Wildcats back in action at UTEP and NMSU

THE GAME
• The Weber State women's basketball team continues on with the 2019-20 season with a pair of road games at UTEP and New Mexico State.

• Tip off for the UTEP game will be Dec. 5 at 7:00 PM (MT).
• Live stats will be at: https://utepminers.com/sidearmstats/wbball/summary
• You can watch the game here:
http://conferenceusa.com/watch/default.aspx?Live=9693&path=conf

• Tip off for the NMSU game will be Dec. 7 at 1:00 PM (MT).
• Live stats will be at: https://statbroadcast.com/events/statmonitr.php?ATCLID=211786782&SPSID=95308&SPID=10774&DB_LANG=C&DB_OEM_ID=18200&gid=nmst
• You can watch the game here: https://www.wacdigitalnetwork.com/

FAST BREAK
• Weber State picked up the first win of the season over UC Riverside with a 64-54 score.

• Weber State is currently 1-4 on the season and on a one game winning streak.

• Weber State is returning three starters and lost two. WSU is also returning six letterwinners and lost two.

• The Wildcats are welcoming six new comers.

• The Wildcats were picked No. 11 in the Big Sky preseason polls.

• Head Coach Velaida Harris is in her second season leading the Wildcats and brought back assistant coach Amy Donovan and director of operatons Nate Levine. She also hired two new coaches this year, Anthony Turner and Robert Yonce.

SEASON OPENERS
• The Wildcats are now 24-21 in season openers in school history.
• Weber State snapped a six game winning streak in season openers with the loss to UCLA.
• Weber State started the season on the road for the first time since 2013.
• WSU is has a 4-13 record in the openers on the road.

DOUBLE FIGURES AVERAGE
• Weber State has just one Wildcat averaging double figures so far this season.
• Ula Chamberlin - 12.0 ppg

TRUE FRESHMAN DEBUT
• Freshman Ula Chamberlin started her career as a collegiate athlete with a bang. She scored 15 points against No. 11 UCLA in the season opener. She went 5-10 from the field and 4-6 from the free throw line. She also had the game high with four assists.

She also went off and dropped 20 points against UC Riverside.

NOTHING GRAVE ABOUT IT
• Redshirt Junior Liz Graves put up impressive numbers against Portland with the game high of 15 points. Graves is second on the team in scoring averaging 9.8 points per game. She put up a new season high against UC Riverside with 16.

UTEP Quick Facts:

• The Miners come into the weekend with a 6-1 overall record.
• They are on a six game winning streak.
• Kevin Baker leads the Miners and is in his 8th year as Head Coach.

Miners vs. Wildcats
• Weber State leads 4-3 in the all time opponent series.
• WSU is on a one game wining streak in the series.
• WSU is 0-3 playing the Miners in El Paso.
• WSU is 1-0 when playing UTEP under head coach Velaida Harris.
• The last time the two teams met up was last season. WSU picked up a 68-63 win in Ogden.

New Mexico Quick Facts:
• The Aggies come into the weekend with a 1-7 overall record.
• They are on a six game losing streak.
• Brooke Atkinson leads the Aggies and is in her third year as Head Coach.

Aggies vs. Wildcats
• Weber State leads 9-5 in the all time opponent series.
• WSU is on a two game wining streak in the series.
• WSU is 4-4 when taking on the Aggies in Las Cruces.
• WSU has never played NMSU under head coach Velaida Harris.
• The last time the two teams met up was in 2014. WSU picked up a 100-97 win in double overtime.

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Players Mentioned

Ula Chamberlin

Liz Graves

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