BYU vs. San Diego Notes & Quotes

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Player Notes

Tyler Haws

Haws finished with a game-high 28 points, 5 rebounds, 2 steals, 1 block and 1 assist. It was Haws’ 10th career game shooting 100 percent from the free-throw line with at least 10 attempts going 10 of 10.

Haws passed Lee Cummard for 7th on the career 3-point field goals made list with 154. He also passed Russell Larson and tied Brandon Davies for 10th on the career steals list.

Haws played in his 133rd career game which ties him for 5th with Jackson Emery. The double figure scoring game was the 116th of his career which is one shy of Danny Ainge’s record. It was also his BYU record 71st 20-point game. He passed Andrew Goudelock, Skip Henderson, Derrick Chievous, Clavin Natt, Dicke Homeric and Terrance Bailey for 35th on the NCAA career scoring list. Haws also passed Anthony Ireland for 4th on the WCC scoring list in all games.

Kyle Collinsworth

Collinsworth earned his 12th double-double of the season with 16 points and 11 rebounds. He added 4 assists and a block. He passed Bernie Fryer for 45th on the career scoring list with 1,041 points. Collinsworth passed Keena Young and Lee Cummard for 7th in career offensive rebounds with 204. He passed Brian Taylor and Matt Carlino for the 10th most assists in a season.

Chase Fischer

Fischer totaled 2 points, 2 steals, a rebound and an assist.

Josh Sharp

Sharp played 9 minutes and finished with 1 rebound.

Corbin Kaufusi

Kaufusi fouled out after 16 minutes with 4 rebounds, 2 points and 2 blocks.

Skyler Halford

Halford totaled 3 points, 3 rebounds, 1 assist and 1 steal.

Anson Winder

Winder scored 15 points and added 2 rebounds, 2 assists and a steal. His four 3-pointers moved him into 20th in career 3-pointers made with 99.

Frank Bartley IV

Bartley finished with 3 points, 3 rebounds and 2 assists.

Isaac Neilson

Neilson had 2 points and 1 rebound in 4 minutes.

Ryan Andrus

Andrus totaled 4 points and 2 rebounds.

Team Notes

For the fourth straight game, BYU started Collinsworth, Fischer, Haws, Sharp and Kaufusi. The Cougars are 4-0 with that starting unit.

Collinsworth, Haws and Winder scored in double figures, while Collinsworth led the team in rebounds with 11 and assists with 4. 

BYU out rebounded San Diego 38-23 and is now 18-0 when out rebounding opponents this season.

BYU has now held opponents under 70 points in four straight wins for the first time since Nov. 30 through Dec. 10, 2011 in wins against Northern Arizona 87-52, Oregon 79-65, Weber State 94-66 and Utah 61-42.

The Cougars now have a 6-game home WCC win streak.

BYU didn’t score its first points until 13:06 remaining in the first half on a layup by Winder.

Runs

The Cougars used a 6-0 run to take a 14-11 lead with 8 minutes left in the first half. Andrus hit a 3-pointer and a free throw, while Collinsworth added 2 points on a layup. 

BYU closed the first half on a 5-0 run to take a 33-28 lead to the locker room. Halford hit a 3-pointer, while Collinsworth added two free throws. The Cougars started the second half on an 8-0 run as Winder scored 5 points and Haws added 3. BYU led 41-28 two minutes into the second half.

Quotes

BYU head coach Dave Rose

On tonight’s game:

“It was quite an emotional night in there. The energy was good, great crowd and I think they saw a really good college basketball game. Both teams were really prepared and both battling each other. It was good to see Anson back in the lineup. I thought he played really well for us. He gave us a huge spark off the bench in the first half then we started him in the second half and he really gave us a lift.”

On the slow start:

“I remember some tough starts on senior night. They had a good plan and they were consistent with it. We didn’t score any in that period but we had quite a few fouls called and that really helped us later in the half when we got in the bonus. We got 13 points from the free throw line in the first half and a lot of that had to do with how the game was being played the first six or seven minutes.”

On where the team is at:

“These guys are really focused on our game plan and are really focused for these four-minute segments [during games]. I think we are in pretty good shape. We will find out. We have a pretty tough road trip this week. We got swept on this thing last year so we will see how it goes.”

Tyler Haws

On senior night:

“I’m proud of our guys and proud of our effort. We got off to a slow start but we got it going. There are so many fun memories in this building and you put in so much hard work with all these guys, winning and finishing on a good note felt really good.”

On the slow start:

“I don’t know if we were still thinking about senior night, but we eventually got it going. We talked about being aggressive and attacking them. Anson actually got us going. He got a few buckets early and we fed off his energy.”

On state of the team:

“We are feeling good and have won four in a row but we are still hungry. We feel like we have a lot to prove and in a lot of ways we feel like our tournament has already started. We have to bring it every time we step on the floor. I feel like we are in a good spot but we are still hungry to keep going.”

Anson Winder

On senior night:

“It is hard to take it all in. This is the last time you will prepare for a home game, the last time you come here and go through the warmup and anticipation for a game. It was a weird feeling but after all the emotions of going through senior night it felt good to get out and play and run around with the guys again and get a win on your last home game.”

On out rebounding San Diego:

“It was mentality and toughness. Down at their place they beat us pretty good on the boards, so we made a conscious effort tonight to make sure that didn’t happen and I think we did a great job. Our bigs did a great job getting bodies and rebounding.”

San Diego head coach Bill Grier

On what happened in the second half:

“They turned up the heat defensively. We didn’t respond and we turned it over. The first half we did a good job taking away threes from them. In the second half in that first four minutes they made three threes before the media timeout. I just thought the first few minutes was the difference in the whole game.”  

On BYU:

“Against them, if you take a bad shot or turn it over, they are going to score at the other end within about seven seconds. That’s what they did every time we made a mistake.”

On San Diego:

“We just couldn’t get stops down the stretch. We kept putting them at the free throw line. We had it to 10 a couple times, but we couldn’t get a score and couldn’t get a stop. That’s the way it is.”

On officiating:

“It did seem like it was tighter than it has been. As players you have to adjust to that. That’s just the way it was called.”