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Player Notes

Kyle Collinsworth

Collinsworth recorded his sixth triple-double of the season and his career with 13 points, 14 rebounds and 10 assists. He added two steals in 31 minutes on the floor. The triple-double extends his NCAA single season record to 6 after the previous record was 4. He also tied the NCAA career triple-double record with Shaquille O'Neal (LSU, 1990-92) and Michael Anderson (Drexel, 1985-88) with 6 each. It was also his 14th double-double of the year, which is the 10th most in a season at BYU.

Collinsworth passed Mark Handy and the 1,100-point mark. He now has 1,104 career points good for 41st in BYU history. His 11 assists passed Scott Runia for 8th in career assists with 413 and he passed Matt Carlino for third most assists in a season with 182. He is also fifth in career conference tournament assists with 24. It was also his 7th 10-assist game of the season tying Matt Montague for the most 10-assist games in a season.

His two steals passed his sophomore season with 58 steals and the 10th most in a season. It also gave him 11 career conference tournament steals which is tied for third with Anson Winder. 

Tyler Haws

Haws finished with 18 points on 8 of 11 shooting and added 3 assists, 2 steals and a rebound. He passed Danny Ainge for the most field goal attempts in a career with 1,879. He also tied Matt Carlino for the 6th most 3-pointers made in a career with 157. His 2 steals tied Nathan Call for 9th most steals in a career. It was the 120th double figure scoring of his career and his 18 points passed Mekeli Wesley for the 2nd most career points in conference tournament games with 146. He is also tied with Michael Smith for third in career conference tournament field goals made with 45 and in field goal attempts with 102. He also passed Wayman Tisdale and David Robinson on the NCAA career scoring list for 24th in NCAA history.

Chase Fischer

Fischer hit six 3-pointers in the first half on his way to 24 points and 2 rebounds. He was 6 of 12 from 3-point range. It was his 5th game scoring 20-plus points this season and was his first game of 6 or more 3-pointers since playing at San Francisco on January 3. His six 3-pointers were the second most in a conference tournament game for a BYU player and the most since Jimmer Fredette hit 7 against New Mexico in 2011.

Monday was his 16th three 3-pointer game of the season which is the fourth most in a season at BYU. It was also his seventh five 3-pointer game of the season, which is the second most in a season trailing only Fredette at 10. Fischer has hit the second most 3-pointers in a season with 97, also trailing Fredette's 124.

Josh Sharp

Sharp started the game and finished with 1 rebound, 1 assists, 1 block and a steal in 11 minutes.

Corbin Kaufusi

Kaufusi set a career-high with 9 points and added 6 rebounds.

Skyler Halford

Halford scored 10 points and added 3 rebounds and 2 assists.

Frank Bartley IV

Bartley finished with 6 points, 3 steals, 2 assists and a block in 23 minutes.

Isaac Neilson

Neilson totaled 4 points in 6 minutes on the floor.

Team Notes

Collinsworth, Fischer, Haws, Sharp and Kaufusi started for the eighth straight game for BYU. The Cougars are 8-0 in those games.

Fischer, Haws, Collinsworth and Halford all scored in double figures for BYU. Collinsworth led the team with 14 rebounds and 11 assists.

BYU is on an 8-game win streak.

The Cougars are 21-0 when out rebounding their opponent this season. They're also 20-3 when holding teams under 80 points.

BYU used a 13-2 run to take a 38-18 lead with 5 minutes left in the first half and controlled the game from there. Fischer hit two 3-pointers and added two free throws, while Haws hit a three and Collinsworth sank two free throws of his own. 

Quotes

BYU head coach Dave Rose

“I thought that our guys were really good in the first half. I thought we got our hands on a lot of balls, which led to some breakouts for us. Then Chase was terrific. Our guys were really good at finding him.”

"We have been through a lot of experiences when teammates have missed games. Our guys are used to stepping up. We played for each other and for guys who could not play tonight."

"We understand the challenge that is before us tomorrow. Our guys are ready and excited for the opportunity. They have the confidence and will have to play well and do things like we did tonight and trust each other to beat them (Gonzaga)."

Kyle Collinsworth

On the free throw to get the triple-double:

“Everybody was yelling, all the BYU fans were yelling while I was shooting it, so it was good. I’m glad it went in. All the credit goes to my teammates. We have a lot of shooters and Chase made a ton of 3s. Our teammates and our pace, it makes it easy to get a triple-double.”

"Looking back to  year ago, I remember sitting on the couch raising my leg up. Now I am just taking things day by day and everything is slowly coming back. At the end of the day, I am grateful I can play again."

Chase Fischer

"Even when we are not hitting shots we are confident that we can beat anyone. This group is special because we have been through all of the ups and downs of college basketball. The chemistry and closeness of the group makes our confidence go up a lot."

"Kyle (Collinsworth) works hard every single day and is very dedicated to what he does. He is a special person and it is not out of the ordinary to see this (NCAA triple-double record) happen."