Utah Women's Basketball 2012 NIT Capsule

Utah Utes
Pac-12 (15-15, 8-10)

Big Wins: 1/7 at Washington (49-36), 1/28 USC (63-55), 2/9 Arizona State (50-46)
Bad Losses: 11/26 vs South Alabama (53-61), 12/31 Colorado (52-58), 2/2 at Oregon (67-72)
Coach: Anthony Levrets (2 seasons at Utah)

Probable Starters:
Janita Badon, Senior, Guard, 10.2 ppg, 5.5 apg, 5.9 rpg
Rachel Messer, Junior, Guard, 5.1 ppg, 1.4 apg
Iwalani Rodrigues, Junior, Guard, 10.8 ppg, 1.4 apg
Taryn Wicijowski, Sophomore, Forward, 13.1 ppg, 8.6 rpg, 1.2 bpg
Michelle Plouffe, Sophomore, Forward, 14.0 ppg, 8.0 rpg, 1.4 bpg

Key Roleplayers:
Chelsea Bridgewater, Junior, Forward, 1.4 ppg, 1.4 rpg
Cheyenne Wilson, Freshman, Guard, 3.5 ppg, 1.3 rpg

By the Numbers:
Scoring Offense: 59.1 (232nd in nation, 11th in conference)
Scoring Defense: 56.1 (53, 3)
Field-Goal Percentage: 40.8 (87, 4)
Field-Goal Defense: 36.7 (71, 5)
Three-Point Field Goals Per Game: 5.3 (119, 6)  
Three-Point Field-Goal Percentage: 31.6 (108, 5)
Free-Throw Percentage: 72.6 (59, 2)
Rebound Margin: 1.1 (132, 7)
Assists Per Game: 12.3 (191, 8)
Turnovers Per Game: 14.2 (21, 2)

Recent Postseason Appearances:
Utah    2010    NIT           Round of 64 win over St. Mary's
Utah    2010    NIT           Round of 32 loss to California
Utah    2009    NCAA        Round of 64 win over Villanova
Utah    2009    NCAA        Round of 32 loss to Maryland
Utah    2008    NCAA        Round of 64 loss to Purdue
Utah    2007    NIT           First Round win over Montana
Utah    2007    NIT           Second Round loss to Illinois
Utah    2006    NCAA        Round of 64 win over Middle Tennessee State
Utah    2006    NCAA        Round of 32 win over Arizona State
Utah    2006    NCAA        Regional Semifinal win over Boston College
Utah    2006    NCAA        Regional final loss to Maryland

*all team stats through 3/1


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