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TRAILBLAZERS AT A GLANCE
Utah Tech returns "home" to the Burns Arena as the No. 8 overall seed in the 2025 Hercules Tires Western Athletic Conference Women's Basketball Tournament, which officially begins on Tuesday when the Trailblazers face No. 9 seed Seattle U in the Opening Round game. 

Tuesday's game marks the third-straight season that Utah Tech has advanced on to WAC postseason play since the program's transition to NCAA Division I status at the beginning of the 2020-21 season. 

Utah Tech is 5-3 all-time against Seattle U on the basketball court and has won four of its last five games against the Redhawks overall, including an 80-70 home win back on Jan. 16, which was the Blazers' last victory.

However the Trailblazers saw their four-game win streak vs. Seattle U snapped last Saturday in a hard-fought 69-65 road loss in the 2024-25 regular season finale. That loss extended the program's NCAA-era long losing skid to 13-straight, while Seattle U saw its 15-game slide end with Saturday's win.

OPENING TIP: Utah Tech (5-24) begins its quest for its first-ever NCAA Division I tournament bid on Tuesday afternoon in the opening round game of the 2025 Hercules Tires Western Athletic Conference Women's Basketball Tournament. 
            The No. 8 seeded Trailblazers will open tournament play against No. 9-seed Seattle U (4-25) in a neutral site game inside the Burns Arena (4,779) in St. George. Tip-off is slated for 12 noon (MT). 
 
ABOUT THE 2025 WAC TOURNAMENT: The final three rounds of the 2025 Hercules Tires WAC Women's Basketball Tournament will be played this Wednesday-through-Saturday inside the Orleans Arena in Las Vegas. 
            The first two quarterfinal round games will be played on Wednesday, with the winner of the Utah Tech/Seattle U match-up advancing on to face WAC regular season champion and No. 1 seed Grand Canyon at 1 p.m. (MT).
            The second quarterfinal round game on Wednesday will pit No. 2 seed Tarleton State against No. 7 seed Southern Utah at 3:30 p.m. (MT).
            The final two quarterfinal games will take place on Thursday, starting with No. 4 seed Abilene Christian squaring off against No. 5 seed Utah Valley at 1 p.m. (MT), followed by No. 3 seed UT Arlington taking on No. 6 seed California Baptist at 3:30 p.m. (MT). 
            The two semifinal games will then take place on Friday afternoon, and the 2025 WAC championship game will be played on Saturday afternoon at 1:30 p.m. (MT).
            All preliminary round games of the tournament will be streamed live on ESPN+, while Saturday's championship game will air live on ESPNU. 
 
ALL-TIME IN CONFERENCE TOURNAMENTS: Utah Tech has made conference tournament appearances in three different leagues since becoming an NCAA program in the 2006-07 season.
            The Trailblazers made their "WAC Vegas" debut in the 2023 edition and earned their first-ever NCAA Division I-era postseason victory vs. Utah Valley (72-68; 3/6/23), before losing to CBU in the quarterfinal round (72-81; 3/7/23). 
            Last season Utah Tech was awarded the No. 4-overall seed and a bye into the quarterfinal round, but the injury-depleted Blazers were eliminated by No. 5 seed UT Arlington (57-72; 3/14/24). 
            During their Division II era, the Trailblazers made two Pacific West Tournament appearances in back-to-back seasons in 2012-13 and 2013-14, advancing to the semifinals each time. Utah Tech also advanced to the semifinal round of the 2019-20 Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference Tournament in its final D-II season.
 
FINALLY ELIGIBLE FOR POSTSEASON PLAY: Not only is the 2024-25 season Utah Tech's fifth Division I season overall, it is also the FIRST season that the Trailblazers are eligible for NCAA postseason play. 
        The NCAA Division I Board of Directors officially approved Utah Tech's move to active Division I status this past June 28. With that confirmation, Trailblazer Athletics is now officially eligible to participate in all NCAA postseason championships in its 15 intercollegiate programs.
 
HEAD COACH JD GUSTIN: JD Gustin is in his ninth season as Utah Tech head women's basketball coach. 
            Last season, Coach Gustin guided the Trailblazers to an 18-14 overall record, including a 12-8 mark in Western Athletic Conference play, which was good for fourth place in the conference standings and a first round bye into the 2024 WAC Tournament.
            Along with the 18 wins last season, his 2023-24 Trailblazers broke school records in made 3-pointers (327; #1 WAC/#6 NCAA), points (2,343), single game points (116), field goals made/attempted (853/1942), 3-pointers attempted (945), free throw percentage (.736) and fewest turnovers (420).
            Gustin has seen marked improvements in each season on the Trailblazer sideline, culminating with an 19-12 overall record in 2022-23, a nine-win turnaround from the previous season. The 2022-23 campaign also featured a 10-8 mark and a fifth-place finish in Western Athletic Conference play. 
            Utah Tech's 19 wins that season were the most in the program's newly minted NCAA Division-I era, and is the highest win total during Coach Gustin's tenure on the Trailblazer bench.
 
GUSTIN FOR 100: Gustin, who coached in his 450th collegiate game at home vs. Utah Valley back on Jan. 18, collected his 100th win as Trailblazer head coach with an 81-78 home win over in-state rival Weber State this past Nov. 16. Gustin has now recorded at least 100 coaching victories in each of his two head coaching stops (103-130 at Utah Tech; 2016-current/146-83 at Westminster College; 2004-11).
 
21-FOR-22: Thanks to its road victory at McNeese State (11/23 in Lake Charles, La.), Utah Tech has now won at least one basketball game in 21 different states during the program's NCAA era.
            In all, the Trailblazers have played games in 22 different states overall. The only state Utah Tech has visited and not won a game is Kansas, where the Blazers were handed a 91-82 loss at Big 12 member Kansas State (11/20/22) early in the 2022-23 season.
 
HOME SWEET HOME: Since joining the NCAA ranks in 2006-07, Utah Tech has played to a 145-86 (.628) overall record in 230 games inside the Burns Arena, which included a 4-11 final mark this season, and an 11-5 record last season.           
            Under Coach Gustin, the Trailblazers are 66-53 (.554) on their home floor and have won eight or more home games in six of their last eight seasons overall. In fact, Utah Tech's 11 home wins last season tied for the most during Gustin's tenure (11-4 in 2018-19) on the Trailblazer bench.
 
AWAY FROM THE BURNS: Utah Tech owns a 90-140 (.391) record in 230 road games since the 2006-07 season. Under Coach Gustin, the Blazers are 33-71 (.317) away from home, which included a 1-13 mark this year, and a 7-8 road record last season. In addition, Utah Tech is 22-19 (.538) all-time on neutral courts, 4-5 under Coach Gustin.  
 
FROM WAY DOWNTOWN....BANG: Utah Tech has hit at least one 3-pointer in 291-straight games, including eight treys at Seattle U last Saturday, and a season-high 17 perimeter jumpers (17-of-47) in the 2024-25 season-opening victory vs. Northern New Mexico (11/4).
            The Trailblazers shot a WAC-season high 47.1 percent (8-of-17) in the Redhawks' home gym on Saturday afternoon. 
            Utah Tech also drained 11 trifectas in its home loss to Abilene Christian (2/22), which continued a stretch that has seen the Trailblazers reach double figures in made 3-pointers 29 times in their last 61 games dating back to last season, highlighted by a season-best 21 3-pointers in its home win over Oregon (12/19/23). 
            In fact, the Trailblazers have knocked down at least 10 treys in 113 games during its NCAA era overall, including 11 games this season.
            Last season Utah Tech led the WAC and finished the year ranked sixth-nationally with a school record 327 made 3-pointers, and broke a school records in both 3-point field goal attempts (945) and 3FG percentage (.346). 
            The 21 made treys last year vs. Oregon were the second-most in a single game in program history. In addition, the Trailblazers combined to shoot school record-breaking 67.7 percent (21-of-31) from the perimeter vs. the Ducks, besting the previous record that stood for nearly 12 full seasons (.611, 11-of-18 at BYU-Hawaii; 2/4/2012). 
            In the 2021-22 season, the Trailblazers nailed a school-record 22 3-pointers in its 107-57 blowout win over LIFE Pacific (11/9/21).
            That record was one of two 3FG school records to fall that night as the Blazers also broke a team record for 3FG attempted (51). 
            In all, Utah Tech has hit at least one 3-pointer in 499 of its 502 games during its NCAA era, which began in the 2006-07 season.
            Two of the three instances when the Blazers did not hit a 3-pointer happened during the 2013-14 season (vs. Hawai'i-Hilo, 2/13/14; at California Baptist, 1/18/14), and the other came in the program's first NCAA season in 2006-07 (vs. UHH, 1/7/07). 
            Meanwhile, Utah Tech has surrendered at least one made opponent 3-pointer in 501 of 502 games during its NCAA era.
 
RELEASE - ROTATION - SPLASH: Utah Tech heads into Tuesday's WAC opening round game as the conference leader and ranked t-27th-NATIONALLY in made 3-pointers with 259. Meanwhile, the Trailblazers are 16th in the country in 3FGM per game (8.93 3FGM/g), 10th in 3-point attempts (836) and t-fifth overall 3FGA per game (28.8 3FGA/g).
 
STOP....THIEF: Utah Tech's defense forced an opponent season high 28 turnovers in the road loss at Abilene Christian (2/6), 21 of which were the result of steals. 
            The Blazers' 21 steals were the most in the program's brief Division-I tenure, and tied for the seventh-most in a single game in Utah Tech's NCAA era overall. The 21 steals were also the most in one game since Utah Tech recorded 22 in the 2018-19 season opener vs. Northern New Mexico (11/10/18). 
            Junior point guard Chardonnay Hartley led the way with a career-high seven steals. Hartley became just the eighth different player in Utah Tech's NCAA era to record at least seven steals, which also tied for the sixth-most in a single game in the program's four-year era.
            Meanwhile senior forward Emily Isaacson equaled her career high with six steals, which also tied her for 11th on the program's single-game list.
            In fact, three Trailblazers have recorded at least six steals in a game this season, the first being freshman guard Ellie Taylor, who tallied six steals in the Seattle U home win last month (1/16/25).  
            Utah Tech has picked off at least 10 steals 12 times in 29 games this season, including 16 at Utah Valley (2/19), this after the Trailblazers managed to reach double figures in steals only five times in 32 games in 2023-24.
 
ELLIE TAYLOR EARNS WAC POSTSEASON HONORS: Taylor was named to the 2024-25 WAC All-Freshman team on Monday afternoon.
            Taylor started in 23 of 28 games in her debut collegiate season and finished third on the team in scoring at 10.1 ppg on 41.4 percent shooting (.407 3FG; 37-of-91). 
            The freshman has scored in double figure in 15 of her 28 games played, including in 10 of her last 14 games overall, highlighted by a career-high 22 points on 7-of-15 shooting with three 3-pointers off the bench at Tarleton State (1/11). 
            Taylor, who averaged 12.5 ppg in conference play (15th in the WAC), returned to the starting line-up in home win over Seattle U (1/16) and responded by scoring 12 of her team-high 18 points in the first quarter. She went 6-of-12 from the floor on the night with a career-high tying four 3-pointers and a career-best six steals. 
            Taylor's current stretch includes a game-high 21 points (one point off of her career high) in the SUU home loss (2/13), and 18 points at CBU (3/1).
            Taylor, who missed last Thursday's game vs. GCU and returned to score 10 points at Seattle U last Saturday, is averaging 12.7 ppg since returning to the starting line-up 13 games ago. 
 
HARTLEY'S ON FIRE: Hartley just missed on posting her team-leading fifth double-double of the year last Saturday at Seattle U after going for 15 points and a game-high eight assists. She also flirted with a triple-double as she pulled down a season-high tying six rebounds.
            The junior did notch her fourth double-double of the year with 13 points and a school-record tying 13 assists, and picked off four steals, in the Blazers' 80-70 home win over Seattle U (1/16).
            Hartley has scored in double figures in 14 of her 29 starts as a Trailblazer, highlighted by a career-high 28 points in the Weber State home win this past Nov. 16.
            In fact, the junior point guard got off to a pretty hot start as she became just the fifth player in the program's NCAA era to score at least 20 points in three of the first four games to begin a season, this after she opened the year with 21 points vs. Northern New Mexico (11/4), and 23 points three nights later at New Mexico State (11/07). 
            Hartley just missed making it four of her first five games overall after she poured in a co-game high 17 points with a season-high four 3-pointers at Houston Christian (11/21), which she followed with 17 more points at McNeese State (11/23) on her way to WAC Player of the Week honors (11/25).
            Hartley has also got the foul line, where she is currently 24th in all of Division I in free throw attempts (187) and is t-96th nationally in free throws made (108). 
            Not only can she score the basketball, Hartley has also been a facilitator, as she enters Tuesday's game vs. Seattle U as the WAC leader and 13th nationally in total assists (180) and NINTH in the NCAA D-I ranks in assists/game (6.20 apg; 6.12 apg in WAC play).
            The junior has dished out six or more assists 14 times through 29 games this season with five double-digit assist outings, including her record-tying performance vs. Seattle U. Her 13 helpers tied the record held by former Blazer guard Breaunna Gillen (2019-24), who dished out 13 assists twice during the 2022-23 season.
            Hartley's three other double-doubles came in November in home games against NNMC (21p/10a; 11/4), Weber State (28p/12a; 11/16) and Colorado (14p/10a; 11/27).
            Hartley heads into Tuesday's match-up vs. Seattle U in second place on Utah Tech's single season assists list (180), and is now 21 dimes away breaking the school's single-season assist record currently held by Gillen (200; 2022-23). 
            In addition, Hartley currently stands as one of only three Trailblazers to post multiple 10-plus assist games in a career, and she is just the second player in the program's NCAA era to do it at least five times.
            Gillen reached double figures in assists a school record nine times in her career overall, while former guard Leslie Tademy (2014-16) achieved the feat twice in her two years at Utah Tech. 
 
8 FOR 30: Junior guard Aaliyah Ibarra has led Utah Tech in scoring six times this season, and has scored in double figures in 10 games overall, highlighted by a career-high 36 points on 12-of-20 shooting with five 3-pointers in the road win at McNeese State (11/23), which helped her earn WAC Newcomer of the Week honors (11/25). 
            Ibarra poured in 18 of her 36 points in the second quarter at MSU, during which she was a perfect 6-of-6 from the floor with four 3-pointers.
            Ibarra's 36-point day at McNeese tied for the fifth-most points scored by a Trailblazer in a single game in the program's NCAA era, and were the second-most points scored by a Trailblazer in a game during the team's current Division I era (38, Breaunna Gillen vs. UT Arlington; 2/24/24).
            Ibarra also became the eighth different Trailblazer to score at least 30 points in one game in the program's four-year era. In addition, her career day marked the 13th-time a Trailblazer had scored at least 30 points in a game overall.
            Former Trailblazer post player Haley Holmstead scored 30 or more points a school record six times during the 2013-14 season, during which she wound up setting the school's single season scoring record with 646 points. Holmstead's dominant season was highlighted by a school record 42-point effort in a road win at Fresno Pacific (86-84; 12/7/13). 
 
20/20 SCORING: Taylor and Isaacson both "had a day" in Utah Tech's road loss at Tarleton State (1/11). Taylor led all scorers with a career-high 22 points on 7-of-15 shooting with three 3-pointers, and posted career highs of four steals and two blocked shots - all off the bench.
            Meanwhile, Isaacson poured in 21 points on 8-of-11 shooting, including a 5-of-6 clip from the perimeter, to go with two boards, one assist and one block.
            That feat marked the second time this season, and the 12th time in the last two seasons overall, that Utah Tech had at least two players score 20 points in a game. 
            Isaacson and Hartley both went for 20 points in the Blazers' home win over Weber State (11/16). Meanwhile last year's team achieved the feat 10 times, highlighted by a record three 20-point scorers in a home blowout vs. Bethesda (12/16/23 - Calyn Dallas 23/Gillen 21/Maddie Warren 20). 
 
TURNING TO PAIGE: Freshman forward Paige Cofer was named WAC Newcomer of the Week this past March 3, after she averaged 17.0 points on 52.0 percent shooting and 8.0 rebounds in Utah Tech's two road games at SUU (2/27) and at CBU (3/1).
            Cofer began that week with nine points on 4-of-7 shooting, along with five rebounds, two steals and one assist against the Thunderbirds.
            The freshman then chased that effort with a career-high 25 points on 9-of-18 shooting with four 3-pointers at CBU. She scored 22 of her 25 points in the second half, including 13 points as part of a 21-8 third-quarter run that helped pull Utah Tech to within seven points late in the period.
            Cofer also came away with her first collegiate double-double at CBU with a game and career high 11 rebounds. In addition, she dished out three assists, and collected one steal and one block in a season-high 34 minutes of game action.
            After missing the first 13 games of the year, Cofer made her long-awaited collegiate debut in the WAC opener at UT Arlington (1/9), where she was penciled into the starting line-up and flirted with a double-double, finishing with seven points and a co-game high nine rebounds.
            Cofer's effort at CBU bested her previous career high at home vs. UTA (2/1), against which against which she poured in a team-high 16 points on 6-of-11 shooting with three treys.
            Cofer averaged 8.9 ppg and 4.9 rpg in WAC play, and scored in double figures in six of her 16 league starts overall. 
 
ISAACSON SHOOTS PAST TWO MORE CAREER MILESTONES: It's been quite the start to the 2025 calendar year for Isaacson, who has been systematically moving up Utah Tech's career statistical lists since WAC play began.
            The senior forward shot her way past two more milestones during, coincidentally, during last Thursday's Senior Night vs. GCU. Isaacson vaulted into third place on Utah Tech's career points list (currently at 1,173 pts) and became the fourth player in program history with 400 made field goals (currently at 403) on what else, a 3-pointer to open the scoring in the fourth quarter.
            The senior sharpshooter (254 3FGM) rang in the 2025 calendar year by becoming Utah Tech's career 3-point leader in the second quarter at UT Arlington (1/9).                               Isaacson has remained hot behind the arc, as she is currently second in the WAC in total 3-pointers made (76 - t-35th nationally), 3FG/game (2.62 - t-24th nationally), and 3-point percentage (.409; 76-of-186 - 29th nationally), which includes a .431 percent clip (47-of-109 - third in the WAC) in conference play. 
            Isaacson also extended her career best 3-point streak to 23-straight games with two trifectas at Seattle U last Saturday, which also vaulted her into a tie for fourth place on Utah Tech's single season 3-pointers list.    
            The senior, who is already Utah Tech's career leader in 3FG% (.399, 254-of-636), also became the fourth player in program history with at least 550 career rebounds in the SUU loss back on Feb. 13. After pulling down a team-high eight boards at Seattle U last Saturday, Isaacson (593) now stands only seven caroms away from 600 for her career.  
            Isaacson is currently one of only three players in program history with at least 1,170 points and 590 rebounds, joining her former teammate Breaunna Gillen (2019-24, 1,608 pts/607 rbs), and Trailblazer Athletics Hall of Famer Johnna Brown (2009-11, 12-13; 1,212 pts/726 rbs) on that exclusive list.  
            In addition, Isaacson enters Tuesday's WAC tournament game in fourth place all-time in career blocks (64) and steals (127), fourth in FG made (403), seventh in career games played (102), second in career starts (94), and eighth in FT% (.743; 113-of-152).
 
TRAILBLAZER PLAYER NOTES
* - After missing virtually the entire 2023-24 campaign due to a season-ending knee injury, Isaacson has picked up right where she left off, averaging a team-best 12.7 points (9th in the WAC) through 29 games this year, including a 13.7 ppg (8th in the WAC) clip in conference play.
* - Isaacson, who played in her 100th-career game at CBU (3/1), has scored in double figures in 19 of her 29 starts to this point of the year, including a team-high 22 points with six 3-pointers at home vs. Abilene Christian (2/22), and a co-game high 19 points on 8-of-13 shooting (3-of-6 3FG) last month at ACU (2/6). 
* - Prior to her day at Tarleton State, Isaacson enjoyed arguably her finest game in a Trailblazer uniform in the win over Weber State (11/16), against which she poured in 20 points on 7-of-9 shooting, including 6-of-7 from the perimeter, along with six boards, three assists and four steals, highlighted by the game-saving steal on the Wildcats' final possession.
* - Isaacson's 22-point effort in the ACU home game was the senior fourth 20-point game of the season and the 13th of her storied career. 
* - Redshirt junior guard Brie Crittendon has scored in double figures nine times this season, which includes 13 points on 3-of-3 from beyond the arc at Seattle U last Saturday ... Crittendon also tallied 12 points with a pair of 3-pointers and four rebounds at Abilene Christian (2/6) ... she just missed out on another double-digit outing at CBU (3/1), against which the junior went for nine points along with six rebounds, one assist and one block.
* - Crittendon poured in a Utah Tech career high 16 points on 5-of-11 shooting with three 3-pointers vs. Pittsburgh (12/21) ... Crittendon also led the Blazers with five rebounds and three steals in a season-high 38 minutes of action. 
* - After just missing her first collegiate double-double at UT Arlington (8p/9r; 1/9), Crittendon finally picked one up in the Seattle U win (1/16), against which she poured in 13 points and grabbed a game and career-high 11 rebounds.
* - Including Hartley's double-double vs. Seattle U (1/16), the last time two Trailblazers posted double-doubles in the same game was in last season's regular season finale vs. Stephen F. Austin (3/9/24), against which Calyn Dallas (19p/10r) and Gillen (16p/13r) turned the trick to lead the Blazers to the home victory.
* - Redshirt freshman Kastyn Young shot out right out of the gate with a pair of 17-point games off the bench against both Northern New Mexico (11/4) and Stonehill (11/13).
* - In all, the Trailblazer bench accounted for 45 of the team's 86 points vs. Stonehill on Nov. 13 ... the 45 bench points scored were a program Division I era high, and were the most bench points scored since the 2021-22 season, when the Blazer reserves tallied 40 points in a home win over Simpson (12/11/21).
* - Utah Tech has scored 40-plus bench points in 25 of its 502 NCAA-era games since the program transitioned from junior college to four-year competition in 2006-07 ... 23 of those occasions came during the Division II era, including five 50-plus point games, highlighted by a school record 59 points from Utah Tech reserves in a 93-54 road win at Chaminade (2/4/09) during the 2008-09 season.
* - The Trailblazer bench narrowly missed making it 26 games in the Westcliff win (11/30) as six reserves combined for 36 points.
* - Sophomore forward Nicole Willardson poured in a season-high 10 points on 3-of-6 shooting with a pair of 3-pointers and led Utah Tech with eight rebounds at Rice (12/4) ... her 10 points were two shy of her career high of 12 set in last year's win vs. Oregon (12/19/23).
* - Willardson also tied her career high with three blocked shots at Rice, which matched the number of shots she swatted away vs. Westcliff (11/30). 
* - Willardson led the Trailblazers' rebounding effort with a career-high nine caroms and hit on 2-of-7 from the floor for four points vs. NNMC (11/4) ... Willardson also picked off a career-high four steals and had two points, three boards and a block in a season-high 27 minutes in the Weber State win (11/16).
* - Freshman guard Mylee Graham was once again solid off the bench at UVU (2/19), against which she posted career highs of nine points and three steals, to go along with five rebounds and one assist in a season high 29-plus minutes of action.
* - Reserve guard Makeili Ika also enjoyed a fine performance in the SUU home loss (2/13), hitting on 2-of-3 from beyond the arc for a career high six points to go with one assist in 12-plus minutes off the bench. 
* - Ika was solid off the bench in last Thursday's loss to GCU, against which she tallied five points on 2-of-4 shooting with a 3-pointer, and dished out a career-high three assists. 
* - Utah Tech had five players score in double figures in last Saturday's road loss at Seattle U ... the Trailblazers have now turned that trick twice, and wound up bookending the season with that feat last Saturday after opening the year with five players scoring in double figures in the season opener vs. NNMC (11/4).
 
ABOUT THE SEATTLE U "REDHAWKS": Seattle U travels to St. George for Tuesday's WAC tourney opener coming off of its first conference win of the season, which came at home against Utah Tech last Saturday. That victory was the Redhawks' first since claiming their non-conference finale on the road at CSU Bakersfield (W, 58-49) back on Dec. 29. 
            Freshman guard Candy Edokpaigbe (5-11) is the lone Redhawk averaging double figures at 11.0 ppg on a team-best 51.3 percent shooting. Edokpaigbe is coming off a 13-point, 10-rebound day in the home win over Utah Tech last Saturday, while senior guard Julianna Walker (5-6) led all scorers with a season-high 16 points on 4-of-6 from the perimeter in the Redhawk win.
            Utah Tech will see a familiar face on the Redhawk bench on Tuesday afternoon as former Blazer associate head coach Matt Thune (2022-24) is in his first year as an assistant coach on head coach Skyler Young's staff.
 
NEXT UP FOR THE TRAILBLAZERS: The winner of Tuesday's opening round game will advance on to "WAC Vegas" to play top-seed Grand Canyon inside the Orleans Arena on Wednesday afternoon at 1 p.m. (MT).