the Wolverines were never able to take the lead. UVU had the CSU lead down to one at 8-7 on another lay-up by Bell ...
	Utah Valley University Basketball - Lights Out - Wolverine 0.57 min. \| 5.0 user rating The Wolverine shooting lights out
	Ronnie Price Documentary courtesy of UVU 8.52 min. \| 5.0 user rating UVU created a documentary of Ronnie Price that was played before he was inducted into the Utah Valley University Hall of Fame on Feb. 4, 2009
	UVU: Men's Basketball vs. FIU 2011 135.48 min. \| 5.0 user rating A trio of Utah Valley players combined for 74 points as the Wolverines (6-7) outlasted Florida International in a wild 95-92 shootout on Tuesday night in the UCCU Center. Isiah Williams matched his career high with 26, Holton Hunsaker scored 17 of his career-high 25 in the second half and Jordan Swarbrick scored 20 in the first half and finished with 23 for the Wolverines. Utah Valley dished out 19 assists and a committed a season-low nine turnovers while outrebounding FIU, 38-28. Hunsaker had a career-best seven assists and hit all eight of his free-throw attempts to go along with two steals. Geddes Robinson hit double figures in rebounds for the third straight game, recording his second double-double with 10 points and 11 boards and Ben Aird added a career-high 10 rebounds and three blocks on a seven-block night for UVU. "Terrific college basketball game," said Coach Dick Hunsaker. "The key was how we took care of the basketball. I was very pleased with our competitiveness. It was a real nice win for us." Alex Legion scored 22 points - hitting six 3-pointers - to lead five Panthers (5-7) in double figures. FIU, a team coached by former Detroit Pistons guard Isiah Thomas, hit 13 shots from beyond the arc while UVU hit 10 treys and shot 53.4 percent overall in the ballgame. Florida International shot 49.2 percent for the game. The Wolverines hit 11 of their first 15 shots to begin the contest and eventually stretched their first-half lead to 41-25 with 5:54 remaining. UVU ...
	DHTV Utah Flash Basketball: Rio Grande Valley 3.77 min. \| 0 user rating The Flash got the overtime win against the Vipers in their final regular season home game.
	UVU: Men's Basketball vs. NJIT 2011 131.95 min. \| 3.0 user rating Utah Valley ran out to a big early lead, withstood a pair of runs and pulled away late to win 71-58 in the UCCU Center on Saturday, handing NJIT its first loss in the Great West Conference. The win for the Wolverines, now 12-9 overall, marked the sixth victory in the last seven and puts UVU atop the Great West standings at 4-1. The Highlanders are now 7-12 overall and tied with both North Dakota and South Dakota at 3-1 early on in the conference. "It was a tough game, a physical game. NJIT has good, intelligent players and got a lot of momentum when they cut into the lead at the end of the first half," said UVU coach Dick Hunsaker. "I feel very fortunate that we were able to compete and fight and pull out a hard-fought win." Utah Valley started 8-of-9 from the field and led 21-6 when Justin Baker nailed a three at the 12:35 mark of the half. Holton Hunsaker and Jordan Swarbrick also connected on 3-pointers for the Wolverines during the run to start the game. The lead stretched to 30-11 when Keith Thompson stole an errant NJIT pass at the top of the arc and went coast-to-coast for an one-handed dunk midway through the half. From there though the Wolverines went cold and the Highlanders got hot, closing the half on a 16-5 run to get within eight, 35-27. After Geddes Robinson began the second half with a bucket for Utah Valley, Chris Flores led NJIT on an 11-3 run with a pair of treys to get the Highlanders within two, 40-38. NJIT got within a point on a bucket by Jheryl ...
	UVU: Men's Basketball vs. Chicago State University 2011 141.73 min. \| 5.0 user rating Utah Valley University jumped out to an early lead and used a decisive run at the end of the first half to run past Chicago State, 84-61, in a physical, Great West Conference contest on Thursday the UCCU Center. The Wolverines (11-9, 3-1) never trailed and built an early double-digit lead behind 15 first-half points from Isiah Williams. UVU led by nine, 32-23, late in the half before closing on a 17-3 run to lead 49-26 at the break. Williams finished with 17 to lead UVU while Justin Baker came off the bench to score 14. A perfect 3-3 from the field and 4-4 from the line, Geddes Robinson collected his fifth double-double of the season with 10 points and 13 rebounds. Holton Hunsaker and Jordan Swarbrick each added 11 as five Wolverines reached double figures. "We came out with great energy. We came out very sharp, very crisp," said Utah Valley coach Dick Hunsaker. "They (Chicago State) really put a lot of pressure on the basketball and I thought we handled that respectably. The win gives Utah Valley a sweep of the season series over the Cougars (5-16, 2-3), after the 93-82 win on Jan. 8 in Chicago. CSU was led by 18 points from Jonathon Montgomery. Fueled by seven points from Williams over the first four minutes of the game, the Wolverines found themselves in front 13-4. The offense continued to click for UVU throughout the rest of the first half. After a Chicago State 3-point basket, Williams was fouled on a three of his own and made all three free throws to give the ...
	UVU: Men's Basketball vs. Georgia State 2012 133.08 min. \| 0 user rating Despite 16 points and 17 rebounds from Geddes Robinson, Utah Valley came up short against a streaking Georgia State team, 71-68, on Saturday night in the UCCU Center. Robinson matched a career high with 17 rebounds - eight on the offensive glass - but the Panthers (8-3) held off the Wolverines (6-6) in the final seconds to win their eighth straight game. "I just didn't think we played well enough," said UVU coach Dick Hunsaker. "Georgia State had a lot to do with that but we simply didn't play well enough to win the game." UVU (6-6) trailed by nine at the three-minute mark and nearly pulled off a last-gasp comeback. Holton Hunsaker made three free throws with 33 seconds left to get the Wolverines within five and later drilled a deep trey to make it 70-68 with 12 seconds remaining. Jihad Ali hit 1-of-2 from the line to push the lead to three and then came up with a big steal in the final seconds to help the Panthers (8-3) seal the win. Hunsaker scored 14 points while Isiah Williams finished with 12 and Taylor Brown scored seven off the bench. Georgia State - of the Colonial Athletic Association - had four players in double figures, led by 17 from Devonta White and 16 points and nine rebounds from Ali. The Wolverines jumped out early, hitting four of their first five attempts from the 3-point line, and led for most of the first half. UVU led by nine with 3:29 left until the break before the Panthers closed the half with 10 straight points to lead 36-35.
	Cal State Northridge Highlights vs. UVSC, 12/5/07 2.15 min. \| 5.0 user rating CSUN Matador basketball defeats Utah Valley State 76-64. Here are some highlights.
	Utah Valley at Sacramento State 12-9-08 Mens Basketball 2.03 min. \| 5.0 user rating Recap of the mens basketball game on December 9, 2008. Utah Valley defeated Sacramento State 64-44.
	UVU: Men's Basketball vs. USD 2011 120.02 min. \| 3.0 user rating Utah Valley had six players score in double figures and Geddes Robinson hauled in 15 boards as the Wolverines topped South Dakota, 94-79, on Thursday night in Great West Conference basketball at the UCCU Center. UVU (16-10, 8-1) rode a hot start, with eight of the team's first nine field goals coming from beyond the 3-point line, to race out to a 28-10 lead less than eight minutes in. In addition to Robinson's 15 boards, the junior also scored 13 points for his seventh double-double of the year, a new school record for double-doubles in a season. Ben Aird scored 18 points, on 8-for-11 shooting, and pulled down nine rebounds and Justin Baker came off the bench to hit 8-for-10 from the floor to finish with a season-high 17 points and eight boards. Utah Valley outrebounded the Coyotes (12-13, 4-4) 47-30. "We got out of the blocks well, had good ball movement and I thought we did a nice job of balancing the game," said UVU coach Dick Hunsaker. "We also did a great job on the backboards and took care of the basketball. If we get everybody going and playing well we can be productive at a lot of positions." Isiah Williams had 17 points, Holton Hunsaker added 16 and Jordan Swarbrick finished with 12 points, seven rebounds and six assists. The Wolverines dished out 25 assists in the game and hit 49.2 percent from the field while USD shot 44.6 percent for the game. Williams and Hunsaker each hit three treys and Swarbrick hit the other two as UVU took the early 28-10 lead, matching ...
	UVU: Men's Basketball vs UND 2011 130.60 min. \| 5.0 user rating Ben Aird's dunk with 17.3 seconds left gave Utah Valley a one-point lead as the Wolverines went on to defeat North Dakota in a thriller, 67-64, on Saturday night in the UCCU Center. Geddes Robinson drew a double team and found Aird to give the Wolverines (17-10, 9-1) a 65-64 advantage, Isiah Williams hit two free throws with three seconds left to seal the win. Utah Valley trailed by five, 63-58, with less than three minutes to go when a Robinson put back cut it to three before Holton Hunsaker knocked down a game-tying trey with 2:04 remaining. Troy Huff hit 1-of-2 free throws with 1:48 to go to give the Fighting Sioux (13-12, 5-3) a 64-63 lead before Aird's game-winning bucket. "This was a terrific game, a hard-fought game," said Utah Valley coach Dick Hunsaker. "We got terrific bench play. I couldn't say enough about that group. We wouldn't be sitting here with the victory without the bench tonight." With the win the Wolverines hold on to first place in the Great West Conference with two games remaining. Next Saturday, UVU hosts Houston Baptist in the final regular season home game on Senior Night at 7 pm Aird finished with 19 points to lead Utah Valley while Robinson became the school's new single-season rebound leader with eight boards. Hunsaker scored all 15 of his points in the second half after playing just five minutes in the first half when he was whistled for two early fouls. Utah Valley shook off a slow start offensively to go into the half with a 29-27 lead ...
	UVU: Men's Basketball vs. USD 2011 GWC 129.65 min. \| 5.0 user rating South Dakota was the only team to beat Utah Valley during the Great West Conference regular season, and Friday night in the men's semifinals of the conference tournament, the Coyotes struck again, taking down the No. 1-seed Wolverines, 72-70, but it came with a little controversy. With 4.6 seconds left, USD's Jake Thomas hit the second of two foul shots to give the Coyotes the two-point advantage. UVU's Isiah Williams, who led the Wolverines with a 21 points, took the inbounds pass and drove down the right side. Just past half court, in an attempt to dribble around a defender, he was called for stepping out of bounds, but video replay seemed to show otherwise. Ironically, Williams hit a 30-foot 3-pointer immediately following the whistle that would have given the Wolverines a one-point lead with just over two seconds remaining. With 2.1 seconds left, UVU fouled and USD missed both shots, and Jordan Swarbrick's shot from three-quarter court rimmed off as time expired. "Give South Dakota all the credit in the world, but we didn't not play our best game," UVU coach Dick Hunsaker said. "They got their shooters on track early. It was a tough game. Congratulations to South Dakota. They're the defending tournament champions and they played like it." In the second half alone, the game was tied or the lead changed hands 10 times. With 10:36 left in the game, the Wolverines (19-11) trailed by seven points, but they slowly whittled away at the lead. Geddes Robinson hit a pair of ...
	UVU: Men's Basketball vs Maine 2010 152.03 min. \| 5.0 user rating Maine's Raheem Singleton hit a jumper with 0.8 seconds to tie it and Utah Valley couldn't recover in overtime, falling 71-66 in the season opener on Friday in the UCCU Center. Jordan Swarbrick hit a pair of free throws with just over eight seconds to go in regulation before the game-tying shot. Singleton then scored the six of the first eight points in overtime as the Black Bears (1-0) began OT on a 10-0 run. "I really thought we ran out of steam, to be honest We just weren't able to answer that bell in OT," said UVU coach Dick Hunsaker. "I thought we played our hearts out. I knew how tough Maine was by leading their league in defense. I was pleased how we fought and competed and stood up the physical test that they presented." The Wolverines (0-1) got 61 of their 66 points from four players including 17 from freshman Ben Aird and 16 each from Swarbrick and Geddes Robinson. Robinson finished with seven boards and Aird had six rebounds, three steals and a block. Holton Hunsaker finished with 12 points in his debut, making three 3-pointers. Hunsaker - a Louisiana Tech signee prior to serving an LDS mission - played 41 minutes as did Swarbrick. Maine limited UVU to 34 percent shooting overall while hitting 52 percent of its shots including 5-of-6 in the overtime. UVU hit just two of its nine attempts in OT. After trailing by seven, 34-27, early in the second half, Utah Valley ran off 13 straight points and eventually led 43-36 with 14:21 remaining. The Black Bears chipped ...
	UVU: Men's Basketball vs. UTPA 2011 125.87 min. \| 0 user rating Utah Valley used a strong defensive effort to win its fifth straight Great West Conference game, 64-42, over Texas-Pan American on Saturday night. The Wolverines (15-10, 7-1) limited the Broncs (4-22, 1-8) to just 13 made field goals in winning for the fifth time in their last six games and move to 9-2 in their last 11 contests. "I was very happy with our defense and we did a nice job of taking care of the basketball in a game where the spurts on either side were very limited," said Wolverine coach Dick Hunsaker. "You have to respect UTPA's effort and how hard they play." Jordan Swarbrick and Ben Aird each scored 12 points in the second half as Swarbrick finished with a game-high 16 and Aird added 14 on 7-of-10 from the floor. Isiah Williams finished with 13 and scored seven points to lead the Wolverines on a 14-3 start to begin the game. Brandon Provost scored eight consecutive points for the Broncs during an 8-2 run to trim the UVU lead to six, 21-15, but the Wolverines worked the lead back to 10, 31-21, by halftime. The Broncs cut it to five, 33-28, early in the second half but would get no closer as Utah Valley answered right back. Williams knocked down a three followed by buckets from Aird and Justin Baker. Swarbrick hit a trio of 3-pointers for UVU, the last giving the Wolverines a 53-38 advantage with 8:38 remaining. Aird then scored six straight points and Swarbrick hit two free-throws to cap an 11-1 run that made it 61-39 with just over four minutes left. Utah ...
	UVU: Men's Basketball vs. Grambling State University 2012 119.93 min. \| 0 user rating Utah Valley kept Grambling State without a field goal for over eight minutes to start the game on its way to a 64-34 win on Wednesday night in the UCCU Center. The Wolverines (2-1) limited the visiting Tigers (0-3) to just 10 first-half points on 15.4 percent shooting in taking a big 24-point lead by halftime. "I thought we came out and did yeoman's job of working defensively and on the backboards," said head coach Dick Hunsaker. "We had a few sparks by individual plays that helped our energy." Alfonzo Hubbard led a balanced scoring attack with 12 points and eight boards off the bench. Isiah Williams also finished with 12 points on 4-for-6 shooting while Geddes Robinson, Ben Aird and Keith Thompson all added eight points apiece. UVU led 16-10 before closing the first half on an 18-0 run over the final 6:16. A Rory Fannon bucket followed by a steal and dunk from Thompson sparked the run. The half was capped with a Holton Hunsaker steal and a behind-the-back pass from Hubbard to Hunsaker for a fast-break lay-up. Aird scored six of UVU's first eight points to begin the second half - four coming on consecutive put-backs - extending the lead 46-19 with 15 minutes to play. Grambling State was led offensively by Steven Danridge's 10 points on 4-of-7 shooting, while Peter Roberson's seven boards paced the Tigers on the glass. Utah Valley held GSU to just 26.4 percent from the field on the night while outscoring the Tigers 42-14 in the paint.
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	UVU: Men's Basketball vs. Seattle University 2012 121.12 min. \| 0 user rating Utah Valley got two big 3-pointers from Holton Hunsaker and clutch free throws from Isiah Williams and Alfonzo Hubbard down the stretch as it held off a surging Seattle squad, 77-72, Saturday night in the UCCU Center. The game was the first of back-to-back meetings for the Wolverines with the Redhawks. Williams scored a game-high 22 points, including 5-of-11 from three, while Keith Thompson added 17 and Hunsaker finished with 11. Ben Aird pulled down 12 rebounds to go along with eight points, and Hubbard added nine points off the bench. "I thought we continued to compete and play through tough stretches," said Wolverine coach Dick Hunsaker. "At times we made it harder on ourselves than we should have. I was just real pleased and proud of the way our kids responded. That was a physical, talented team that we played." Coming out of halftime with a 40-28 lead, UVU (8-10) saw Seattle (3-10) reel off a quick 12-4 run to cut the lead to 44-40 with just over 16 minutes to play. It seemed the Wolverines had weathered the storm when they responded with a 10-2 run of their own, highlighted by consecutive treys from Williams, to jump ahead 54-42 with 12:37 remaining. But the Redhawks would storm back, putting together a 17-4 run to take their first lead since 18:28 in the first half at 59-58. The hot shooting of Jarell Flora propelled the run for Seattle as the freshman connected on three treys in the rally. Seattle maintained a 68-67 lead with 3:40 left when Hunsaker caught fire ...

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