Tuesday, November 3
6:00 PM
University of Utah
vs
Eastern Washington
10/30/2026 2:53 PM | Women's Basketball
SALT LAKE CITY – It's time for some Utah women's basketball as the Utes will officially start the 2026-27 season on Nov. 3 with a matchup against Eastern Washington. The Eagles and Utes are set to tip off at 6 p.m.Â
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GAME INFORMATION
Utah (0-0, 0-0 Big 12) vs. Eastern Washington (0-0, 0-0 Big Sky)
DATE | TIME: Tuesday, November 3 | 6:00 p.m. (MT)
LOCATION: Salt Lake City, UT.| Jon M. Huntsman ArenaÂ
LIVE STATS: Click Here
LIVE STREAM: Click Here
LISTEN: Click Here
TWITTER UPDATES:@UtahWBB
HOW TO TUNE IN
Fans can follow along with the live action of the matchup on ESPN+ with Tony Parks on play-by-play and Elaine Elliott as color analyst. The radio call will be on 92.5 FM with Spencer McLaughlin calling the action.Â
LAST TIME OUT - EXHIBITION VS IDAHO
The Utah women's basketball team opened its 2026-27 season with a 78-62 exhibition loss to Idaho. Lena Girardi and Peyton Jones led the Utes with 15 points each, while Filipa Barros added nine. Barros recorded a team-high eight rebounds and four assists, while Chyra Evans added six rebounds and three assists. Utah shot 31% from the field and 23% from three-point range, making 6-of-26 attempts. The Utes finished shooting 79% from the free-throw line, going 22-of-28.
THE UTES
Utah returns four key contributors from the 2025-26 season including Chyra Evans, Evelina Otto, Kamryn Mafua and Ella Todd. The Utes welcome nine newcomers this season, including five transfers, Lena Giaradi, Filipa Barros, Olivia Bradley, Laia Conesa and Elise Livingston. Utah enters the 2026-27 season coming off its fifth consecutive postseason appearance.
HEAD COACH GAVIN PETERSEN
Petersen enters his third season and second full season as head coach. He was named the head coach of the Utah women's basketball team on Nov. 19, 2024, just four games into the 2024-25 season. Petersen is in his 12th season overall with the Utes and brings more than 20 years of NCAA Division I coaching experience. Prior to becoming head coach, Petersen spent five years as associate head coach under Lynne Roberts.
Petersen has helped lead the Utes to five postseason consecutive postseason appearances including one Sweet 16 showing. Petersen also became the fastest head coach in program history to earn a Top-10 victory when he led the utes to defeat No. 3 Notre Dame 78-67 on Nov. 30, 24.Â
SCOUTING EASTERN WASHINGTON
The Eastern Washington Eagles women's basketball team finished the 2025-26 season with a 15-18 overall record and a 7-11 record in conference play.
Eastern Washington is led by head coach Joddie Gleason, who is in her fifth season with the program and holds a 83-76 overall record. Â
Eastern Washington averaged 69.2 points per game while allowing 68.4 points per contest. The Eagles shot 39.4% from the field, 30.9% from three-point range and 70.6% from the free-throw line. On the glass, Eastern Washington averaged 41.5 rebounds per game, compared to opponents' 37.2 rebounds per game.
Eastern Washington had four players average double figures last season: Ella Gallatin (15.8), Elyn Bowers (14.8), Kourtney Grossman (13.8) and Jaecy Eggers (11.4). Gallatin led the Eagles in scoring at 15.8 points per game, shooting 41.7% from the field, 32.1% from three-point range and 74.8% from the free-throw line, while adding 4.6 rebounds per game.
Utah leads the all-time series 2-0 against Eastern Washington. This will be the third meeting between the two teams. Utah won the previous matchup 87-49 on Nov. 18, 2019.
2025-26 SEASON FLASHBACK
FOLLOW THE UTES!
Fans can follow along during the 2026-27 season on social media (Twitter: @UtahWBB | Instagram: @UtahWBB | Facebook: Facebook.com/UtahWBB).
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GAME INFORMATION
Utah (0-0, 0-0 Big 12) vs. Eastern Washington (0-0, 0-0 Big Sky)
DATE | TIME: Tuesday, November 3 | 6:00 p.m. (MT)
LOCATION: Salt Lake City, UT.| Jon M. Huntsman ArenaÂ
LIVE STATS: Click Here
LIVE STREAM: Click Here
LISTEN: Click Here
TWITTER UPDATES:@UtahWBB
HOW TO TUNE IN
Fans can follow along with the live action of the matchup on ESPN+ with Tony Parks on play-by-play and Elaine Elliott as color analyst. The radio call will be on 92.5 FM with Spencer McLaughlin calling the action.Â
LAST TIME OUT - EXHIBITION VS IDAHO
The Utah women's basketball team opened its 2026-27 season with a 78-62 exhibition loss to Idaho. Lena Girardi and Peyton Jones led the Utes with 15 points each, while Filipa Barros added nine. Barros recorded a team-high eight rebounds and four assists, while Chyra Evans added six rebounds and three assists. Utah shot 31% from the field and 23% from three-point range, making 6-of-26 attempts. The Utes finished shooting 79% from the free-throw line, going 22-of-28.
THE UTES
Utah returns four key contributors from the 2025-26 season including Chyra Evans, Evelina Otto, Kamryn Mafua and Ella Todd. The Utes welcome nine newcomers this season, including five transfers, Lena Giaradi, Filipa Barros, Olivia Bradley, Laia Conesa and Elise Livingston. Utah enters the 2026-27 season coming off its fifth consecutive postseason appearance.
HEAD COACH GAVIN PETERSEN
Petersen enters his third season and second full season as head coach. He was named the head coach of the Utah women's basketball team on Nov. 19, 2024, just four games into the 2024-25 season. Petersen is in his 12th season overall with the Utes and brings more than 20 years of NCAA Division I coaching experience. Prior to becoming head coach, Petersen spent five years as associate head coach under Lynne Roberts.
Petersen has helped lead the Utes to five postseason consecutive postseason appearances including one Sweet 16 showing. Petersen also became the fastest head coach in program history to earn a Top-10 victory when he led the utes to defeat No. 3 Notre Dame 78-67 on Nov. 30, 24.Â
SCOUTING EASTERN WASHINGTON
The Eastern Washington Eagles women's basketball team finished the 2025-26 season with a 15-18 overall record and a 7-11 record in conference play.
Eastern Washington is led by head coach Joddie Gleason, who is in her fifth season with the program and holds a 83-76 overall record. Â
Eastern Washington averaged 69.2 points per game while allowing 68.4 points per contest. The Eagles shot 39.4% from the field, 30.9% from three-point range and 70.6% from the free-throw line. On the glass, Eastern Washington averaged 41.5 rebounds per game, compared to opponents' 37.2 rebounds per game.
Eastern Washington had four players average double figures last season: Ella Gallatin (15.8), Elyn Bowers (14.8), Kourtney Grossman (13.8) and Jaecy Eggers (11.4). Gallatin led the Eagles in scoring at 15.8 points per game, shooting 41.7% from the field, 32.1% from three-point range and 74.8% from the free-throw line, while adding 4.6 rebounds per game.
Utah leads the all-time series 2-0 against Eastern Washington. This will be the third meeting between the two teams. Utah won the previous matchup 87-49 on Nov. 18, 2019.
2025-26 SEASON FLASHBACK
- Utah downed No. 8 TCU (1/3/26) in overtime 87-77, handing the Frogs their first loss of the season. This was the 11th Top-10 win in school history and the fourth consecutive season the Utes downed a Top-10 team. It also marked the first time in program history that Utah picked up a Top-10 win in four straight seasons.Â
- Against No. 1 UConn (11/23/25), the Utes posted 14 assists on 14 made field goals for a 100% rate, the highest on the season. Â
- Lani White held the season high with most points scored in a game with 26 twice (Northwestern 12/14/25 and Arizona 12/21/25).Â
- Utah's best rebounding game of the season came against Boise State where Utah had 56 total boards.Â
- The Utes knocked down 14 from beyond the arc for the most threes made in a game this season against Boise State (12/10).Â
- Against BYU (2/21/26), the Utes recorded 33 points in the fourth quarter for the most points scored in a quarter last season. Utah and BYU broke the record for most total combined points scored in a single quarter in a Big 12 league game with 63 total points in the fourth quarter. Utah posted 33 while BYU had 30 of its own.Â
- Utah ended the season top 50 nationally in five major statistical categories:
- No. 37 assists per game (16.3)
- No. 25 defensive rebounds per game (28.3)
- No. 26Â three point attempts (25.5)
- No. 58 three point percentage (34.0)
- No. 15 three pointers per game (8.9)
FOLLOW THE UTES!
Fans can follow along during the 2026-27 season on social media (Twitter: @UtahWBB | Instagram: @UtahWBB | Facebook: Facebook.com/UtahWBB).
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