UP NEXT: Utes Hit the Road to Take On Oklahoma State

Monday, February 16

Stillwater, OK

Noon (MT)

University of Utah

Oklahoma State

UP NEXT: Utes Hit the Road to Take On Oklahoma State

2/15/2026 8:44 AM | Women's Basketball

Utah WBB Game Notes vs. Ok-State

SALT LAKE CITY – The Utah women's basketball team is set to take on the Oklahoma State Cowgirls on Monday, Feb. 16. This will be the first time in program history Utah has taken on OSU in Stillwater, Okla.

GAME INFORMATION
Utah (17-9, 8-6 Big 12) vs. Oklahoma State (20-7, 9-5 Big 12)
DATE | TIME: Monday, Feb. 16 | Noon (MT)
LOCATION: Stillwater, Okla. | Gallagher-Iba Arena
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HOW TO TUNE IN
Fans can follow along with the live action of the matchup on FOX with Elise Woodward on the PxP and Connor Onion as analyst. The radio call will be on ESPN700 with Tyson Ewing and Milee Rustand calling the action.

LAST TIME OUT
The Utah women's basketball team got back on track with a 67-59 win over Cincinnati. The Utes were led by Lani White's 23 points and Maty Wilke's 12 points.

Utah had 22 assists on 24 field goals while Cincinnati had 9 assists on 24 made field goals. In an all-around dominant night, the Utes also outrebounded the Bearcats 38-37 with Utah pulling down eight offensive boards to Cincinnati's 10.

THE UTES
Utah returns four key contributors from the 2024-25 season including Maty Wilke, Samantha Crispe, Brooke Walker and Reese Ross. This year the Utes welcome back Lani White who played at Utah for her freshman and sophomore seasons. White spent her junior season at Virginia Tech but has returned to finish her collegiate career where she started it all, as a Ute. The Utes welcome one true transfer in Kamryn Mafua and four freshmen in LA Sneed, Ella Todd, Avery Hjelmstad and Evelina Otto.

THE KEY IS WILKE
Maty Wilke is Utah's top returner. Wilke is shooting 37.8% from the field, 34.8% from three and 94.1% from the line while averaging 10.6 points per game. She's averaging 3.6 rebounds and has 61 assists so far this season. Wilke has 1,154 total points in her collegiate career. She has also hit 229 career made three pointers, pulled down 350 career rebounds and posted 249 career assists.

LANI'S CHARISMA
White has logged seven 20-point games this season. She is currently on a nine-game streak of scoring in double figures. Currently leads the Utes with 15.2 points per game. She's shooting 47.0% from the field, 41.0% from three and 83.1% from the free throw line. She's second on the team in rebounding pulling down 127 total on the year and averages 4.9 rebounds a game. She leads the team with 141 made field goals and leads the team with 57 made three pointers.

Lani White hit a hot streak. She scored 20 or more points and hit five or more made three pointers in back-to-back games (Boise State, 12/10 and Northwestern 12/14). She posted a career-high 26 points and a career-high 7-of-7 from three point range against Northwestern (12/14). She knocked down 12 straight three pointers without a single miss. She matched her career-high scoring by hitting 26 points against Arizona (12/21) including a career-high 11 made field goals.

HEAD COACH GAVIN PETERSEN
Petersen enters his second season and first 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. He has a 36-17 record in his career. Petersen became the fastest coach in program history to get a Top-10 victory when he led the Utes to a 78-67 win over No. 3 NotreDame (11/30/24). He brings 23 seasons of college coaching experience to the role, he is in his 11th season overall with the Utes and spent the previous five years as associate head coach under Lynne Roberts.

Petersen has been a part of the staff that has led the Utes to seven postseason appearances—including four NCAA tournaments and a trip to the Sweet Sixteen—and five 20-win seasons, as well as regular appearances in the AP Top 25.

SCOUTING OKLAHOMA STATE
Oklahoma State is 20-7 overall and 9-5 in Big 12 play this season. The Cowgirls are coming off a 75-65 win over No. 16 Texas Tech. Oklahoma State is led by head coach Jacie Hoyt who is in her 4th season at the helm of Oklahoma State and owns a 79-42 overall record.

Oklahoma State is averaging 83.8 points per game while allowing 62.8 points per contest. The Cowgirls are shooting 47.1% from the field, 35.6% from three-point range and 76.7% from the free-throw line this season. On the glass, Oklahoma State is averaging 38.9 rebounds per game, compared to opponents' 29.8 rebounds per game.

Oklahoma State has six players averaging double figures: Micah Gray (14.9), Haleigh Timmer (12.4), Jadyn Wooten (12.1), Stailee Heard (11.6), Achol Akot (11.1) and Amari Whiting (10.3). Micah Gray leads the Cowgirls in scoring at 14.9 points per game, shooting 41.8% from the field, 35.6% from three-point range, and 78.9% from the free-throw line, while adding 2.0 rebounds per game.

Oklahoma State leads the all-time series 1-0 against Utah. This will be the first meeting between the two teams in Stillwater. The last time the two teams met up was last season where Oklahoma State defeated the Utes 68-64 (2/18/25).

NEW AND NOTEWORTHY
• The Utes sit at No. 52 in the Net Rankings.
• Utah is coming off a 67-59 win over Cincinnati.
• Reese Ross posted her ninth double digit rebounding performance of the season with her 11 rebounds against Arizona State (2/11).
• Lani White is currently on an nine game streak of scoring in double figures a streak that includes three 20-point games and six games with 15 points or more.
• Utah assisted on 91.6% of their made field goals vs Cincinnati (21-of-24). This marked the third highest percentage of FG assisted on since at least 2002-03 with at least 20 assists.

2025-26 SEASON NEED TO KNOW
• Utah is coming off its fourth consecutive 20-win season and fourth NCAA Tournament appearances. Head Coach Gavin Petersen enters his second season at the helm of the Utes and 11th overall season at Utah.
• The Utes are returning seven from last year's squad including key contributors Maty Wilke, Reese Ross, Samantha Crispe and Brooke Walker.
• Utah welcomes back Lani White who spent the 2022-23 and 2023-24 season with Utah before spending the 2024-25 season at Virginia Tech.
• The Utes have five true newcomers on the roster this year in transfer Kamryn Mafua and freshmen Ella Todd, Evelina Otto, LA Sneed and Avery Hjelmstad
• At the helm for the Utes is Gavin Petersen who is in his second season as head coach and 11th overall season at Utah. He was named head coach Nov. 19, 2024, just four games into the 2025-26 season.
• Utah downed No. 8 TCU (1/3) 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 have downed a Top-10 team. It also marked the first time in program history that Utah has picked up a Top-10 win in four straight seasons.
• Against No. 1 UConn (11/23), the Utes posted 14 assists on 14 made field goal for a 100% rate, the highest on the season.
• Maty Wilke, Avery Hjelmstad and Lani White have each logged at least five made threes in a game so far on the season.
• Lani White holds the season high with most points scored in a game with 26 twice (Northwestern 12/14, Arizona 12/21).
• Utah had a season high of 25 assists against Utah State (11/7) including a career-high nine from LA Sneed. Sneed's nine also marks a season high for Utah.
• The Utes best rebounding game of the season came against Boise State where Utah had 56 total boards.
• The Utes knocked down 14 from beyond the arc for the most threes made in a game this season against Boise State (12/10).

• Utah is top 40 nationally in four major statistical categories:
No. 38 assists per game (16.7)
No. 19 defensive rebounds per game (29.0)
No. 22 three point attempts (262)
No. 18 three pointers per game (8.9)

UP NEXT
The Utes will return home to host BYU on Saturday, Feb. 21 at 2 p.m. before heading out on the last road trip of the regular season to take on the Buffs of Colorado. Utah's final home game of the season will be Feb. 27 against Arizona at 5 p.m. where Utah will honor four seniors in Lani White, Maty Wilke, Sam Crispe and Alyssa Blanck.

FOLLOW THE UTES!
Fans can follow along during the 2025-26 season on social media (Twitter: @UtahWBB | Instagram: @UtahWBB | Facebook: Facebook.com/UtahWBB).