Cougars hit the road to play at Pacific

BYU has won four-straight games to improve to 17-9 overall and 9-4 in WCC play. The Cougars are now second-place in the league standings behind Gonzaga. This week, BYU plays at Pacific on Thursday and at Saint Mary’s on Saturday. Thursday's game will be televised live on ROOT Sports NW and RM at 8 p.m. PST and broadcast live on the Cougar IMG Sports Network on KSL Newsradio 102.7 FM and 1160 AM and BYUcougars.com.

BYU Cougars (17-9, 9-4 WCC)

Head Coach: Dave Rose
Alma Mater: Houston, 1983
Career Record: 226-75 (9th)
Record at BYU: Same

Pacific Tigers (13-10, 4-8 WCC)

Head Coach: Ron Verlin
Alma Mater: Sacramento State, 1990
Division I Career Record: 13-10 (1st)
Record at Pacific: Same (6th)

Series Information

Series Record: BYU leads 4-3
Last Meeting: BYU won 88-78, 1/30/14
H/A/N: 2-1/1-1/1-1

Game Information

TV: ROOM Sports RM/NW
TV Talent: Barry Tompkins (play-by-play), Dan Belluomini (analyst)
Live Video: TheW.tv (out of region)
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

Projected starters

Pacific Tigers (13-10, 4-8 WCC)
No.	Name	Ht.	Pos.	Ppg	Rpg
1	Trevin Harris	6-5	F	7.1	3.7
33	Tony Gill	6-8	F	11.4	5.9
13	Khalil Kelley	6-8	F	6.4	4.7
3	Sama Taku	6-2	G	11.4	4.2
12	Andrew Bock	6-2	G	12.3	2.0

BYU Cougars (17-9, 9-4 WCC)
No.	Name	Ht.	Pos.	Ppg	Rpg
5	Kyle Collinsworth	6-6	G	14.3	8.0
23	Skyler Halford	6-1	G	8.6	1.6
3	Tyler Haws	6-5	G	24.5	3.9
33	Nate Austin	6-11	F	4.1	8.4
00	Eric Mika	6-10	F	13.0	6.8

By the numbers

1.7	Matt Carlino’s career steals average, second all-time in BYU history. His 148 career steals are sixth all-time and the 64 he totaled in 2012-13 as a sophomore are the fourth most in team history.
2	The number of players in BYU history to reach 1,000 career points as a sophomore. Danny Ainge was the first to do so and had 1,130 points in 57 games by the end of his sophomore season (1978-79). Sophomore Tyler Haws joined Ainge when he reached the 1,000 career point mark at Saint Mary’s on Feb. 21, 2013.
4	The number of players in the NCAA ranked in the top 150 in both rebounding and assists: BYU’s Kyle Collinsworth (61st in assists, 90th in rebounding), UCLA’s Kyle Anderson (7th in assists, T-48th in rebounding), Saint Joseph’s Halil Kanacevic (100th in assists and T-48th in rebounding) and Vermont’s Brian Voelkel (T-21st in assists and 76th in rebounding). Rankings as of 2/9/14.
4.7	Matt Carlino’s career assist average, first all-time in BYU history. As a freshman in 2011-12, he averaged 4.6 assists and in 2012-13, he averaged 4.8. Carlino is averaging 4.7 assists per game this season.
5	The number of times a player in the West Coast Conference has scored 35 points or more in a single game since BYU joined the league in 2011. All five instances have been achieved by Tyler Haws: 42 vs. Virginia Tech on 12/29/12, 37 vs. Washington on 3/19/13, 35 vs. Pepperdine on 1/9/14, 48 at Portland on 1/23/14 and 38 vs. Pacific on 1/30/14. The last time a WCC player not named Tyler Haws scored 35 or more came on March 25, 2011 when Santa Clara’s Kevin Foster scored 35 against Southern Methodist.
6	The number of career games for Tyler Haws shooting 100 percent from the free throw line with a minimum of 10 attempts, a BYU record. He hit 10 of 10 on Feb. 20, 2010 at Wyoming, 12 of 12 vs. Cal State Northridge on Nov. 24, 2012, 10 of 10 vs. Utah on Dec. 8, 2012, 10 of 10 at Weber State on Dec. 15, 2012, 14 of 14 at Loyola Marymount on March 2, 2013 and 11 of 11 vs. Wichita State on Nov. 26, 2013.
8	With a bid to the 2013 NIT, Dave Rose and the Cougars reached the postseason for a BYU record eighth-straight season. In his first year as head coach, Rose and the Cougars went to the 2006 NIT. That was followed by six-straight trips to the NCAA Tournament and last season’s NIT bid. BYU has also won 20-plus games in each of Rose’s eight seasons.
39	The number of consecutive games Tyler Haws has scored in double figures, a career-best streak and the 7th-best in BYU history.
45	The number of 20-point games Haws has in his career at BYU, fifth all-time in program history. He had 25 20-point games in 2012-13, fourth all-time in a single season. He has 16 this season, tied for 13th most in BYU history.
46	Matt Carlino became the 46th BYU player to score 1,000 career points when he reached the milestone against Santa Clara on Jan. 19, 2014, his 81st career game. He currently has 1,065 career points and is 3 from tying Keena Young for 42nd all-time.
88.3	Tyler Haws’ career free-throw percentage, first all-time in BYU history. He has hit 469 of 531 from the line in his career.
90.0	Eric Mika’s shooting percentage against Mount St. Mary’s, tied for the BYU freshman record for field goal percentage in a game (minimum 10 attempts). The freshman from Alpine, Utah, hit 9 of 10 from the field and scored 20 points. He shares the record with Fred Roberts, who also hit 9 of 10 vs. Utah State on Dec. 6, 1978.
112	BYU’s point total against Stanford, a 112-103 road win. The point total is the most by a BYU team under Dave Rose and the most since Feb. 25, 1993, when the Cougars scored 128 at home against Sacramento State. It also marked a BYU record for points scored against a Pac-12 team.
226	Dave Rose (2005 to present) is second all-time in BYU basketball history with 226 career victories, behind only the great Stan Watts, who coached the Cougars to 371 wins from 1949 to 1972 and was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 1986. Rose and Watts are the only BYU coaches to coach at least 300 career games.
1,765	The number of points Tyler Haws has scored in his career, good for 8th all-time and 59 from tying Jeff Chatman for 7th. Haws holds the BYU record for most points scored during freshman and sophomore seasons combined.

Kyle of all trades

In his first season since serving a two-year mission for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Russia, Kyle Collinsworth is averaging 14.3 points, 8.0 rebounds, 4.9 assists and 1.7 steals per game. He is proving to be one of the most versatile players in the WCC, especially in league games. Through 13 WCC games (as of 2/9/14), he ranks in the top 10 in the four of the five major statistical categories: 8th in scoring, 5th in rebounding, 4th in assists and 1st in steals. He is also top 14 in five other categories: 7th in FG percentage,14th in assist/turnover ratio, 3rd in offensive rebounds, tied for 11th in defensive rebounds and 7th in minutes played.

We talkin’ about a half, not a (full) game, not a (full) game, not a (full) game. We talkin’ about a half!

In 2002, NBA star Allen Iverson didn’t want to talk about practice. With BYU’s leading scorer Tyler Haws, we don’t want to talk about a full game, but just a half. In his career, Haws has scored 20 or more in a half nine times, including seven this season.

30 the old fashioned way

Tyler Haws scored 31 points against Loyola Marymount while hitting 9 of 19 from the field and 13 of 14 from the free throw line. He joined Brandon Davies (33 vs. Weber State on Dec. 15, 2012) as the only other player to score 30-plus points without hitting a three since Keena Young scored 34 vs. UNLV on March 10, 2007. The last BYU wing/guard to score 30 without hitting a three was Travis Hansen on Jan. 5, 2002 when he netted 30 against Pepperdine. Prior to Hansen, the last guard to score 30-plus was Marty Haws, Tyler’s father, on Jan. 4, 1990 vs. Hawaii.

The mythical 5x3 and the 4x3+2

A 5x3 is when a player records at least three in each of the major statistical categories (points, rebounds, assists, steals and blocks). Only one BYU player – Rafael Araujo – has recorded a 5x3 since blocks and steals were first recorded beginning with the 1977-78 season. He did so with 24 points, 9 rebounds, 3 assists, 3 blocks and 3 steals vs. Wyoming on Jan. 19, 2004. Kyle Collinsworth has joined 11 other BYU players who have fallen one stat shy of a 5x3 and recorded a 4x3+2 (at least three in four of the categories plus two in the other). He had 11 points, 13 rebounds, 7 assists, 2 blocks and 5 steals at Pepperdine and 20 points, 9 rebounds, 5 assists, 3 blocks and 2 steals vs. LMU. Danny Ainge (2), Lee Cummard (6), Brandon Davies (3) and Greg Kite (2) are the only others to record more than one 4x3+2.

Fantastic freshman

Big man Eric Mika is having one of the top freshman campaigns in BYU history. He is currently ranked in the top 10 in several categories in the BYU record book, including: scoring (8th), rebounding (5th), field goal percentage (2nd), offensive rebounds (2nd), double-figure scoring games (T-5th) and consecutive games scoring in double figures (2nd).

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