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Utah Valley faces Weber State, looks for 7th straight home win

Weber State Wildcats (5-5) at Utah Valley Wolverines (8-3)

Orem, Utah; Wednesday, 8 p.m. EST

BOTTOM LINE: Utah Valley will try to keep its six-game home win streak alive when the Wolverines play Weber State.

The Wolverines are 4-0 in home games. Utah Valley is 0-1 in one-possession games.

The Wildcats have gone 1-4 away from home. Weber State is 0-2 in games decided by less than 4 points.

Utah Valley makes 51.0% of its shots from the field this season, which is 9.6 percentage points higher than Weber State has allowed to its opponents (41.4%). Weber State averages 7.7 made 3-pointers per game this season, 1.5 more made shots on average than the 6.2 per game Utah Valley gives up.

TOP PERFORMERS: Jackson Holcombe is averaging 15.3 points, 7.5 rebounds, 3.5 assists, 2.4 steals and 1.5 blocks for the Wolverines. Tyler Hendricks is averaging 2.5 made 3-pointers over the last 10 games.

Jace Whiting is shooting 40.0% from beyond the arc with 1.6 made 3-pointers per game for the Wildcats, while averaging 13.8 points. Trevor Henning is averaging 13.2 points.

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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.

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