Four Trailblazers scored in double figures as Utah Tech's women's basketball won its third-straight and opened Western Athletic Conference play with a 73-59 road victory at Utah Valley on Saturday afternoon at the UCCU Center. 

How it happened 
Utah Tech (5-2/1-0 WAC) was as cold as the Wasatch Front weather to open the game, misfiring on 17 of its 18 shot attempts in the first quarter. However the Trailblazers found themselves only down 11-6 at the end of the period, with all six points coming from Maggie McCord, who hit the only UTU field goal and went 4-for-4 at the foul line.
 
The Trailblazers got the offense going in the second quarter, striking for seven-unanswered points on to erase the deficit and take their first lead of the game at 13-11.
 
McCord knocked down two more free throws, while Breaunna Gillen hit a leaner in the lane and Calyn Dallas drilled a 3-pointer from the left wing.
 
UVU (3-4/0-2 WAC) clapped back to jump back on top at 15-13, but Utah Tech responded with an 11-2 spurt to extend to its biggest lead of the half at 24-17 with just under three minutes to play until halftime.
 
The Blazers drained three 3-pointers in the run, which got kick-started by a Caitlynn Jordan perimeter jumper. Maddie Warren followed with five-straight points, then after a UVU bucket, Gillen connected from downtown to cap the rally.
 
The Wolverines would again answer, outscoring UTU 7-2 to trim the Trailblazer lead to 26-24 at the halftime break.
 
However any momentum Utah Valley had going into the locker room stayed in the locker room as the Trailblazers opened the second half with 11-straight points as part of a 17-4 run to extend to a 43-28 advantage with 5:18 to go in the third quarter.
 
The Blazers hit on six of their first 10 shots, including 5-of-7 from beyond the arc, and wound up shooting nearly 53 percent in the frame en route to a 50-36 cushion in the fourth.
 
Utah Valley began the fourth with an 8-0 run to make it a two-possession game, and trailed 61-55 after a Kylee Mabry basket with 3:56 remaining.
 
That would be as close as the Wolverines would get as Macie Warren hit consecutive 3-pointers, and Maddie Warren provide the exclamation point with a corner trifecta as Utah Tech outscored UVU 12-4 the rest of the way to close out the "Old Hammer Rivalry" win.

Numbers to know
After opening the game 1-of-16 from the floor, the Trailblazers shot an even 50 percent (21-of-42) over the final three quarters to finish the game at 37.9 percent overall (22-of-58). 
 
Utah Tech (14-of-38 3FG; .368), which was also 0-of-11 from the perimeter in the opening 10 minutes, hit on 14-of-27 (.518) from beyond the arc from the second quarter on.
 
Utah Tech also shot 75.0 percent at the foul line (15-of-20) and outrebounded UVU 37-32, including an 11-5 edge on the offensive glass.
 
Meanwhile the Trailblazers only turned the ball over 13 times, including six miscues in the second half, while Utah Tech also forced 13 Wolverine turnovers. 
 
Coming into the game, Utah Valley opponents averaged 24.7 turnovers per game, and the Wolverines were ranked sixth-nationally in turnover margin (+8.83). 
 
Maddie Warren accounted for four of the Trailblazers 14 treys as she led all scorers with 19 points. Warren went 4-of-8 from downtown, while tying her career high with eight rebounds.
 
Macie Warren posted her team-high third double-double of the year with 12 points – all in the second half, and finished with a career-high tying 10 rebounds. Warren went 4-of-5 from the floor with three 3-pointers.
 
Gillen finished with 13 points, four boards and a game-high eight assists. Gillen (1,201 points) also became the second Trailblazer in program history to reach the 1,200-point plateau, and moved to within 12 points of passing former Blazer guard Johnna Brown (1,212; 2009-11, 12-13) for the top spot on Utah Tech's career points list. 
 
McCord also tallied 13 points to go with five boards and four dimes.  
 
Mabry led two Wolverines in double figures with 17 points. UVU shot 42.0 percent (21-of-50) from floor, though it was just 4-of-17 (.235) from the perimeter. 
 
Utah Tech finally returns to the Burns Arena this upcoming week, where the Blazers will kick-off a five-game homestand with their home WAC opener vs. California Baptist on Wednesday night at 7 p.m. (MST).