OGDEN — Weber State and Idaho State traded runs to open Thursday night’s conference basketball clash, but ISU appeared to be heating up from deep to take a seven-point lead midway through the first half.

Thursday’s matinee at Northern Colorado nearly looked like several other games during Weber State women’s basketball’s 10-game losing streak.

OGDEN — As Weber State men’s basketball prepares to host Idaho State to open a homestand Thursday, it’s easy to recall the similarities between the last time WSU hosted the Bengals and the Wildcats’ recent setback at home against Southern Utah.

Weber State announced its 2019 athletics Hall of Fame inductees Wednesday and the five-athlete group is led by former Roy High track athlete Bill Schuffenhauer.

OGDEN — The dunk brought Weber State’s bench to its feet, howling and hollering for its impromptu ferocity.

Shortly after Dixie State’s announcement that its athletic programs will move to Division I in the 2020-21 season, the school jointly announced new football games with three Big Sky Conference schools Tuesday.

It wouldn't be a trip to Portland State without extra time.

Last season, Portland State men’s basketball got all the attention for its non-conference exploits — going 10-3 with wins over Cal and Stanford — before turning in an uninspiring 9-9 campaign in Big Sky play.

OGDEN — Seeking its first win in five Big Sky tries, Weber State women's basketball came out to battle Thursday night against an experienced Idaho State squad.

Austin Galuppo’s current Twitter profile picture shows he and Judah Jordan sitting side by side with the words “back court partner” above them.

OGDEN — Weber State basketball players arrived at the Dee Events Center as spectators to the program’s second Alumni Classic in August 2017, taking their seats early in the night’s festivities.

One of Weber State football’s biggest mainstays has moved on to a new chapter in his coaching career.

OGDEN — One of the acts in the strange show that played out across the Big Sky on Saturday night came in Ogden with Weber State men’s basketball hosting Southern Utah.

OGDEN — In a self-deprecating way typical of Randy Rahe press conferences, the 13-year head coach so began a reflection of his career Thursday after completing his 400th game at Weber State.

OGDEN — If you hadn’t seen Brekkott Chapman turn his ankle in the first half, you’d have no idea how to tell he wasn’t quite playing at 100 percent.

OGDEN — It’s said some lessons are only learned the hard way. In basketball, the hardest way would be through a loss but Weber State is hoping it wised up through Saturday’s 93-87 win at Idaho as it prepares for a Big Sky homestand against Northern Arizona and Southern Utah.

The 70-mile bus trip from Cheney, Washington, to Moscow, Idaho, didn’t cool down Weber State men’s basketball for Monday’s New Year’s Eve matinee against the Idaho Vandals.

It looked for a time Weber State’s offense had fallen back into cold-shooting struggles Saturday, bricking through a 1-of-11 stretch to fall behind 23-10 at Eastern Washington.

OGDEN — As Weber State men’s basketball got to the back end of its non-conference schedule, it hit three losses against a stretch of tough opponents.

Non-conference games are in the books and 10 of 11 Big Sky men's basketball teams open their 20-game conference slate Saturday, Dec. 29.

OGDEN — Weber State football added two more players to its 2019 signing class before the early signing period closed last week.

OGDEN — For about 12 minutes Saturday it felt like Weber State men’s basketball was stuck in a recurring nightmare.

OGDEN — After three straight losses, the Weber State men's basketball team finishes its non-conference schedule with a Saturday matinee by hosting Delaware State, a team that picked up a confidence-builder earlier this week.

OGDEN — Weber State women’s basketball was on record watch Thursday night, but not in a good way.

OGDEN — Former Weber State men’s basketball coach Ron Abegglen died Wednesday night at the age of 81, the school announced Thursday.

Weber State football signed two prospects as the sport's early signing period began Wednesday.

OGDEN — December 2017 brought a new frontier for college football recruiting with the sport’s first-ever early signing period.

OGDEN — For the third straight game, Weber State men’s basketball struggled to score in the first half and couldn’t recover.

OGDEN — A second-straight trip to the quarterfinals resulted in a loss for Weber State football, but there’s little time to spend on that fact for Jay Hill and his coaching staff. With the early signing period opening next week, coaches have already flipped the switch to the 2019 season.

OGDEN — Freshman guard Spencer Johnson is leaving the Weber State men’s basketball team, he announced late Thursday night on Twitter.

OGDEN — After facing its three toughest opponents (on paper) of the 2018-19 season in succession, the frequency of games lightens for Weber State men’s basketball as conference play approaches in two weeks.

Josh Davis racked up a lot of yards as a high schooler at Alta. But his Weber State football career false-started when the running back was hurt early in the 2017 season opener. He also didn't play in the 2018 opener at Utah.

SALT LAKE CITY — For at least the first half Saturday, Weber State’s shooting slump followed it back from Fresno. By the time the Wildcats snapped out of their funk from three days ago, it was too late.

OGDEN — For four quarters, Weber State’s offense got a lesson in what opposing teams feel like when playing against WSU’s defense.

OGDEN — Weber State's FCS quarterfinal loss to Maine was already going to be a long game since it was televised on ESPN2.

OGDEN — Both programs are looking to making history when the Maine Black Bears visit Weber State on Friday night.

Weber State’s final two possessions Wednesday at Fresno State played out like this:

OGDEN — Aside from a drive here or there, Weber State football’s early-season offense looked like everything was a struggle.

OGDEN — There was plenty of history, milestones and more from Weber State’s doubleheader Saturday.

There’s not too much time for Weber State men’s basketball to ride the high of an in-state victory.

OGDEN — The Weber State men’s basketball program came into Saturday having lost 15 straight games to BYU. The last time the Wildcats won, Jermaine Boyette scored 37 in 2003.

OGDEN — It seemed to have all the trappings of a 2018 Weber State football game Saturday at Stewart Stadium when the Wildcats hosted Southeast Missouri State in the second round of the FCS Playoffs.

OGDEN — Never in Weber State football’s 57-year history had the program qualified for the playoffs in three consecutive seasons until the 2018 squad delivered the Wildcats to a second straight shared Big Sky title and a third straight playoff berth.

OGDEN — There may not be a better day to be a Weber State fan than Saturday, Dec. 1.