BYU to play in the WCC Quarterfinals on Friday

Game notes: BYU in the WCC Quarterfinals

BYU will face the winner of No. 6 seed San Diego and No. 7 seed Pepperdine on Friday, March 8, 2013, in the quarterfinals of the WCC Championships at approximately 8:30 p.m. PST at the Orleans Arena in Las Vegas. San Diego and Pepperdine play on Thursday at 8:30 p.m. PST. The San Diego vs. Pepperdine game will be televised live on BYUtv.

No. 3 seed BYU Cougars (21-10, 10-6 WCC)

• Head Coach: Dave Rose
• Alma Mater: Houston, 1983
• Division I Career Record: 206-64 (8th)
• Record at BYU: Same

No. 6 seed San Diego (14-17, 7-9 WCC)

• Head Coach: Bill Grier
• Alma Mater: Oregon, 1990
• Division I Career Record: 381-110 (6th)
• Record at San Diego: Same

No. 7 seed Pepperdine (12-17, 4-12 WCC)

• Head Coach: Marty Wilson
• Alma Mater: Pepperdine, 1989
• Division I Career Record: 22-36 (2nd)
• Record at Pepperdine: Same

Player and team notes

• BYU won its 20th game with a 70-68 victory against Utah State, giving the Cougars eight-straight 20-win seasons, the longest such streak in program history. All eight seasons have come under Dave Rose, a program record for 20-win seasons by one coach. Stan Watts had seven 20-win seasons.
• Dave Rose earned his 200th career victory with a 74-57 win over San Diego on Jan. 19, 2013. Stan Watts is the only other coach in BYU history with 200-plus wins. Watts won his 200th game during his 12th season at the helm on Feb. 2, 1961, at New Mexico. It was his 329th career game (Watts’ career record was 371-254 in 23 seasons). Rose is in his eighth season and earned win number 200 in his 259th game.
• Tyler Haws reached 1,000 career points when he hit a jumper at the 15:30 mark in the second half at Saint Mary’s. He joins Danny Ainge as the only BYU players to reach 1,000 career points as sophomores and is the 45th Cougar to reach 1,000 points. Haws now has 1,046 points and is 43rd all-time in scoring at BYU.
• BYU has completed four comebacks after trailing at the half this season. The Cougars trailed Utah and San Francisco by nine at the half and won 61-58 and 80-76. BYU trailed Pepperdine by five at the half at home and came back to win 76-51. The Cougars trailed at Pepperdine 31-20 but bounced back in the second half to win 63-61.
• The Cougars have a chance to break team records in steals in a season and steals per game for a season. BYU has 268 steals in 31 games, good for 8.6 per game. The current records of 307 steals and 8.5 steals per game were set during the 2009-10 season.
• Tyler Haws hit 14 of 14 from the free throw line at LMU on March 2, his fourth game this season shooting 100 percent from the line while attempting at least 10 free throws, a BYU single-season record. He had been tied with Russell Larson (1993-94) and Ken Roberts (1994-95) for most perfect days from the line (minimum of 10 attempts) in a single season at three. Haws has five such games in his career, also a BYU record, and one ahead of Jimmer Fredette. Danny Ainge, Lee Cummard, Larson and Roberts are tied for third on the career list with three.