Pac 12 Preview: Utah

Last Season:
20-10 overall and 9-9 in Pac 12 play finishing with an improvement over the previous season in conference play. However Utah was 18-1 after beating Stanford and ranked higher than they been in years when injuries hit. Utah had to turn down the WNIT due to all the injuries.

The Coaches:
Lynne Roberts is in her 5th 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.

Gavin Peterson is in his 5th 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 5th year after a season at TCU and 2 seasons at Fresno State. She played at Utah State.

Joanna Reitz is in her 3rd season as a coach at Utah. Reitz has coached for 7 years mostly D2.



Losses:
Megan Huff was the Utes leading scorer at 19 points per game and rebounder with 19 per game. Megan graduated.

Dre’Una Edwards transferred to Kentucky after being named Pac 12 Frosh of the Year. Edwards averaged 11 points and 7 rebounds

Stanford killer Erica Bean graduated after averaging 7 points 6 assists and 5 rebounds.

Sarah Potter averaged 4 points and 1 rebound in 14 minutes.



Additions:
Kemery Martin, 6-0 Guard from the State of Utah. Utah Player of the Year ranked # 35. Averaged 22 points, 7 rebounds as a Sr.

Brynna Maxwell, 6-0 Guard from Washington ranked # 78. The state of Washington Ms Basketball, averaged 27 points as a Sr

Zuzanna Puc, 6-2 Forward from Texas El Paso who must sit out this season. Averaged 9 points and 5 rebounds last season. The year before 12 points and 7 rebounds. Puc is from Poland.

Aubri Noti is a 6-1 Redshirst Soph Forward who transferred from a JC where she averaged 11 points and 9 rebounds.
Three players who sat out last season are listed below, Pendande, Brosseau and Makurat.



The Schedule:
At Cincy, at Xavier, at BYU and a tournament in Hawaii. Utah only hosts the Arizona schools and only travels to the Washington schools.



The Team:
Daneesha Provo is a 6-0 6th year Sr Guard. Provo transferred from Clemson two years ago and is playing on the Canadian National Team. Last season she averaged 13 points.

Dru Gylten is a 5-11 Redshirt Soph Guard who averaged 9 points and 6 assists.

Kianna Moore is a 5-7 Sr Guard averaged 9 points and made 45 threes at 40%.

Niyah Becker is a 6-2 Soph Wing from Canada. She has played on Canadian Youth National teams. She was ranked # 10 International Recruit. Niyah averaged 3 points and 2 rebounds in 11 minutes.

Lola Pendande is a 6-4 Redshirt Frosh Post from Spain. Lola sat out last season.

Andrea Torres is a 6-2 Soph Forward from Canada. Torres has played on Canada’s youth national teams. Andrea averaged 6 points and 3 rebounds.

Julie Brosseau is a 5-9 Redshirt Jr Guard who sat out last season after transferring from Maine. Julie averaged 11 points two years ago with 7 threes and 29 points vs Ohio State. She is Canadian.

Ola Makurat is a 6-3 Redshirt Jr Forward who transferred from Liberty and sat out last season. At Liberty two years ago she averaged 7 points and 4 rebounds.
Maurane Corbin is a 6-5 Redshirt Post from Quebec, who averaged 2 points and 2 rebounds in 9 minutes two years ago. She sat out last season with an injury.



Predictions:
Forty points per game returning with 7 new players. Hard to predict anything other than not top 6 in the conference. However it could became a very interesting season.


2020 Recruiting:
Kennedy McQueen 5-11 Guard Utah

In the hunt for:
Peyton McFarland, 6-4 Post from Idaho ranked # 80