SEATTLE-Friday and Saturday, UVU men’s basketball (4-5, 2-0 in WAC play) visits Seattle U. (7-5) in the WAC openers for the Redhawks.
The Wolverines score 76.1 points per game, ranking UVU 102nd nationally in scoring offense.
Defensively, UVU surrenders 74.9 points per game. This ranks the Wolverines 274th nationally in scoring defense.
Senior guard Jamison Overton (18.5 points per game) is UVU’s leading scorer.
The Wolverines are also blessed by the talents of Canadian national redshirt sophomore center Fardaws Aimaq who posts 16.2 points per game and leads Division I in rebounds per game with 15.2 boards per contest. Aimaq also leads the Wolverines in blocked shots with 15 on the season.
Other UVU standouts to score in double figures on-average include junior guard Trey Woodbury (14.9 points per game, team-bests in assists [41] and steals [11]) and graduate student forward Evan Cole (11.8 points per game).
Mark Madsen is 15-24 (.385) in his second season as the Wolverines’ head coach.
Seattle U. scores 72.6 points per game, tying the Redhawks for 171st nationally in scoring offense with Central Arkansas and Davidson.
Defensively, Seattle U. surrenders 64.3 points per game, ranking the Redhawks 49th nationally in scoring defense.
Junior guard/forward Riley Grigsby is Seattle U.’s leading scorer, averaging 18.6 points per game.
He is joined in double figure scoring on-average by the equally productive sophomore guard Darrion Trammell (17.5 points per game, team-bests in assists [75] and steals [22]).
Junior forward Emeka Udenyi leads the Redhawks on the glass with 7.8 rebounds per game.
Redshirt junior forward Jared Pearre leads Seattle U. with 15 blocks on the season while Australian national, freshman guard Kobe Williamson, has 14 blocks for the Redhawks.
Seattle U. is coached by Jim Hayford, who is 59-49 (.546) in his fourth season coaching the Redhawks. He is 165-140 (.541) as a Division I head coach, having also coached at Eastern Washington (2011-2017).
The Redhawks lead the Wolverines all-time 11-10.
