Utah Women's Basketball 2013 NIT Tournament Capsule

Utah Utes
Pac-12 (18-13, 8-10)

 

Big Wins: 11/16 Michigan (59-40), 2/1 at USC (63-60), 2/22 Washington (60-46)
Bad Losses: 12/29 North Dakota (56-62), 1/18 Arizona (58-62), 3/1 at Oregon State (46-54)
Coach: Anthony Levrets

Probable Starters:
Iwalani Rodrigues, Senior, Guard, 12.1 ppg, 2.7 apg, 4.7 rpg
Danielle Rodriguez, Freshman, Guard, 2.9 ppg, 2.3 apg
Rachel Messer, Senior, Guard, 4.1 ppg, 1.0 apg
Michelle Plouffe, Junior, Forward, 16.7 ppg, 8.5 rpg, 2.7 apg, 2.0 spg
Taryn Wicijowski, Junior, Forward, 14.2 ppg, 6.8 rpg

Key Roleplayers:
Paige Crozon, Freshman, Guard, 4.0 ppg, 2.3 rpg
Cheyenne Wilson, Sophomore, Guard, 3.9 ppg, 1.5 rpg

By the Numbers:
Scoring Offense: 60.3 (209th in nation, 9th in conference)
Scoring Defense: 54.8 (42, 3)
Field-Goal Percentage: 41.6 (73, 4)
Field-Goal Defense: 36.3 (57, 4)
Three-Point Field Goals Per Game: 5.6 (100, 3)
Three-Point Field-Goal Percentage: 35.4 (26, 1)
Free-Throw Percentage: 68.4 (189, 6)
Rebound Margin: 1.4 (135, 7)
Assists Per Game: 12.3 (198, 8)
Turnovers Per Game: 13.6 (23, 3)

Recent Postseason Appearances:
2012    NIT        First Round win over Utah State
2012    NIT        Second Round loss to Washington
2010    NIT        Round of 64 win over St. Mary's
2010    NIT        Round of 32 loss to California
2009    NCAA    Round of 64 win over Villanova
2009    NCAA    Round of 32 loss to Maryland
2008    NCAA    Round of 64 loss to Purdue
2007    NIT        First Round win over Montana
2007    NIT        Second Round loss to Illinois

*all team stats through 3/7

 

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