Pac 12 Preview: Utah

Pac 12 Preview: UTAH

Last Season:
18-15 overall and 8-10 in Pac 12 play, after being picked by the coaches for 11th place in the league.


The Coaches:
Lynne Roberts is in her 2nd year after moving from the University of Pacific, UOP. Roberts was Head Coach at UOP for 9 seasons, being named Conference Coach of the Year twice in the last three years. Before UOP Roberts was Head Coach at Chico State for 4 seasons. Utah improved quite a bit last season.

Gavin Peterson is in his 2nd year after 2 seasons with Roberts at UOP. Peterson has been an assistant in the West since 2002 and an Associate Head Coach for 6 of those seasons.
Danyelle Snelgro is in her 2nd year after a season at TCU and 2 seasons at Fresno State. She played at Utah State.

Wesley Brooks is in his 2nd year after 4 seasons at North Texas State and before than at Texas Southern.



Losses:
Danielle Rodriquez averaged 9 points and 4 assists per game as a full time starter.
Katie Kuklok averaged 7 points per game.
Devri Owens and Gabrielle Bowie didn’t play much.



Additions:
Kiana Moore is a 5-7 Frosh Guard from Vacaville who was the # 8 player In Northern California. Moore is very quick.

Megan Huff is a 6-3 Jr Forward who transferred from Hawaii and will redshirt this season. At Hawaii last season she averaged 10 points and 6 rebounds. She went to Hawaii to play Volleyball but switched to Basketball.

Megan Jacobs is a 6-1 Frosh Wing from Las Vegas. Her brother plays Pro Football with Carolina.

Tilar Clark is a 5-10 Jr Guard who transferred from Salt Lake JC. Clark played at Utah State as a Frosh and started 23 games averaging 7 points. As a Soph she played JC ball and was a first team JC All American averaging 16 points per game.



The Schedule: St Mary’s and BYU are the toughest games. Hosts the Arizona schools only and plays at USC and UCLA only.



The Team:
Emily Potter is a 6-6 Redshirt Jr who missed all of her soph season with an injury. Emily returned last seasonand averaged 15 points and 10 rebounds and was 2nd in the Pac 12 in blocked shots. Potter was a first team All Pac 12 choice.

Paige Crozon is a 6-1 5th year Sr Wing and Like Potter a Canadian. Paige averaged 13 points and 8 rebounds per game last season and hit 56 threes at 37%.

Malia Nawahine is a 5-10 Redshirt Jr Wing. Malia averaged 9 points per game last season.

Tanaeya Boclair is a 6-0 Jr Wing who averaged 7 points and 5 rebounds last season.
The four listed above started every game for the Utes last year.

Josseta Fatuesi is a 6-4 Jr Post from the Santa Clara area. Last season Jeseta averaged 13 minutes, 4 points and 3 rebounds per game.
Erika Bean is a 5-8 Soph Guard. Bean is from the Sacramento area and averaged 2 points in 9 minutes last season.

Wendy Anae is a 6-3 Redshirt Jr Forward. Wendy missed last season with injuries but could really help on the boards this season.

Daneesha Provo is a 6-0 Redshirt Soph Guard. Provo sat out this past season after transferring from Clemson where she scored 5 points per game as a Frosh. She was on the Canadian National Jr team.



Predictions: Utah under their new coach Roberts did so much better than expected this past season but it’ll be hard to be top 6.


2017 Recruiting: Tori Williams is from Idaho and ranked # 65. She’s a 5-7 Point Guard
Jordan Cruz is a 5-10 Guard from Sacramento and a great there point shooter. She is ranked # 118.
Dru Gytlen is a 5-10 Guard from South Dakota ranked # 14