August 22, 2003 Athletics
Story
Women's Basketball
Announces 2003-04 Schedule
The Aggies take
the court for the first time in 16 years as they open the season
at home against Southern Utah Nov. 21
Utah State University's head women's basketball coach Raegan
Pebley has announced the upcoming 2003-04 schedule. The Aggies
take the court for the first time in 16 years as they open the
season at home against Southern Utah Nov. 21.
Utah State plays 26 games on the season, including eight non-conference
games and 18 league encounters. Utah State also hosts UVSC in
an exhibition game Dec. 2. The Aggies will have 12 home games
at the Dee Glen Smith Spectrum.
"Our preseason schedule is set up to help prepare us for
Big West play," said Pebley. "We have games that are
going to be very challenging, but we also hope to have some
confidence-builders. Many of the teams we play early in the
season have post-season experience from last year which will
enable us to see what we need to focus on to reach the post
season."
Utah State will play a total of 18 league games on the year
in a round-robin format with each school playing other member
institutions both home and away. The addition of the Aggie program
increases the Big West membership in the sport of women's basketball
to 10.
"We hope that the newness of our program will give us
an added advantage in Big West play," said Pebley. "Teams
in our conference won't be able to prepare for us very well
because they don't have any film to look at and are unfamiliar
with the personnel on our team."
Along with a challenging league schedule, Utah State will travel
to in-state rival Weber State and host Southern Utah in its
home opener. The Aggies also host Idaho State and Northern Colorado
in non-conference action.
The 2004 Big West Conference Tournament will once again be
held in Anaheim, Calif., March 10-13 at the Anaheim Convention
Center. The first and second rounds of the NCAA Tournament will
be held March 18-21. (See
the full schedule.)
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