University of Northern Colorado Athletics
Saturday, January 9
Ogden, UT
7:00 p.m.
University of Northern Colorado
at
Weber State University
Photo by: Dean Popejoy
@unco_mbb Eyes First Win at Weber State
1/8/2016 2:28:00 PM | Men's Basketball
The Bears have never defeated the Wildcats in Ogden and will look to end their winless drought this Saturday, Jan. 9 at 7:00 p.m.
GREELEY, Colo. – Northern Colorado (4-11, 1-2 Big Sky) looks to end its eight-game run of losses at Weber State (10-5, 2-0 Big Sky) and snap the Wildcats five-game run of wins this Saturday, Jan. 9. Tip at the Dee Events Center is in the books for 7:00 p.m.
For all information regarding the game, please visit our GAMEDAY CENTRAL.
Scouting The Bears (Game Notes) (Big Sky Notes)
- Junior guard, Dallas Anglin dropped a career-high 31 points in the loss at Idaho State. Anglin is the first Bear since the 2011-12 season to score 30 points or more. The last player to do so was former guard, Tevin Svihovec who scored 34 points in the 81-73 win at Cal Poly on Feb. 18, 2012.
- Northern Colorado has yet to win on the road, sitting at 0-6 in games away from Greeley and have a tough task ahead of them as they are winless in games at Weber State.
- Anglin currently leads the team in scoring, averaging 19.4 points a game and fellow junior guard, Anthony Johnson is next in line with 15.1 ppg average.
- Junior guard, Jordan Wilson has now dished out 20 assists over the last three games (6.7 apg) and boosts his season average to 3.8.
- Wilson is also just two games away from tying the Division I record of 17 games with 10 points or more, set by former guard, Will Figures in the 2009-10 season. After his 10 point performance against ISU, Wilson is now at 15 games straight.
- UNC still boasts the best three-point field goal percentage in the Big Sky, shooting 39.8% from downtown as a team.
Scouting the Wildcats (Game Notes)
- Weber State rides a five-game win streak heading into Saturday's matchup after defeating North Dakota, 74-62.
- The Wildcats are led by Jeremy Senglin and Joel Bolomboy. Senglin is averaging 18.5 points per game and Bolomboy is boasting18.2 points and 13.5 rebounds a game. Senglin and Bolomboy rank 2nd and 4th in the league's scoring standings.
- Bolomboy is also the best rebounder in the conference in both the offensive and defensive stat category. The forward is currently averaging 3.5 offensive boards and 9.9 rebounds on the defensive end of the court.
- Weber State currently holds an 8-0 record over Northern Colorado at home.
- WSU is the highest scoring offense in the Big Sky, averaging 80.0 points a game.
By The Numbers
- Northern Colorado is currently 0-10 this season when trailing at the half and when they shoot a lower field goal percentage than their opponent.
- When shooting a higher percentage from the floor and outrebounding their opponent, UNC is 4-1 on the season. The Bears are also 4-1 this season when leading at halftime.
- Northern Colorado currently sits 0-9 on the year when being outrebounded.
- Out of the nine different starting lineups UNC has used this season, only the lineup of Mathis, Davis, Wilson, Johnson, Verhagen has produced more than one win.
- The Bears are currently on a four-game streak of hitting 5 or more three pointer.
Winless At Weber
- The Wildcats currently hold an eight-game regular season winning streak over Northern Colorado at the Dee Events Center. Since joining the Big Sky in 2006, UNC has yet to leave Ogden with a W.
- UNC and WSU met just one time last year in Greeley. The Bears came away with a 71-57 victory with five players reaching double figures. Former forward Dominique Lee led the team with 16 points and nine rebounds. Jordan Wilson notched 11points and two assists in the win.
- Three of the eight games at Weber State have been decided by five points or less and the closest UNC ever came to knocking off the Wildcats at home was during the 2010-11 season with the Bears falling 72-71 to WSU.
- The last time Northern Colorado played at Weber State was Feb. 8, 2014. WSU won the ball game, 79-65.
100 Points
- It took Dallas Anglin just six games to reach 100 career points at UNC, the quickest any D1 player has reached century mark for UNC. He topped the 100 point mark after the Idaho game on Jan. 1.
- With is 31 point performance against Idaho State on Thursday which was a new career-high, Anglin now sits at 136 career points.
- Anglin has yet to score less than 13 points in any contest so far this season.
#RoadtoReno
- New this year the Big Sky Conference will be headed to Reno, Nevada for both the men's and women's tournament. The #RoadToReno will begin on New Year's Eve and take place over March 7-13 for the women's tournament.
Social Media Hub
UNC Basketball Twitter: @unco_mbb
Hashtags: #BearWitness, #GoUNCBears
UNC Basketball Instagram: unco_mbb
UNC Basketball Vine: UNC Men's Basketball
YouTube: YouTube.com/uncbearsathletics
UNC Athletics Twitter: @unc_bears
UNC Athletics Facebook: Facebook.com/UNCBears
Hoops Staff On Twitter
Head Coach B.J. Hill : @CoachBJHill
Asst. Coach Joel Davidson : @Coach_Davidson
Asst. Coach Will Hensley : @CoachHensley
Asst. Coach Eric Murphy : @EMurph123
Dir. of Ops Taylor Green : @Coach_TGreen
For all information regarding the game, please visit our GAMEDAY CENTRAL.
Scouting The Bears (Game Notes) (Big Sky Notes)
- Junior guard, Dallas Anglin dropped a career-high 31 points in the loss at Idaho State. Anglin is the first Bear since the 2011-12 season to score 30 points or more. The last player to do so was former guard, Tevin Svihovec who scored 34 points in the 81-73 win at Cal Poly on Feb. 18, 2012.
- Northern Colorado has yet to win on the road, sitting at 0-6 in games away from Greeley and have a tough task ahead of them as they are winless in games at Weber State.
- Anglin currently leads the team in scoring, averaging 19.4 points a game and fellow junior guard, Anthony Johnson is next in line with 15.1 ppg average.
- Junior guard, Jordan Wilson has now dished out 20 assists over the last three games (6.7 apg) and boosts his season average to 3.8.
- Wilson is also just two games away from tying the Division I record of 17 games with 10 points or more, set by former guard, Will Figures in the 2009-10 season. After his 10 point performance against ISU, Wilson is now at 15 games straight.
- UNC still boasts the best three-point field goal percentage in the Big Sky, shooting 39.8% from downtown as a team.
Scouting the Wildcats (Game Notes)
- Weber State rides a five-game win streak heading into Saturday's matchup after defeating North Dakota, 74-62.
- The Wildcats are led by Jeremy Senglin and Joel Bolomboy. Senglin is averaging 18.5 points per game and Bolomboy is boasting18.2 points and 13.5 rebounds a game. Senglin and Bolomboy rank 2nd and 4th in the league's scoring standings.
- Bolomboy is also the best rebounder in the conference in both the offensive and defensive stat category. The forward is currently averaging 3.5 offensive boards and 9.9 rebounds on the defensive end of the court.
- Weber State currently holds an 8-0 record over Northern Colorado at home.
- WSU is the highest scoring offense in the Big Sky, averaging 80.0 points a game.
By The Numbers
- Northern Colorado is currently 0-10 this season when trailing at the half and when they shoot a lower field goal percentage than their opponent.
- When shooting a higher percentage from the floor and outrebounding their opponent, UNC is 4-1 on the season. The Bears are also 4-1 this season when leading at halftime.
- Northern Colorado currently sits 0-9 on the year when being outrebounded.
- Out of the nine different starting lineups UNC has used this season, only the lineup of Mathis, Davis, Wilson, Johnson, Verhagen has produced more than one win.
- The Bears are currently on a four-game streak of hitting 5 or more three pointer.
Winless At Weber
- The Wildcats currently hold an eight-game regular season winning streak over Northern Colorado at the Dee Events Center. Since joining the Big Sky in 2006, UNC has yet to leave Ogden with a W.
- UNC and WSU met just one time last year in Greeley. The Bears came away with a 71-57 victory with five players reaching double figures. Former forward Dominique Lee led the team with 16 points and nine rebounds. Jordan Wilson notched 11points and two assists in the win.
- Three of the eight games at Weber State have been decided by five points or less and the closest UNC ever came to knocking off the Wildcats at home was during the 2010-11 season with the Bears falling 72-71 to WSU.
- The last time Northern Colorado played at Weber State was Feb. 8, 2014. WSU won the ball game, 79-65.
100 Points
- It took Dallas Anglin just six games to reach 100 career points at UNC, the quickest any D1 player has reached century mark for UNC. He topped the 100 point mark after the Idaho game on Jan. 1.
- With is 31 point performance against Idaho State on Thursday which was a new career-high, Anglin now sits at 136 career points.
- Anglin has yet to score less than 13 points in any contest so far this season.
#RoadtoReno
- New this year the Big Sky Conference will be headed to Reno, Nevada for both the men's and women's tournament. The #RoadToReno will begin on New Year's Eve and take place over March 7-13 for the women's tournament.
Social Media Hub
UNC Basketball Twitter: @unco_mbb
Hashtags: #BearWitness, #GoUNCBears
UNC Basketball Instagram: unco_mbb
UNC Basketball Vine: UNC Men's Basketball
YouTube: YouTube.com/uncbearsathletics
UNC Athletics Twitter: @unc_bears
UNC Athletics Facebook: Facebook.com/UNCBears
Hoops Staff On Twitter
Head Coach B.J. Hill : @CoachBJHill
Asst. Coach Joel Davidson : @Coach_Davidson
Asst. Coach Will Hensley : @CoachHensley
Asst. Coach Eric Murphy : @EMurph123
Dir. of Ops Taylor Green : @Coach_TGreen
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