BYU vs. Gonzaga Notes & Quotes

Player Notes

Haws finished with 15 points, 4 rebounds and 4 assists. He passed Bo McCalebb for 23rd in NCAA history in scoring with 2,687 points. It was his 138th game played, 136th game started and his 121st double figure scoring game. All three are BYU records.

His 6 field goals made moved him past Michael Smith and Mekeli Wesley for 2nd in conference tournament field goals, while his 14 field goal attempts also passed Smith and Wesley for 2nd. The double-figure scoring game was his 7th in a conference tournament, the 3rd most in a career at BYU.

Haws was named to the WCC All-Tournament Team. For the tournament, he averaged 21 points, 4.6 rebounds and 3 assists per game.

Kyle Collinsworth

Collinsworth set a career-high in points with 28 and points in a half with 17 and added 8 rebounds, 5 assists and a steal. He passed Terell Lyday, Gary Earnest, John Fairchild and Steve Schreiner and is now 37th in career scoring with 1,132 points. It was his 7th double figure scoring game in a conference tournament which is the 3rd most in a career at BYU. His 5 assists moved him into 4th in conference tournament assists with 29 and his steal tied him with Nathan Call for the 2nd most steals in conference tournaments with 13.

Collinsworth was named to the WCC All-Tournament Team. For the tournament, he averaged 18.6 points, 10 rebounds and 6.3 assists per game.

Chase Fischer

Fischer totaled 6 points, 2 rebounds and 2 assists.

Josh Sharp

Sharp had 2 points, 4 rebounds and a block.

Corbin Kaufusi

Kaufusi set a career high with 9 rebounds and added a block.

Skyler Halford

Halford totaled 13 points and a rebound. He was 3 of 5 from 3-point range and made a 3-pointer in the 16th consecutive game, the 5th longest streak in BYU history tied with Andy Toolson and Jonathan Tavernari.

Frank Bartley IV

Bartley finished with a rebound and an assist.

Ryan Andrus

Andrus scored 3 points all on his third 3-pointer of the season.

Isaac Neilson

Neilson had 5 rebounds and 4 points in 12 minutes on the floor.

Luke Worthington

Worthington totaled 5 rebounds and 2 points in 8 minutes on the floor.

Jake Toolson

Toolson scored 2 points and added a rebound in 4 minutes on the floor.

Team Notes

Collinsworth, Fischer, Haws, Sharp and Kaufusi started for the 9th consecutive game. BYU is 8-1 with that starting five.

Collinsworth, Haws and Halford scored in double figures for BYU, while Kaufusi led the team in rebounds with 9 and Collinsworth led in assists with 5.

It was the first time BYU out-rebounded an opponent and lost. The Cougars are now 21-1 when out-rebounding their opponent.

Gonzaga ended BYU's season-long 8-game win streak.

BYU hasn't won a conference tournament since 2001. BYU has gone 15-14 since its last tournament championship.

Runs

A 6-0 run cut Gonzaga's lead to three at 33-30 with 7 minutes left in the first half. Worthington tipped in a rebound for 2 points and Collinsworth added 4 more over the two-minute stretch.

Another 6-0 run cut Gonzaga's lead down to six at 71-65 with 9 minutes left in the game. Sharp, Collinsworth and Haws each scored 2 points in a minute and a half.

Quotes from the Cougar IMG Sports Network

BYU head coach Dave Rose

"It was quite a game. It was really competitive. Guys on both sides battled. Our guys competed really hard and it was a real physical game. I felt like we were in pretty good shape with all the things that went wrong going into halftime. In the second half, Karnowski was really a factor to get them off to a nice little jump. Our guys responded and got the thing back to a single possession game. Then it was almost like we kind of wore down a little bit, but for all 40 minutes these guys fought really hard and competed well. Very similar to the way we've played the last month."

On Haws' foul trouble:

"It's really difficult without Anson (Winder), because he's a guy you can play at two or three different positions for us. I rolled the dice and put him (Haws) back in and played him. He goes into halftime with two fouls and we were within six. I felt good about that and felt we could come out and make a run in the second half."

Interior defense:

"There are some really tough mismatches in the way we play. As good as Wiltjer and Pangos were in the second half, they just pounded the ball. That's what they have that no one else in our league has. They have an easy way to get to the free throw line or get the ball on the rim. That really helps their consistency and it did tonight too."

Depth:

"We really competed well as a group all the way down the bench. We had Isaac hit a big shot. Ryan hit a big shot and Luke came in and got a rebound and a stick back. Their pace tonight was so different from the other night, they were racing that ball up the court and looking to attack us at every point. There was some frustration but it didn't stop us from battling. We fought to the end."