BYU vs. Portland Notes & Quotes

BYU vs. Portland Box Score

PORTLAND, Ore. – Senior Tyler Haws made BYU history as he passed Jimmer Fredette for first on BYU's all-time scoring list to help the Cougars edge Portland 82-69 Thursday night at the Chiles Center. BYU is now 22-8 overall and 12-5 in West Coast Conference play.

See Haws' record-making basket

"Our guys were good tonight," BYU basketball coach Dave Rose said. "They deserved to win. They played hard, they competed hard. The second half we were just really, really together as a group. The one thing we're really pleased with is we've found a group of guys that has been able to compete consistently for a good little stretch here and it's paying off."

Haws finished with a game-high 21 points to give him 2,614 for his career. He needed seven going into the game to eclipse Fredette, who scored 2,599 during his Cougar career.

"To break a record like that it's a pretty special thing," Haws said. "I owe all the credit to my coaches and my teammates. I just love being at BYU and it's a really cool feeling right now."

In addition to Haws' 21 points, Skyler Halford added a season-high 19 points on 7 of 10 shooting. Kyle Collinsworth finished with a double-double, 15 points and 11 assists, six rebounds and three steals.

Chase Fischer and Ryan Andrus contributed eight points each with Corbin Kaufusi adding six points, five rebounds and a block. Anson Winder recorded a season-high five steals on the night.

Kaufusi scored the first Cougar points of the game at the 18:38 mark with Haws scoring the next six BYU points to tie the game at eight apiece and to tie Fredette on BYU’s all-time scoring list. With 14:38 left in the half, Haws’ drive to the rim put him first on the scoring list with 2,601 points. Halford gave BYU its first lead of the game after connecting on a triple at the 10:45 mark.

After a 6-0 BYU run and a 24-23 BYU lead, Portland responded with a 6-0 run of its own to retake a five-point lead with under six minutes left in the half. Ten points from Collinsworth and Winder pulled BYU back ahead at 33-32, but the Pilots ended the half on a 9-0 run to take a 41-33 lead.

Haws led the team with nine points with Collinsworth following with eight points at halftime. Portland shot 53.6 percent from the field, while the Cougars shot 34.3 percent.

The Cougars opened the second half with an 11-2 run over 3:19, ignited by Fischer’s shot from deep and capped with Frank Bartley IV’s backdoor pass to Haws to take a 44-43 lead. Following one Portland basket, BYU reeled off a 15-4 run that included three triples from Halford to extend the lead to 59-50 with 10:01 remaining.

A 7-0 run by the Pilots brought them back within two, but was answered by Halford’s three-point play to put BYU back up by five at 67-62 with 5:25 left in the game. With 3:32 left in the game, the Cougars started a big 13-0 run over two minutes that included six points from Haws as BYU ran away for the 82-69 win.

The Cougars scored 23 points off Portland's 19 turnovers, outscored its bench 32-6 and held it to 25 points in the second half to BYU's 49. 

BYU stays on the road for its last conference game against No. 3 Gonzaga on Saturday at 7 p.m. PST. The game will be televised live on ESPN2 and broadcast on the Cougar IMG Sports Network on KSL Newsradio 102.7 FM/1160 AM.

Game Notes: BYU at Portland

Riding a four-game winning streak, BYU basketball will play at Portland on Thursday at 7 p.m. PST in the Chiles Center. The game will be televised live on ROOT Rocky Mountain/Northwest and broadcast live on the Cougar IMG Sports Network on KSL Newsradio 102.7 FM and 1160 AM.

Storylines

• BYU leads the country in scoring at 84.4 points per game
• Guard Tyler Haws, named to the Wooden Award Late Season Top 20, the Naismith Midseason Top 30, a finalist for the Senior CLASS Award and a Jerry West Award candidate, is third in the country in scoring at 22.4 points per game
• Haws is currently second on the BYU career scoring list with 2,593 points, 7 from passing Jimmer Fredette (2,599) for first
• Guard Kyle Collinsworth, a Bob Cousy Award candidate, has recorded an NCAA single-season record five triple-doubles and is one away from tying the career record
• Senior guard Skyler Halford has been playing his best basketball of the season over the last 11 games, averaging 12.4 points while shooting 53.1 percent from the field and 48.9 percent from three

BYU Cougars (21-8, 11-5 WCC)

• Head Coach: Dave Rose
• Alma Mater: Houston, 1983
• Career Record: 253-86 (10th)
• Record at BYU: Same

Portland Pilots (16-12, 7-9 WCC)

• Head Coach: Eric Reveno
• Alma Mater: Stanford, 1989
• Career Record: 127-154 (9th)
• Record at Portland: Same

Series Information

• Series Record: BYU leads 11-1
• Last Meeting: BYU won 97-88, 12/29/14
• H/A/N: 7-0/4-1/0-0

Game Information

• TV: ROOT RM/NW
• TV Talent: Tom Glasgow (play-by-play), Jack Sikma (analyst)
• Live Video: TheW.tv
• Radio: Cougar IMG Sports Network, KSL 102.7 FM / 1160 AM, BYU Radio - Sirius XM 143
• Radio Talent: Greg Wrubell (play-by-play), Craig Cusick (analyst)
• Live Audio/Stats: BYUcougars.com