The two teams and the West Coast Conference will attempt to reschedule the game for later this season.
BYU forward Lauren Gustin shoots over Arizona forward Sam Thomas, left, during the first half of a college basketball game in the second round of the NCAA women's tournament at the UTSA Convocation Center in San Antonio, Wednesday, March 24, 2021.The omicron variant of the coronavirus has been affecting sports for the last several weeks, leading recently to some postponed games. On Wednesday, it reached the BYU’s schedule.
The women’s basketball team’s game scheduled for Thursday has been postponed due to COVID-19 cases within San Diego’s program. The Cougars’ game against Portland was also postponed due to COVID-19 cases within the Portland program. The game will be rescheduled for a later date, the“We’re back to real-time decisions,” coach Mark Pope said Monday. “Everything could change in the next 20 minutes. ... We’re kind of back to that dynamic at least for the immediate future.
The women’s game against San Diego would have marked the start of conference play for the No. 18 Cougars, who currently sit with a 10-1 record.last month and missed a road trip to Florida as a result.
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