UVU, UTRGV pay tribute to late CBB coach Lew Hill before Friday s game in Orem
OREM Utah Valley halted off a spirited comeback from UT Rio Grande Valley on Friday night in the UCCU Center, holding on for a 78-74 win to improve to 9-9.
With the win, the Wolverines kept pace at the top of the Western Athletic Conference with Grand Canyon (13-5, 7-2) and just one game behind the Lopes at 7-3.
But Friday night s short spell of normalcy was about so much more than a basketball game.
For the Vaqueros, playing during the COVID-19 pandemic is just the start of the difficulties they ve faced in the 2020-21 season difficulties not uncommon to all of college basketball.
UVU, UTRGV pay tribute to late CBB coach Lew Hill before Friday s game in Orem
OREM Utah Valley halted off a spirited comeback from UT Rio Grande Valley on Friday night in the UCCU Center, holding on for a 78-74 win to improve to 9-9.
With the win, the Wolverines kept pace at the top of the Western Athletic Conference with Grand Canyon (13-5, 7-2) and just one game behind the Lopes at 7-3.
But Friday night s short spell of normalcy was about so much more than a basketball game.
For the Vaqueros, playing during the COVID-19 pandemic is just the start of the difficulties they ve faced in the 2020-21 season difficulties not uncommon to all of college basketball.
Everybody has a Lew Hill story, including Mark Madsen, whose Utah Valley team held off a late comeback bid by UTRGV 78-74 Friday during an emotional evening in the UCCU Center.