MIAMI -- Scoring eight of his 12 points in the five-minute overtime period, BYU's Michael Vranes helped the Cougars pull away from Florida International Thursday for an 83-75 overtime win.
Improving to 8-2 on the year with the win, BYU almost suffered the same fate it faced Tuesday in a loss at South Alabama when the Cougars lost a double-digit second half lead and trailed the home team entering the final minute of the game. But this time the Cougars were able to even the score with less than a minute remaining when senior forward Silester Rivers completed a three-point play to tie the game at 69. Terrell Lyday's tough perimeter defense on Marsho Fairweather, Florida International's leading scorer, kept Fairweather from getting a good look and his shot fell short of the mark.
"We had some great individual efforts in the game tonight," BYU coach Steve Cleveland said. "It was a great first half by Todd Christensen and Terrell (Lyday) and Matt (Montague) were just nails all game long. Terrell not only scored points but played tremendous defense."
Lyday scored a career-high 26 points to lead all scorers while Christensen chipped in 14, Michael Vranes contributed 12 and Rivers added 10 points and a game- and season-high 11 rebounds in his first start of the year in place of Eric Nielsen. Mekeli Wesley had eight points and seven rebounds while Montague dished out a game-high eight assists.
The Cougars took a 38-36 lead into intermission thanks to Todd Christensen's 14 first half points. Christensen's four three-pointers helped the Cougars match their season high with eight threes in the first half alone. Wesley, BYU's leading scorer on the season, was scoreless in the first 20 minutes but tallied five points right out of the break, including BYU's ninth three-pointer, to start a 10-0 Cougar run that grew to 14-2 when BYU took its biggest lead of the game at 52-38.
But with the Cougars seemingly in charge with a 13-point lead at 56-43, the Golden Panthers turned the tables and scored the next 13 points as part of a larger 18-4 Florida International run to even the score at 56. Even though the Cougars had lost a 10-point lead at South Alabama Tuesday, and eventually the game, the Cougars were able to force overtime against a very athletic Florida International team and allow Vranes the opportunity to provide his heroics.
"I had a gut feeling with about three minutes to go that Michael (Vranes) might be the one who could get his shots off," Cleveland said. "He definitely responded."
Vranes sealed the win in overtime when his steal forced a Florida International foul and his subsequent free throw gave BYU an 81-75 advantage. Two Lyday free throws finished the scoring and gave BYU the final 83-75 margin. The Cougars shot 44 percent for the game while holding the Golden Panthers to 34 percent. BYU set season highs in three-pointers made and attempted, converting on 11 of 22 treys.
Florida International was led by Fairweather with 22 points, while teammates Darius Cook added 20 and Karel Rosario 18. The Golden Panthers fell to 4-5 with the loss.
BYU will take the Christmas break before a game at UC Santa Barbara Dec. 29. The Cougars' next home game is Jan. 5 against UC Irvine.
Official Basketball Box Score -- GAME TOTALS -- FINAL STATISTICSBrigham Young vs Florida International
12/23/99 7:30 pm at Golden Panther Arena, Miami, FL
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VISITORS: Brigham Young 8-2
TOT-FG 3-PT REBOUNDS
## Player Name FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA OF DE TOT PF TP A TO BLK S MIN
02 RIVERS, Silester.... f 3-6 0-0 4-7 3 8 11 3 10 0 1 0 3 31
13 VRANES, Michael..... f 4-6 2-3 2-4 1 2 3 2 12 3 4 0 1 23
24 LYDAY, Terrell...... f 8-18 3-9 7-10 1 3 4 0 26 2 2 0 2 39
15 WESLEY, Mekeli...... c 3-9 1-2 1-2 2 5 7 4 8 1 4 0 3 36
31 MONTAGUE, Matt...... g 0-3 0-0 2-2 0 4 4 1 2 8 4 0 2 41
04 CHRISTENSEN, Todd... 5-7 4-5 0-0 0 1 1 1 14 1 2 0 0 11
05 ROBERTS, Marc....... 0-0 0-0 2-2 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 3
10 ALLEN, John......... 0-0 0-0 2-2 0 1 1 0 2 0 1 0 1 5
25 NIELSEN, Eric....... 1-3 0-0 0-0 0 2 2 5 2 0 1 0 0 16
42 COOPER, Nathan...... 2-7 1-3 0-0 3 3 6 3 5 1 2 0 1 20
TEAM................ 1 5 6
Totals.............. 26-59 11-22 20-29 11 35 46 19 83 16 21 0 13 225
TOTAL FG% 1st Half: 11-30 .367 2nd Half: 11-23 .478 Game: .441 DEADBALL
3-Pt. FG% 1st Half: 8-16 .500 2nd Half: 2-4 .500 Game: .500 REBOUNDS
F Throw % 1st Half: 8-10 .800 2nd Half: 7-11 .636 Game: .690 6
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HOME TEAM: Florida International 4-5
TOT-FG 3-PT REBOUNDS
## Player Name FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA OF DE TOT PF TP A TO BLK S MIN
50 ROSARIO, Karel...... f 7-11 0-0 4-4 2 2 4 5 18 0 2 0 0 25
55 TUCKER, Michael..... f 3-7 0-2 0-0 2 5 7 3 6 2 3 2 4 29
42 COOK, Darius........ c 6-12 0-0 8-15 5 2 7 3 20 4 3 1 2 34
12 FAIRWEATHER, Marshod g 7-26 4-16 4-4 2 2 4 2 22 1 4 0 2 43
34 SCHIFFRER, Ben...... g 1-5 1-3 0-0 1 4 5 1 3 4 0 0 2 26
01 FISHER, Fab......... 0-3 0-2 4-4 0 4 4 4 4 0 0 0 1 31
04 AARON, Nate......... 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 7
33 ROBINSON, Sylbrin... 0-6 0-0 2-2 1 4 5 2 2 1 3 1 1 30
TEAM................ 2 2 4
Totals.............. 24-70 5-23 22-29 15 25 40 21 75 12 16 4 12 225
TOTAL FG% 1st Half: 10-29 .345 2nd Half: 12-33 .364 Game: .343 DEADBALL
3-Pt. FG% 1st Half: 3-9 .333 2nd Half: 2-10 .200 Game: .217 REBOUNDS
F Throw % 1st Half: 13-20 .650 2nd Half: 7-7 1.000 Game: .759 3
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Officials: Sam Croft, Larry Ware, Brian Allred
Technical fouls: Brigham Young-BENCH. Florida International-None.
Attendance: 953
Score by Periods 1st 2nd OT Total
Brigham Young................. 38 31 14 - 83
Florida International......... 36 33 6 - 75
MIAMI -- After a tough 64-63 loss at South Alabama, BYU will face its second straight Sun Belt Conference opponent in Florida International Thursday in Miami. Tip off is set for 7:30 p.m. Eastern (5:30 p.m. Mountain). The game will be broadcast on KSL Newsradio 1160, with Greg Wrubell calling the play-by-play action and former Cougar player Mark Durrant providing color commentary. After Thursday's game, the Cougars will return home for Christmas before taking a single-game road trip to play UC Santa Barbara on Dec. 29.
Last Time Out
BYU's five-game win streak came to a halt Tuesday when the Cougars fell to South Alabama, 64-63. After Mekeli Wesley hit a leaning three-pointer to give the Cougars the lead at 63-62 with just under 30 seconds remaining, the Jaguars' Brett Gravitt responded with a 12-foot runner to give USA the win. The Cougars trailed by three at the half, 33-30, but out scored the Jaguars 22-11 over the first 12 minutes of the second half to take a 52-42 lead. But Gravitt and Ravonte Dantzler led a Jaguar comeback that improved USA to 3-5 on the year and 2-3 at home. USA shot 49 percent for the game compared to 43 percent by BYU. Wesley led the Cougars with 20 points followed by Terrell Lyday with 15. Eric Nielsen and Silester Rivers added eight points each while Nathan Cooper dished out a career-best seven assists to go with six points.
Game Quick Facts
BYU (7-2) at Florida International (4-4)
Thursday, Dec. 23 • Golden Panther Arena (5,000) • Miami, Fla. • 5:30 p.m. Mountain
Broadcast Plans
Radio:
Network: KSL Newsradio 1160 AM
Air Time: 5 p.m. Mountain
Play-by-play: Greg Wrubell
Commentary: Mark Durrant
BYU's Probable Starters
F • 25 • Eric Nielsen • 6-8 • 210 • So. • 5.4/4.0
F • 15 • Mekeli Wesley • 6-9 • 230 • Jr. • 19.7/6.1
G • 24 • Terrell Lyday • 6-3 • 190 • Jr. • 14.0/3.3
G • 31 • Matt Montague • 6-1 • 190 • So. • 2.6/3.6
G • 13 • Michael Vranes • 6-3 • 190 • So. • 8.6/4.0
Florida International's Probable Starters F • 50 • Karel Rosario • 6-8 • 223 • Jr. • 12.4/7.6
F • 55 • Michael Tucker • 6-6 • 210 • Fr. • 5.3/4.3
C • 42 • Darius Cook • 6-8 • 242 • Sr. • 16.3 6.3
G • 1 • Fab Fisher • 5-9 • 180 • Fr. • 2.9/2.9
G • 12 • Marsho Fairweather • 6-0 • 180 • Sr. • 21.6/2.1
BYU Coach: Steve Cleveland
Record at BYU: 28-39 (3rd year)
Overall Div. I record: Same
FIU Coach: Marcos "Shakey" Rodriguez
Record at FIU: 67-56 (5th year)
Overall record: Same
Series Record: First Meeting
Game Time: 7:30 p.m. Eastern
Team Travel Plans
The Cougars arrive in Miami Wednesday from Mobile, Ala. where the Cougars played South Alabama. After Thursday's game with Florida International, the team will then fly back to Salt Lake City Friday and arrive in the early afternoon. The Cougars will have time off for Christmas before preparing for its next game against UC Santa Barbara. The team will leave Dec. 28 for California to meet UC Santa Barbara on Dec. 29.After Santa Barbara, BYU returns home to face UC Irvine on Jan. 5.
Scouting Florida International
Florida International is 4-4 on the year, including a 3-1 record at home. The Golden Panthers had a three-game win streak halted Saturday when they lost in overtime to St. Bonaventure (78-70, OT) at the Orange Bowl Classic at the National Car Rental Center in Ft. Lauderdale. Marshod Fairweather led Florida International with 29 points, including three treys in the final 38 seconds of regulation. Darius Cook added a double-double 14 points and 11 rebounds. The Golden Panthers had wins over Illinois-Chicago (59-52), St. Francis (95-76) and Hawaii Pacific (91-50) in its three previous outings. They opened the season at home with a win over Radford (75-73) and a loss to Northern Illinois (98-92) before going to the Hawaii Pacific Thanksgiving Classic where they lost to Fresno State (90-75) and Toledo (75-62) before their 41-point win over host Hawaii Pacific. The Golden Panthers have a lot of new faces on this year's roster with only four players, including two starters, return from last year's 13-16 team that finished third in the Sun Belt Conference (7-7). Returning starter Darius Cook (6-8, Sr., Center) is averaging 16 points and six rebounds in three games but the other returning starter, Carlos Arroyo (6-2, Jr., Guard), has been suspended indefinitely by Coach Shakey Rodrigues for violating team rules. He averaged 16 points in the first five games. Karel Rosario (6-8, Jr. Forward) is adding 12 points and nearly eight rebounds while Marsho Fairweather (6-0, Sr., Guard), a redshirt last year, leads the team at 21.6 ppg. Freshman sensation Jabahri Brown (6-10, Fr., Forward), who averaged 13 points, 10 rebounds, and three blocks over the first seven games, suffered a high ankle sprain and missed the Golden Panther's game Saturday. He is not expected to play Thursday. Overall, five players average double figures. The team shoots 44 percent and averages 77.4 points per game.
Series Notes
This will be first meeting between the two teams. BYU is 1-1 this year versus Sun Belt Conference teams. BYU defeated Denver 81-58 and lost Tuesday to South Alabama, 64-63. Both games were on the road.
Cougar Start among Best in Past 15 Years
BYU is off to its best start in seven years and one of its best in the last 15 years. The Cougars boast a 7-2 record for the first time since 1992-93. Like this season, the Cougars also started 7-1 in 1992-93, but they lost their next three games to fall to 7-4 before conference play started. BYU hopes to not repeat that same trend this year but will have to win on the road to do so as its next two games are away from the Marriott Center. The Cougars started 9-1 in 1991-92 and 1989-90. BYU's best start was a 17-0 beginning to the 1987-88 season that had the Cougars, ranked No. 2 and coming off an 82-64 win over Utah, poised to overtake the No. 1 spot in the nation before an upset loss at Alabama-Birmingham. BYU went on to finish 26-6 in 1987-88; 21-9 in 1989-90; 25-7 in 1991-92; and 25-9 in 1992-93 -- each year earning an NCAA Tournament berth.
Cougars Among Mountain West Conference Leaders
BYU leads the MWC in free throw percentage (.719) and field goal percentage defense (.367) and is second in field goal percentage (.489). BYU also shares the best winning percentage (.778) with Utah and UNLV. BYU has second best scoring margin (+14.1) and is third in scoring offense (76.1), scoring defense (62.0) and assist/turnover margin (1.25). They are second in three-point percentage offense (.415). Individually, Wesley is second with in scoring (19.7) and Lyday 10th (14.0) while Wesley ranks seventh in rebounding (6.1). Montague is third in assists (4.8) and Vranes 10th (3.2) while Cooper (.893) and Wesley (.789) are second and fourth in free throw percentage. Rivers is second from the floor (.600) and Wesley seventh (.553). Vranes (.481),Christensen (.462) and Lyday (.436) rank fifth, six and ninth in three-point shooting and Montague (1.95) and Vranes (1.81) are third and fifth in assist/turnover ratio.
Playing the Percentages
BYU has shot better than 50 percent from the floor in five of its nine games this year. BYU has shot below 40 percent only once this year -- 36.5 percent in its loss at nationally ranked Arizona. The Cougars shot 43 percent Tuesday at South Alabama. While the Cougar offense has been productive, BYU's defense has been solid, holding the opposition below 40 percent shooting (.367). In BYU's two losses, however, Arizona shot .544 and South Alabama .490.
Turning Over a New Leaf
Last year BYU averaged 17.3 turnovers per game to only 12.8 assists. This year's team has nearly reversed the trend, dishing out 17.1 assists per game while turning the ball over 13.7 times per contest. BYU had 18 assists and 15 turnovers Tuesday. The Cougars had a season-high 23 assists Saturday against South Carolina State, surpassing last year's best-effort of 21 in the WAC Tournament upset of TCU. It is the highest assist total since the Cougars handed out 26 assists in a blowout win over Morgan State during the 1995-96 season. The Cougars committed 11 turnovers, its second-best effort of the year, against South Carolina State. The Cougars had a season-best seven turnovers against Denver, its lowest total since 1996-97 (vs. SMU).
Life on the Road
BYU is scoring 68.7 points on the road compared to 79.8 at home. BYU is shooting .444, including .422 on threes (.513, .412 at home). BYU is being out rebounded 36.0-31.3, but at home has the advantage 39.0-33.8.
Streaks
BYU had its five-game win streak snapped Tuesday. It was BYU's longest win streak since a five-game streak during the 1994-95 season. In 1994-95, BYU also had a seven-game streak. BYU is a perfect 6-0 at home this year and has won seven consecutive times at home including last year's regular season-ending win over UTEP (85-64). All seven wins have been by double-digit margins. BYU had a modest one-game road win streak halted at South Alabama Tuesday. The Cougars had defeating Denver of the Sun Belt Conference in its previous road game Dec. 4. BYU has not lost two consecutive games since last season's three-game skid in February at Fresno State, at San Jose State (OT), and home vs. New Mexico.
First Buzzer Beater
After going eight games without much drama at the final buzzer (all double-digit outcomes), BYU came up short in its first close game, falling 64-63 to South Alabama Tuesday. Both team's hit shots in the final 30 seconds to take the lead but a Wesley attempt and Vranes and Lyday tips wouldn't go down for BYU in the final seconds, forcing the Cougars to taste defeat for only the second time this year.
Starters
Last year, BYU coach Steve Cleveland used six different starting lineups over the first seven games because of injuries and while trying to find the right combinations with a group of players who had just come together. This year, Cleveland has gone with the same lineup in each game as the Cougars have a core nucleus of players returning for the first time since Cleveland took over the job three years ago. The players and coaching staff were also able to gain practice and game experience together during a summer trip to Europe in August.
Mekeli Wesley
Mekeli had a game-high 20 points Tuesday, the sixth time in nine games he has scored 20 or more points. He is averaging a team-leading 19.7 ppg and 6.1 rebounds per game. In three road games, he is scoring 23.3 ppg. He averaged 21 points and nine rebounds to earn MWC Player of the Week honors (Dec. 7-11) and was named the Cougar Classic MVP for the second time in his career (also as freshman). After averaging three rebounds per game in first three contests, he has pulled down 8.2 boards per game over the next five. He recorded his first double-double of the year (fourth of career) with 24 points and 10 rebounds in win over Texas Southern. He scored a season-high 26 points in back-to-back games this year versus Denver and Arizona State. As a freshman he scored 31 points on two occasions. This year he is shooting 55 percent (FGs), 40 percent (3FGs) and 79 percent (FTs).
Terrell Lyday
Lyday scored 15 points against South Alabama -- the eighth time in nine games he has reached double figures. He was a perfect 4-4 on three-point attempts. He joined Wesley on the Cougar Classic All-Tournament team Dec. 10-11 and is showing why he was recruited by Coach Steve Cleveland out of Fresno City College last year to help replace some of the production lost by the LDS Church mission departure of freshman sensation Mark Bigelow. Last year Bigelow averaged 15 points per game to lead the Cougars. Lyday is averaging 14 points per contest while playing a team-high 31 minutes per game. He scored a personal BYU-best 18 points against Arizona and had 17 vs. ASU. He has made a team-high 17 three pointers (43.6 percent). Last year he made more than 100 treys for Fresno City College.
Silester Rivers
Rivers played only 12 minutes Tuesday but scored eight points. He scored game- and season-high 17 points against South Carolina State. Coming off the bench this year, he is third in scoring at 8.8 ppg and is second on the team with 4.3 rebounds (tops with 17 offensive boards). He is shooting a team-best 60 percent (FG). He has scored in double figures four times this year and has led the team in rebounds twice (6 vs. UC Riverside and 9 at Denver).
Michael Vranes
Vranes made 2-4 threes, to score six points Tuesday. He totalled 10 points, six rebounds and a season-high seven assists vs. South Carolina State Saturday. He had a season-high 15 points along with five rebounds vs. Weber State. He is second on the team with 3.2 assists per game from his shooting guard spot (he averaged 2.9 assists last year as the point guard). He is also getting to the glass with 4.0 rebounds per game. He is fourth on the team in scoring at 8.6 ppg and is shooting a team-best 48 percent on threes (13-27). He has made a trey in six of nine games. He has scored in double figures three times, including two of the last three games.
Eric Nielsen
Nielsen had eight points and three rebounds Tuesday. He has been relied upon heavily this year after returning from his LDS Church mission to Russia. Nielsen is is averaging 5.4 points and 4.0 rebounds in 24.6 minutes per game. He makes 52.8 percent of his attempts. After scoring in double figures in the first two games (10, 12) he has not reached double digits in the past seven outings. He grabbed a season-high six boards against Weber State after totalling five on three other occasions this year.
Matt Montague
Montague shared team-high honors with Wesley with his five rebounds Tuesday while handing out four assists, but he did not score, taking only one shot. He matched his season high with five points vs. South Carolina State and made his second three-pointer of the year (2-6 on the season). After receiving stitches to repair a three centimeter cut above his eye against ASU, Montague returned and led BYU on a 14-1 run. The only true point guard on the BYU roster, Montague plays 27.7 minutes per game. He has a team-leading 43 assists (4.8 apg) and has gone to the boards strong (3.6 rpg). He is averaging 2.6 ppg. He made a three-pointer against Texas Southern to break the half time tie and give the Cougars a lead they never relinquished. He dished out a season-high nine assists vs. Weber State and helped hold Wildcat guard Eddie Gill to 2-14 shooting.
Nathan Cooper
Cooper set a career high with seven assists Tuesday (previous best was six vs. Wyoming as a freshman). He is coming off the bench this year after starting 23 of BYU's 28 games last year. He scored a season- and team-high 15 points against Weber State, the third time he has reached double figures. He is averaging 7.9 points and 3.3 rebounds in 20 minutes and making 44 percent of his shots and team-best 25 of 28 free throws (.893). He didn't make a trey in the first five games but went 3-5 at the Cougar Classic and 1-2 vs. SCSU (0-1 vs. USA). He and Vranes are the only Cougars to have fouled out of a game this year (Cooper at Arizona).
Todd Christensen
Christensen did not take a shot Tuesday but had a season-best three assists in 12 minutes. He is sharing point guard duties with Matt Montague after playing shooting guard most of last year. He had a season-high 16 points, including 5-8 threes, vs. South Carolina State. Scored 10 at Denver and nine against Texas Southern. Regarded as the best shooter on the team, Christensen has made 16-30 attempts (.533) with all but four attempts coming from behind the arc (12-26, .462). He has taken seven shots in three road games, making five (.714), including 3-5 threes.
BYU FIUSCORING
Points per game .76.1 77.4
Scoring margin + 14.1 + 3.4
SHOOTING PERCENTAGES
Field goals .489 .438
3-pointers .415 .293
Free throws .719 .680
REBOUNDING
Rebounds per game .36.4 .39.3
Rebounding margin + 1.9 - 3.3
ASSISTS
Assists per game 17.1 15.0
TURNOVERS
Turnovers per game 13.7 15.0
Turnover margin + 1.4 + 3.5
BLOCKS
Blocks per game 2.1 5.3
STEALS
Steals per game 6.7 9.6
BYU's record when . . .
BYU leads at half ... 6-0
Opponent leads at half ... 0-2
Score tied at half ... 1-0
BYU leads with 5 minutes left ... 7-1
Opponent leads with 5 min. left ... 0-1
BYU leads with 1 minute left ... 7-0
Opponent leads with 1 min. left ... 0-2
Score tied with 1 minute left ... 0-0
Game goes into overtime ... 0-0
BYU out rebounds opponent ... 6-0
Opponent out rebounds BYU ... 1-2
BYU and opponent tie in rebounds ... 0-0
BYU shoots 50 % or better ... 5-0
Opponent shoots 50 % or better ... 0-1
BYU out shoots opponent ... 7-0
BYU Combined Team Statistics (Through games of Dec 22, 1999)
All games
DATE OPPONENT W/L SCORE ATTEND
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11/20/99 CALIFORNIA-RIVERSIDE W 91-62 7546
11/24/99 SOUTHERN UTAH W 92-64 4518
12-1-99 at Arizona L 62-86 14345
12/4/99 at Denver W 81-58 1507
12/7/99 ARIZONA STATE W 78-67 5867
Dec 10, 1999 TEXAS SOUTHERN W 76-61 6541
12/11/99 WEBER STATE W 66-53 9862
12/18/99 SOUTH CAROLINA STATE W 76-43 7584
12-21-99 at South Alabama L 63-64 1785
* denotes conference game
RECORD: OVERALL HOME AWAY NEUTRAL
ALL GAMES........... (7-2) (6-0) (1-2) (0-0)
CONFERENCE.......... (0-0) (0-0) (0-0) (0-0)
NON-CONFERENCE...... (7-2) (6-0) (1-2) (0-0)
## SUMMARY GP-GS Min FG% 3PT% FT% R/G A/G STL BLK PTS/G
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15 WESLEY, Mekeli...... 9-9 28.2 .553 .400 .789 6.1 1.8 13 3 19.7
24 LYDAY, Terrell...... 9-9 31.0 .468 .436 .724 3.3 1.8 11 3 14.0
02 RIVERS, Silester.... 9-0 16.7 .600 .000 .658 4.3 0.8 6 4 8.8
13 VRANES, Michael..... 9-9 24.8 .433 .481 .500 4.0 3.2 8 0 8.6
42 COOPER, Nathan...... 9-0 20.0 .438 .308 .893 3.3 2.7 2 1 7.9
04 CHRISTENSEN, Todd... 9-0 15.0 .533 .462 .600 0.8 1.0 6 1 5.6
25 NIELSEN, Eric....... 9-9 24.6 .528 .000 .611 4.0 0.7 6 5 5.4
31 MONTAGUE, Matt...... 9-9 27.7 .304 .333 .700 3.6 4.8 7 0 2.6
50 NIELSEN, David...... 5-0 3.8 .250 .000 .857 0.6 0.2 1 0 1.6
05 ROBERTS, Marc....... 5-0 5.4 .400 .000 .750 0.6 0.4 0 1 1.4
40 HOWARD, Dan......... 4-0 4.8 1.000 .000 .000 2.0 0.0 0 0 1.5
33 SMITH, Morgan....... 5-0 2.6 .125 .000 1.000 0.6 0.2 0 0 1.2
10 ALLEN, John......... 4-0 3.5 .667 .000 .000 1.0 0.0 0 0 1.0
34 ELLSWORTH, Joe...... 3-0 2.0 .333 .000 .000 1.0 0.0 0 1 0.7
20 TAGGART, Nick....... 3-0 1.7 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0 0 0.0
Total............... 9 .489 .415 .719 36.3 17.1 60 19 76.1
Opponents........... 9 .365 .295 .697 34.6 12.7 60 19 62.0
SCORING GP FG-FGA FG% 3FG-FGA 3PT% FT-FTA FT% PTS PTS/G
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WESLEY, Mekeli...... 9 63-114 .553 6-15 .400 45-57 .789 177 19.7
LYDAY, Terrell...... 9 44-94 .468 17-39 .436 21-29 .724 126 14.0
RIVERS, Silester.... 9 27-45 .600 0-1 .000 25-38 .658 79 8.8
VRANES, Michael..... 9 29-67 .433 13-27 .481 6-12 .500 77 8.6
COOPER, Nathan...... 9 21-48 .438 4-13 .308 25-28 .893 71 7.9
CHRISTENSEN, Todd... 9 16-30 .533 12-26 .462 6-10 .600 50 5.6
NIELSEN, Eric....... 9 19-36 .528 0-2 .000 11-18 .611 49 5.4
MONTAGUE, Matt...... 9 7-23 .304 2-6 .333 7-10 .700 23 2.6
NIELSEN, David...... 5 1-4 .250 0-0 .000 6-7 .857 8 1.6
ROBERTS, Marc....... 5 2-5 .400 0-0 .000 3-4 .750 7 1.4
HOWARD, Dan......... 4 3-3 1.000 0-0 .000 0-2 .000 6 1.5
SMITH, Morgan....... 5 1-8 .125 0-1 .000 4-4 1.000 6 1.2
ALLEN, John......... 4 2-3 .667 0-0 .000 0-1 .000 4 1.0
ELLSWORTH, Joe...... 3 1-3 .333 0-0 .000 0-1 .000 2 0.7
TAGGART, Nick....... 3 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0 0.0
Total............... 9 236-483 .489 54-130 .415 159-221 .719 685 76.1
Opponents........... 9 195-534 .365 44-149 .295 124-178 .697 558 62.0
REBOUNDS
TOTALS GP MIN OFF DEF TOT PF FO A TO A/TO HI
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WESLEY, Mekeli...... 9 254 11 44 55 24 0 16 11 1.5 26
LYDAY, Terrell...... 9 279 2 28 30 17 0 16 21 0.8 18
RIVERS, Silester.... 9 150 17 22 39 26 0 7 14 0.5 17
VRANES, Michael..... 9 223 11 25 36 19 1 29 16 1.8 15
COOPER, Nathan...... 9 180 10 20 30 23 1 24 9 2.7 15
CHRISTENSEN, Todd... 9 135 0 7 7 15 0 9 6 1.5 16
NIELSEN, Eric....... 9 221 10 26 36 23 0 6 10 0.6 12
MONTAGUE, Matt...... 9 249 4 28 32 11 0 43 22 2.0 5
NIELSEN, David...... 5 19 1 2 3 4 0 1 3 0.3 6
ROBERTS, Marc....... 5 27 1 2 3 2 0 2 5 0.4 4
HOWARD, Dan......... 4 19 3 5 8 4 0 0 2 0.0 6
SMITH, Morgan....... 5 13 1 2 3 0 0 1 2 0.5 2
ALLEN, John......... 4 14 0 4 4 2 0 0 0 0.0 2
ELLSWORTH, Joe...... 3 6 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0.0 2
TAGGART, Nick....... 3 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0
Total............... 9 1794 85 242 327 170 2 154 123 1.3 92
Opponents........... 9 1802 124 187 311 181 - 114 136 0.8 86
TEAM STATISTICS BY OPP
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SCORING....................... 685 558
Points per game............. 76.1 62.0
Scoring margin.............. +14.1 -
FIELD GOALS-ATT............... 236-483 195-534
Field goal pct.............. .489 .365
3 POINT FG-ATT................ 54-130 44-149
3-point FG pct.............. .415 .295
3-pt FG made per game....... 6.0 4.9
FREE THROWS-ATT............... 159-221 124-178
Free throw pct.............. .719 .697
REBOUNDS...................... 327 311
Rebounds per game........... 36.3 34.6
Rebounding margin........... +1.8 -
ASSISTS....................... 154 114
Assists per game............ 17.1 12.7
TURNOVERS..................... 123 136
Turnovers per game.......... 13.7 15.1
Turnover margin............. +1.4 -
Assist/turnover ratio....... 1.3 0.8
STEALS........................ 60 60
Steals per game............. 6.7 6.7
BLOCKS........................ 19 19
Blocks per game............. 2.1 2.1
WINNING STREAK................ 0 -
Home win streak............. 6 -
ATTENDANCE.................... 41918 17637
Home games-Avg/Game......... 6-6986 3-5879
Neutral site-Avg/Game....... - 0-0
BY PERIOD 1st 2nd Total
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Team........ 322 363 - 685
Opponents... 264 294 - 558
BYU Category Leaders (Through games of Dec 22, 1999)
All games
FG PERCENTAGE FG ATT Pct FIELD GOAL ATTEMPTS G Att Att/G
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HOWARD, Dan......... 3 3 1.000 WESLEY, Mekeli...... 9 114 12.7
ALLEN, John......... 2 3 .667 LYDAY, Terrell...... 9 94 10.4
RIVERS, Silester.... 27 45 .600 VRANES, Michael..... 9 67 7.4
WESLEY, Mekeli...... 63 114 .553 COOPER, Nathan...... 9 48 5.3
CHRISTENSEN, Todd... 16 30 .533 RIVERS, Silester.... 9 45 5.0
NIELSEN, Eric....... 19 36 .528
LYDAY, Terrell...... 44 94 .468 FIELD GOALS MADE G Made Made/G
COOPER, Nathan...... 21 48 .438 -----------------------------------
VRANES, Michael..... 29 67 .433 WESLEY, Mekeli...... 9 63 7.0
ROBERTS, Marc....... 2 5 .400 LYDAY, Terrell...... 9 44 4.9
ELLSWORTH, Joe...... 1 3 .333 VRANES, Michael..... 9 29 3.2
MONTAGUE, Matt...... 7 23 .304 RIVERS, Silester.... 9 27 3.0
COOPER, Nathan...... 9 21 2.3
3-POINT PERCENTAGE 3FG ATT Pct 3-POINT FG ATTEMPTS G Att Att/G
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VRANES, Michael..... 13 27 .481 LYDAY, Terrell...... 9 39 4.3
CHRISTENSEN, Todd... 12 26 .462 VRANES, Michael..... 9 27 3.0
LYDAY, Terrell...... 17 39 .436 CHRISTENSEN, Todd... 9 26 2.9
WESLEY, Mekeli...... 6 15 .400 WESLEY, Mekeli...... 9 15 1.7
MONTAGUE, Matt...... 2 6 .333 COOPER, Nathan...... 9 13 1.4
COOPER, Nathan...... 4 13 .308
3-POINT FGS MADE G Made Made/G
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LYDAY, Terrell...... 9 17 1.9
VRANES, Michael..... 9 13 1.4
CHRISTENSEN, Todd... 9 12 1.3
WESLEY, Mekeli...... 9 6 0.7
COOPER, Nathan...... 9 4 0.4
FT PERCENTAGE FT ATT Pct FREE THROW ATTEMPTS G Att Att/G
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SMITH, Morgan....... 4 4 1.000 WESLEY, Mekeli...... 9 57 6.3
COOPER, Nathan...... 25 28 .893 RIVERS, Silester.... 9 38 4.2
NIELSEN, David...... 6 7 .857 LYDAY, Terrell...... 9 29 3.2
WESLEY, Mekeli...... 45 57 .789 COOPER, Nathan...... 9 28 3.1
ROBERTS, Marc....... 3 4 .750 NIELSEN, Eric....... 9 18 2.0
LYDAY, Terrell...... 21 29 .724
MONTAGUE, Matt...... 7 10 .700 FREE THROWS MADE G Made Made/G
RIVERS, Silester.... 25 38 .658 -----------------------------------
NIELSEN, Eric....... 11 18 .611 WESLEY, Mekeli...... 9 45 5.0
CHRISTENSEN, Todd... 6 10 .600 LYDAY, Terrell...... 9 21 2.3
VRANES, Michael..... 6 12 .500 VRANES, Michael..... 9 6 0.7
RIVERS, Silester.... 9 25 2.8
COOPER, Nathan...... 9 25 2.8
POINTS G Pts Pts/G POINTS AVERAGE G Pts Avg/G
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WESLEY, Mekeli...... 9 177 19.7 WESLEY, Mekeli...... 9 177 19.7
LYDAY, Terrell...... 9 126 14.0 LYDAY, Terrell...... 9 126 14.0
RIVERS, Silester.... 9 79 8.8 RIVERS, Silester.... 9 79 8.8
VRANES, Michael..... 9 77 8.6 VRANES, Michael..... 9 77 8.6
COOPER, Nathan...... 9 71 7.9 COOPER, Nathan...... 9 71 7.9
CHRISTENSEN, Todd... 9 50 5.6 CHRISTENSEN, Todd... 9 50 5.6
NIELSEN, Eric....... 9 49 5.4 NIELSEN, Eric....... 9 49 5.4
MONTAGUE, Matt...... 9 23 2.6 MONTAGUE, Matt...... 9 23 2.6
NIELSEN, David...... 5 8 1.6 NIELSEN, David...... 5 8 1.6
ROBERTS, Marc....... 5 7 1.4 HOWARD, Dan......... 4 6 1.5
HOWARD, Dan......... 4 6 1.5 ROBERTS, Marc....... 5 7 1.4
SMITH, Morgan....... 5 6 1.2 SMITH, Morgan....... 5 6 1.2
REBOUNDS G Reb Reb/G ASSISTS G No. A/G
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WESLEY, Mekeli...... 9 55 6.1 MONTAGUE, Matt...... 9 43 4.8
RIVERS, Silester.... 9 39 4.3 VRANES, Michael..... 9 29 3.2
NIELSEN, Eric....... 9 36 4.0 COOPER, Nathan...... 9 24 2.7
VRANES, Michael..... 9 36 4.0 WESLEY, Mekeli...... 9 16 1.8
MONTAGUE, Matt...... 9 32 3.6 LYDAY, Terrell...... 9 16 1.8
REBOUND AVERAGE G Reb Avg/G STEALS G No. S/G
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WESLEY, Mekeli...... 9 55 6.1 WESLEY, Mekeli...... 9 13 1.4
RIVERS, Silester.... 9 39 4.3 LYDAY, Terrell...... 9 11 1.2
VRANES, Michael..... 9 36 4.0 VRANES, Michael..... 9 8 0.9
NIELSEN, Eric....... 9 36 4.0 MONTAGUE, Matt...... 9 7 0.8
MONTAGUE, Matt...... 9 32 3.6 NIELSEN, Eric....... 9 6 0.7
CHRISTENSEN, Todd... 9 6 0.7
RIVERS, Silester.... 9 6 0.7
OFFENSIVE REBOUNDS G No. Avg/G BLOCKED SHOTS G No. Blk/G
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RIVERS, Silester.... 9 17 1.9 NIELSEN, Eric....... 9 5 0.6
VRANES, Michael..... 9 11 1.2 RIVERS, Silester.... 9 4 0.4
WESLEY, Mekeli...... 9 11 1.2 LYDAY, Terrell...... 9 3 0.3
NIELSEN, Eric....... 9 10 1.1 WESLEY, Mekeli...... 9 3 0.3
COOPER, Nathan...... 9 10 1.1 COOPER, Nathan...... 9 1 0.1
ELLSWORTH, Joe...... 3 1 0.3
DEFENSIVE REBOUNDS G No. Avg/G ROBERTS, Marc....... 5 1 0.2
----------------------------------- CHRISTENSEN, Todd... 9 1 0.1
WESLEY, Mekeli...... 9 44 4.9
LYDAY, Terrell...... 9 28 3.1 MINUTES G No. Min/G
MONTAGUE, Matt...... 9 28 3.1 -----------------------------------
NIELSEN, Eric....... 9 26 2.9 LYDAY, Terrell...... 9 279 31.0
VRANES, Michael..... 9 25 2.8 WESLEY, Mekeli...... 9 254 28.2
MONTAGUE, Matt...... 9 249 27.7
VRANES, Michael..... 9 223 24.8
NIELSEN, Eric....... 9 221 24.6
FOULS G No. Per/G TURNOVERS G No. TO/G
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RIVERS, Silester.... 9 26 2.9 MONTAGUE, Matt...... 9 22 2.4
WESLEY, Mekeli...... 9 24 2.7 LYDAY, Terrell...... 9 21 2.3
NIELSEN, Eric....... 9 23 2.6 VRANES, Michael..... 9 16 1.8
COOPER, Nathan...... 9 23 2.6 RIVERS, Silester.... 9 14 1.6
VRANES, Michael..... 9 19 2.1 WESLEY, Mekeli...... 9 11 1.2
FOULOUTS G No.
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COOPER, Nathan...... 9 1
VRANES, Michael..... 9 1
