SEATTLE-Saturday evening, Utah Valley men’s basketball (7-10, 1-1 in WAC play) continues conference play by visiting the Seattle U. Redhawks (8-9, 1-1 in WAC play) at the Redhawk Center.

Under new head coach Mark Madsen (7-10, .412) the Wolverines are in the mix in the WAC, tied for fourth place in the conference standings.

UVU scores 71.5 points per game as the Wolverines rank 193rd nationally in scoring offense.

Junior guard Isaiah White leads UVU in both scoring (15.8 points per game) and rebounding (8.9 boards per game).

Senior guard TJ Washington (13.5 points per game, a team-best 50 assists), redshirt junior guard Brandon Averette (13.4 points per game) and redshirt junior guard-forward Casdon Jardine (11.2 points per game) also score in double figures on-average for the Wolverines.

Junior guard Jamison Overton leads UVU with 17 steals on the season.

Senior forward Emmanuel Olojakpoke has 47 blocked shots on the season, tying him for 8th nationally with Seton Hall’s Romaro Gill.

Olojakpoke’s 2.76 blocks per game ranks him 18th nationally. By virtue of his skills, the Wolverines are sixth nationally in blocked shots (96) and 15th in blocked shots per game (5.6).

The Wolverines surrender 70.2 points per game, ranking them 209th nationally in scoring defense.

Seattle U. is coached by Jim Hayford who is 46-38 (.548) in his third season at Seattle U. He is 152-129 (.541) as a collegiate head coach, having coached six seasons at Eastern Washington (106-91, .538) as well.

The Redhawks score 72.6 points per game, ranking them 156th nationally in scoring offense.

Redshirt junior guard Terrell Brown is Seattle U.’s overall statistical leader.

Brown leads the Redhawks in scoring (20.3 points per game), is tied for the team lead in rebounding with redshirt senior Myles Carter (7.1 boards per game for each) and deadlocked for the team lead in steals with senior guard Morgan Means (20 apiece). He also leads the team in assists with 69.

Means (10.8 points per game) and Carter (10 points per game) also score in double figures on-average for Seattle U. Carter also leads the Redhawks in blocked shots with 21.

Seattle U. surrenders 71.4 points per game, tying the Redhawks for 230th nationally in scoring defense with Hofstra.

The Wolverines lead Seattle U. 10-9 all-time in this series.