OREM, Utah-Wednesday, Utah Valley (4-5) hosts Weber State (1-5) in an in-state non-conference tilt at the UCCU Center.

The Wolverines are coming off of a 92-61 rout at the hands of Colorado State Monday.

Under new head coach Mark Madsen (4-5, .444), the Wolverines are playing at home for the first time since November 21.

Presently, the Wolverines score 70.3 points per game, tying them for 223rd nationally in scoring offense with Fresno State.

Senior guard TJ Washington (15.4 points, 5.3 rebounds per game) is UVU’s leading scorer. Junior guard Isaiah White (14 points, a team-best 10 rebounds per game), redshirt junior guard Brandon Averette (12.3 points per game) and redshirt junior guard/forward Casdon Jardine (11.7 points, 5.1 rebounds per game) all score in double figures on average for the Wolverines.

UVU surrenders 69.8 points per game as they are tied for 199th in scoring defense nationally with UMASS-Lowell.

Junior guard Jamison Overton and Turkish national, Cavit Ege Havsa are tied for the team lead with 8 steals apiece. Ege Havsa also has a team-best 27 assists for the Wolverines.

The Wolverines rank second nationally with 54 total blocked shots. Senior forward Emmanuel Olojakpoke has a team-best 26 blocked shots, tying him for seventh nationally with James Banks III of Georgia Tech and USC’s Onyeka Okongwu.

Olojakpoke also is tied for 12th nationally with Okongwu in blocked shots per game (2.89).

Under head coach Randy Rahe (267-158, .628) in his 14th season at Weber State, the Wildcats have struggled this season and are seeking their first win against a fellow Division I opponent.

Weber State currently averages 69 points per game, tying them for 247th nationally with Southeast Missouri State.

Senior guard Jerrick Harding, the Big Sky Conference’s Preseason Player of the year leads the Wildcats (17 points, 3.4 rebounds per game).

Fellow senior guard, former Wasatch Academy star Cody John (12.5 points, 3.7 rebounds per game) is the only other Wildcat to average in double figures on the season. John also has a team-best six steals for Weber State.

Junior guard Kham Davis (a team-best 4.3 rebounds per game) has also contributed to the Wildcats’ cause after transferring from the University of Pittsburgh of the Atlantic Coast Conference.

Freshman guard Judah Jordan has a team-best 13 assists for the Wildcats and junior forward, Czech national Michal Kozak, has a team-best six blocks for Weber State.

The Wildcats give up 71.7 points per game, tying them for 248th nationally in scoring defense with Northwestern State and Seattle U.

The series is tied 6-6 all-time but the Wolverines are 5-0 all-time at home against Weber State.