Weber State University Athletics

Saturday, January 4
Ogden
2:00 PM

Weber State University

vs

Northern Arizona

WBB Team Action Shot
Photo by: Robert Casey

Weber State set to host NAU Saturday

1/3/2020 10:30:00 AM | Women's Basketball

THE GAME
•  The Weber State women's basketball team will play its first game of 2020 by hosting Northern Arizona.

•  Tip off for the NAU game will be Jan. 4 at 2:00 p.m. (MT)
• Live stats will be at: https://weberstatesports.com/sidearmstats/wbball/media
• You can watch the game here: WatchBigSky.com or Pluto TV ch. 535

FAST BREAK
•  Weber State is coming off an 0-2 weekend in the start of Big Sky action with a 73-63 loss to the Eastern Washington and a 70-50 loss to Idaho.

•  Weber State is currently 2-9 on the season and 0-2 in Big Sky action.

•  WSU is on a three game losing 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 this year.
•  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.
Conference Openers
•  Weber State is 10-21 in Big SkyConference openers. WSU is 4-11 in conference openers on the road and 6-10  at home.
•  WSU is 0-2 in Big Sky openers under head coach Velaida Harris. Harris is 0-1in conference openers on the road and 0-1 in home Big Sky openers.
•  The last time Weber State debuted conference play against Eastern Washington was in 2019. The Wildcats fell 58-64.

DOUBLE FIGURES AVERAGE
•  Weber State has two Wildcats averaging double figures so far this season.
  Liz Graves - 13.5 ppg
  Ula Chamberlin - 10.5 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 has since gone on to average double digits with 10.2 points per game. Chamberlin also hit a career high and dropped 20 points against UC Riverside.

NOTHING GRAVE ABOUT IT
•  Redshirt Junior Liz Graves has finally come into her role as a Wildcat. She was named the Big Sky Player of the Week on Dec. 23 for her performances against Utah Valley and Utah. She averaged  23.5 points per game and shot 56 percent from the field, 60 percent from the three and 93 percent from the field.
Against Utah Valley Graves dropped 26 points going 10-14 from the field and 3-4 from the three. She also pulled down seven boards. She followed that performance up by dropping 21 points against the University of Utah. She's recorded double figures in all but three games this season.

NAU Quick Facts:
• The Lumberjacks come into the weekend with a 3-8 overall record and a 0-2 Big Sky record.
• They are on a two game losing streak.
•  Loree Payne leads Idaho and is in her second year as Head Coach.

Lumberjacks vs. Wildcats
• Weber State and NAU are 47-36 overall on the series.
• WSU is on a two game losing streak in the series.
• WSU is 26-14 playing the 'Jacks in Ogden.
• WSU is 0-2 when playing NAU under head coach Velaida Harris.
• The last time the two teams met up was last year. WSU fell 75-64 in Ogden.


 
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