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PROVO -- Senior Mindy Bonham recorded her second career double-double to lead the BYU women’s basketball team (12-7, 4-1) to a 73-57 victory over the Colorado State Rams on Saturday in the Marriott Center.

"I thought the girls played a really good second half," said BYU head coach Jeff Judkins. "We played really strong defense and overall had a nice night. It was a good win and I am happy for our team."

Senior Mindy Bonham just missed a triple-double with 12 points, a career-high 11 assists and nine rebounds. Bonham also added three steals. Senior Haley Hall scored 17 points including five three-pointers, all in the first half, to lead all scorers.

BYU shot 53 percent for the game, hitting 31-of-59 shots while knocking down 10 three-pointers. The Cougars held the Rams to just 4-of-16 from three and 22-of-56 from the field while outrebounding them 38 to 27.

Hall hit back-to-back three pointers in the first two minutes of play, giving BYU an 8-5 lead. She continued to contribute to BYU's hot start that had the Cougars hitting 4-of-5 shots to start the game.

BYU continued to shoot well from three with Hall hitting her fourth three-pointer of the half and junior Kristen Riley adding another to put the Cougars up 21-15 with 10:59 remaining until the break.

CSU and BYU went back and forth for the rest of the first half but the Cougars remained with the advantage. Senior Jazmine Foreman hit a three-pointer with 2 seconds until halftime to give the Cougars a 33-27 lead as they headed into the locker room.

BYU was efficient from the three-point line for the first half, knocking down 50 percent of its attempts. Hall was 5-of-7 from behind the arc by herself to give her 17 first half points, a new career-high for points in a half.

After the break, BYU started the first seven minutes of play on a 13-2 run to extend the lead to 46-29.

Benefiting from a solid rebounding effort, the Cougars had six second-chance points in the second half to lead 60-40 with 8:37 remaining.

Freshman Kim Parker hit another three-pointer for BYU with 3:20 remaining. Parker was the fifth Cougar to hit from behind the three-point line in the game.

"Tonight our focus was to come out and play hard," Bonham said. "We had a lot of fun out there and it feels great to get the win."

Up next BYU will travel to San Diego to battle the Aztecs on Jan. 26 at 7 p.m. PT before hosting the University of New Mexico back in the Marriott Center on Jan. 29 at 1 p.m.

Post-game Notes

Team Notes

-BYU is 7-1 this season when they play in the Marriott Center.

-The team's 10 3-pointers ties their season-high in conference action.

-The Cougars are now 11-1 when they lead at the half, 4-0 when they shoot 50 percent or better, 10-4 when they make more than five 3-pointers, 10-2 when they outrebound their opponent and 9-1 when they recorded less than 16 turnovers.

-BYU is now 12-5 when they have at least two players score in double figures and 9-0 when they score 70 or more points.

Player Notes

-Haley Hall’s 17 points in the first half is a career-high for first half points. The five 3-pointers she made are also a new career-high for threes made in a first half.

-Mindy Bonham’s 12 points and 11 assists mark the second double-double of her career and season. This was also Bonham's 13th time this season to record double digit points and her 11 assists are a new career-high.

-Jazmine Foreman's 12 points is her 5th season double-digit point performance.

Rounding out the week in league competition, the Cougar women’s basketball team (11-7, 3-1) returns to the Marriott Center for a Sat. Jan. 22 afternoon matchup with CSU (9-8, 2-2). Game time is set for 3 p.m.

BROADCAST PLANS

Television: Game airs live worldwide on BYUtv

Internet: Game airs live on BYU Radio LISTEN HERE

2010-11 STATS SUMMARY

-- Shooting from field: (.415, 471-1134)

-- Shooting from three-point line: (.313, 131-419)

-- Shooting from free-throw line: (.686, 177-258)

-- Average points per game: 69.4

-- Average rebounds per game: 40.2

-- Average assists per game: 19.5

-- Average steals per game: 9.8

-- Average blocks per game: 3.6

-- Average turnovers per game: 15.5

ABOUT BYU

-- The Cougars are led in scoring by senior guard Mindy Bonham who averages 11.8 points and 3.3 rebounds per game. Senior forward Coriann Fraughton follows averaging 10.3 points and a team high 6.9 rebounds per contest.

-- Senior guard Haley Hall tops the assists and steals category with a total of 86 and 38 respectively.

-- Jazmine Foreman has the team’s best free throw percentage at .824, 28-34 while freshman center Jennifer Hamson is tops in the field goal percentage category at .631, 41-65.

-- The BYU bench has outscored its opponents 428 to 275 as of 1/20/11. The most points scored by the Cougar bench to date are 44 in the win over BYU-Hawaii on 12/3/10. The most bench points from an opponent on the year are 31 recorded by BYU-Hawaii.

-- BYU’s reserves are outrebounding their opponents 289 to 207 as of 1/20/11. The most rebounds by the Cougar bench are 28 vs. Utah State on 11/23/10. The most boards by the opponent bench are Utah State with 24.

RECORD WATCHING

-- BYU head coach Jeff Judkins has compiled a 191-106 record as of Jan. 20 and is nine wins away from picking up his 200th career victory.

-- Mindy Bonham has tallying a total of 1,092 points as of 1/20/11, which puts her in 18th place out of 20 on BYU’s 1,000-Points Club. She needs 31 points to tie for 17th place with Behka Stafford’s 1,123 total points.

-- Bonham has dished out a grand total of 378 career assists as of 1/20/11 which puts her tied for seventh place all time with Cindy Battistone’s career total of 378. She needs one to move into a tie for sixth place with Tomika Young’s 379, and is 54 assists away from tying for fifth place with current assistant coach Stacy Jensen’s 432.

-- Jazmine Foreman dished out two assists in the road game at TCU on 1/19/10, which gives her a career total of 356. She needs 22 to tie for eighth place with Cindy Battistone’s career total of 378.

-- In BYU’s number of games played category, Bonham and Foreman have played in a total of 109 games as of 1/20/11, which places the two tied for 17th place all time. They need to play in four more games to tie for 16th place with Cassie King’s 113 career contests played.

CSU GAME PROMOTIONS

It’s “Dance Day” vs. CSU. Mention the word “DANCE” at the ticket office and receive FREE admission! The BYU Ballroom Dance Team is performing at halftime.

Participate in dance contests during the first and second half to win a dance outfit or swimsuit, courtesy of Lime Ricki.

Compete in a “Just Dance” competition on the Wii. And catch some other prizes and food vouchers thrown into the crowd. The first 100 fans will also receive the Kristen Riley poster.

ABOUT SATURDAY’S LEAGUE OPPONENT

COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITY

CSU is in fifth place in the latest MWC standings with a 9-8, 2-2 record. They beat UNLV 68-63 on Tues. Jan. 18. Head coach Kristen Holt is in her third year at the helm of the Rams women’s basketball program. On this year’s squad are four returning starters along with eight letterwinners. After four MWC games, CSU has two players scoring in double figures led by 13.3 points from junior guard/forward combo Kim Mestdagh. She also grabs 5.0 rebounds per contest. Sam Martin follows with 11.0 points and tops the list rebound category with 5.3 boards per contest.

Series History

Overall Series Record: BYU leads 51-22

BYU Record in Provo: 26-6

BYU Record in Ft. Collins: 18-14

BYU Record in Neutral Sites: 7-2

BYU Record under Jeff Judkins: 15-5

Last Meeting

These two MWC foes played twice during last year’s conference race with the Cougars sweeping the series. In the first meeting, BYU won 67-58 in Ft. Collins on Jan. 16. In their second matchup in Provo, the Cougars picked up a 72-54 victory on Feb. 17.

WHAT’S NEXT

After the home game with CSU on Jan. 22, the Cougars travel to San Diego to battle the Aztecs on Jan. 26 before hosting the University of New Mexico on Jan. 29.

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