Weber State University Athletics
Weber State University
Utah Tech
GAME NOTES: Wildcats Host Blazers
12/16/2022 12:15:00 PM | Women's Basketball
Game 11: Utah Tech (6-2, 0-0) at Weber State (4-6, 0-0)
Saturday, December 17Â | 1Â PM MT
Ogden, UT | Dee Events Center
TV Stream: ESPN+
Live Stats:Â https://bit.ly/3YwdkyI
• Following two games away from home, the Weber State Wildcat women's basketball team returns to the Dee Events Center to face the Utah Tech Trailblazers. This is only the second meeting between Weber State and Utah Tech who joined division one in 2019.
• Weber State finished last season with 11 wins, including a win in the first round of the Big Sky Conference tournament in Boise. The 11 wins were a nine-win increase from the 2020-21 season - the highest increase in the Big Sky Conference.
• With the recent upward trajectory in the program, the Wildcats have high hopes for the '22-'23 season. WSU is eager to prove the doubters wrong after being picked seventh and ninth, respectively, in the Big Sky Conference preseason media and coaches polls.
• The 'Cats are amazingly returning 12 players from last year's team that catapulted the team in the right direction. The only other teams in the nation returning at least 12 other players are Columbia (13), Western Michigan (13), Liberty (12), and Rider (12).
• Among the returning players is 2021-22 all-conference performer Daryn Hickok. "Monka", as her family and teammates call her, averaged 15.2 ppg and 7.2 rpg last season. Her performance in the '21-'22 season earned her a spot on the '22-'23 Big Sky Preseason All-Conference Team.Â
• With a running floater against Omaha, Hickok became the 22nd Wildcat to join the exclusive 1,000-point club.
• With 28 points scored against Tarleton State last week, Hickok had one of the best offensive games of her storied career and fell just shy of tying her career high of 30 points. Her 28 points scored set a new season high.
• Jadyn Matthews was named to the all-tournament team in the Friar Thanksgiving Class over Thanksgiving weekend.. She averaged over 13 points and seven rebounds per game in the tournament, and Weber State won two of its three games in Providence, Rhode Island.
• Laura Taylor scored a career-high 18 points in Weber State's game against Providence over Thanksgiving weekend. She also had a career high of four three pointers made in the same game. She led the Wildcats in scoring and shooting against the Friars.
• Weber State played Dixie State (now Utah Tech) in 2009 in the season opener in the Dee Events Center. Weber State won that game 68-61. Caitlin Anderson paved the way for the Wildcats in that game with 17 points and 13 rebounds as Weber State opened its season with a 68-61 victory over the Red Storm.
