BYU vs. Long Beach State Notes & Quotes

Player Notes

Haws led all BYU scorers with 21 points. He added one of everything with three rebounds, three steals, a block and an assist.

His consecutive free throw streak which carried over from last season ended at 31 in the second half when Haws missed his second free throw of the game. Haws owns the record at 50 and now has three of the six longest streaks in program history, each at 30 consecutive free throws or more.

Haws passed Russell Larson for seventh all-time in field goals made at BYU. His two 3-pointers passed Jimmy Balderson and tied Haws with Nathan Call for 15th on the 3-pointers made list with 110 in his career.

Friday was also Haws' 51st career game with 20 or more points and his 49th consecutive game in double figures.

Kyle Collinsworth

In his first game back, Collinsworth was 3 of 6 for 6 points and he grabbed two rebounds in 13 minutes.

Chase Fischer

In his BYU debut after sitting out last year due to NCAA transfer rules, Fischer scored a career high, including his time at Wake Forest, 17 points and was 4 of 8 from 3-point range. He added 3 rebounds, 5 assists and a steal.

Luke Worthington

Worthington started the fourth game of his career and finished with two points and two rebounds.

Nate Austin

Austin started against Long Beach after sitting out both exhibitions games the past two weeks due to injury. Austin finished with 9 rebounds, 6 points, 3 assists and 2 blocks. He made a 3-pointer to open second half after only making 2 of 4 all last year. His last 3-pointer came on Nov. 15, 2013, against Mount St. Mary's.

Skyler Halford

Halford was the first player off the bench and was BYU's second leading scorer with 18 points. Halford shot 5 of 7 from the field, 2 of 3 from 3, and dished out a career-high 7 assists.

Anson Winder

Winder scored 12 points and grabbed a career-high tying 6 boards off the bench. He shot 2 of 4 from beyond the arc, had 2 assists and grabbed a steal.

Corbin Kaufusi

Kaufusi played 6 minutes and grabbed 1 rebound in his BYU debut.

Isaac Neilson

Neilson became the first freshman to score in double figures in a season opener since Trent Plaisted scored 17 in 2005. He's also the first to do so in his BYU debut since Matt Carlino did it in his first game Dec. 17, 2011, against Baylor. Neilson finished with 10 points and 1 rebound. He was 6 of 7 from the line.

Dalton Nixon

Nixon played 7 minutes and grabbed a rebound in his debut.

Jake Toolson

Toolson grabbed 2 rebounds in his first 4 minutes in a BYU uniform.

Team Notes

Dave Rose is now 7-3 in season openers and 9-1 in home openers, having won nine-straight home openers. The 95 points the Cougars scored is the most in a season opener since scoring 100 against Elon in 2000.

BYU also extended its home winning streak to 12 games.

Starters for BYU were Fischer, Haws, Collinsworth, Austin and Worthington.

Long Beach State won the tip.

BYU made its first three 3-pointers and finished the night 11 of 24 as five different players made 3s. The Cougars also shot 83.3 percent from the free throw line.

Season's Firsts (time remaining in first half when it happened)

Rebound: Haws (19:39)

Basket: Worthington (19:19)

Miss: Collinsworth (18:44)

Made free throw: Fischer (15:41)

Assist: Halford on Fischer's 3 ptr (14:59)

Steal: Haws (16:57)

Block: Haws (13:03)

3-pointer: Haws (17:42)

Foul: Austin (18:38)

Turnover: Fischer (18:20)

Draw a charge: Austin (5:56)

Quotes

BYU head coach Dave Rose

"It was a very good win. We expected a team that was going to come in here and really push the ball. I don’t know if we expected them to be as consistent at it as they were. They were good the whole game in pushing that ball. We did a better job in the second half of actually getting back and making it a little more difficult on them at half court. It’s a good team, with that little guard and those shooters they have."

"I’m happy for the win. I’m really proud of how our guys competed. I think that’s probably the best thing that we did tonight, is that we just stayed together and competed and made enough plays to win. We played mostly a smaller lineup in the second half because we were having such a terrible time guarding their ball screens with some of our inexperienced big guys."

"What I was really happy with was that we could stay in man and actually make enough plays to win. I think we played a few possessions of zone tonight, but I think we did a better job in conversion in the second half. We rebounded the ball better in the second half."

Chase Fischer

"That game was so fun to play. Every single guy wants to play for the person next to him, so it makes it fun."

"We saw this game coming for sure. We knew they were a great team, a veteran team, and we knew it was going to be a dog fight. I think we got up by six or eight a couple times, and they’d fight back. It was a good opening game and a really good challenge."

Skyler Halford

"Every single guy on this team, we want to compete for each other and we want to win. I just try to do my part whenever my number is called. It was a fun team game tonight. It was a dogfight, for sure, but we all had fun. Everybody contributed."

"That’s why you’ve got to be mentally tough. You know they’re going to keep coming at you, but you’ve got to go right back. Coach preaches going onto the next play, and so we try to not dwell on the past, but just make the next play. They hit some big shots down the stretch there, and they wouldn’t go away, so Kudos to them. But we tried our best to hit those free throws down the stretch and convert, and I think we did a pretty good job."

LBSU head coach Dan Monson

On playing two nights in a row:

"I feel like this type of adversity to start our season is the way to go. As opposed to practicing at home. I thought this environment would get us ready and get the jitters out. I might be tired, but they shouldn't be. They're young."