Roster Finalized for 2010-11 Season

PROVO -- The roster for the 2010-11 BYU men’s basketball team has been finalized and it includes three returning starters and 10 players with experience playing for the blue and white.

Senior guards Jackson Emery and Jimmer Fredette and junior forward Noah Hartsock were starters last season and helped the Cougars finish 30-6 overall and advance to the second round of the NCAA Tournament. Five other letterwinners from the 2009-10 team return including senior Logan Magnusson, juniors Charles Abouo and James Anderson and sophomores Brandon Davies and Brock Zylstra.

Two other sophomores join the fray after serving two-year missions for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Chris Collinsworth, who averaged 3.2 points and 4.8 rebounds in 2007-08, is back from Australia and Nick Martineau, who saw action in 20 games in 2007-08, served in Chile.

The newcomers include two freshmen and a junior college All-American. Kyle Collinsworth, a Provo High School product and the younger brother of Chris Collinsworth, comes to BYU after being named Utah’s Mr. Basketball as a senior. The 6-foot-6 guard earned first-team all-state honors as a sophomore, junior and senior.

Anson Winder is a 6-foot-3 guard out of Bishop Gorman High School in Las Vegas. He helped Bishop Gorman to back-to-back state titles as a junior and senior and earned first-team all-Southwest League honors.

Stephen Rogers, a 6-foot-8 wing player, joins the Cougars after earning junior college All-America honors in his only season at Mesa Community College. A sophomore this coming season, Rogers averaged 21.3 points and 5.3 boards while making 85 threes last year for Mesa.

Following is a position-by-position breakdown of the 2010-11 Cougars.

Point Guard

Jimmer Fredette returns for his senior season after pulling his name out of the 2010 NBA Draft. The 6-foot-2 Glens Falls, N.Y., native earned five All-America honors last season and was named first-team All-MWC and the USBWA District VIII Player of the Year. Fredette gained momentum with 49 points and nine threes — both BYU records — in a win at Arizona and burst onto the national scene with 37 points in BYU’s 99-92 double-overtime win over Florida in the first round of the NCAA Tournament. In all he posted 20-plus points 22 times, 30-plus points eight times and 40-plus twice. In addition to his scoring, Fredette dished out a team-best 4.7 assists per game while shooting .440 from three and .892 from the free throw line.

With the graduation of Lamont Morgan, Jr., and the transfer of Michael Loyd, Jr., the Cougars will look to freshmen Kyle Collinsworth and Anson Winder and returned missionary Nick Martineau for minutes backing up Fredette. Collinsworth was a three-time all-state honoree at Provo High and was the state’s best player as a senior. Winder helped Bishop Gorman win two Nevada state titles while Martineau saw time in 20 games in 2007-08.

Wing

The Cougars return one of the top defenders and three-point shooters in the Mountain West Conference in senior Jackson Emery — a backcourt starter with Fredette since the beginning of the 2008-09 season. Emery set the BYU record and tied the MWC record with 91 steals last season while hitting 85 threes, tied for second all-time in Cougar history. His defensive abilities earned him a spot on the MWC All-Defensive team for the second-straight season. Emery was also named to the All-MWC Second Team and received All-District honors from the USBWA and the NABC.

Junior Charles Abouo is back after playing valuable minutes off the bench last season. He will compete for the minutes vacated by Tyler Haws, who started 33 games last season and is currently serving an LDS mission in the Philippines. Abouo averaged 4.6 points and 3.1 boards while shooting .407 from three. Other returnees who will compete for time on the wing include sophomore Brock Zylstra and senior Logan Magnusson. Magnusson played in 23 games in 2009-10 while Zylstra appeared in 20.

The versatile freshman duo of Collinsworth and Winder will also contribute at the wing position. Both players possess athleticism and excellent ball-handling skills. Stephen Rogers will compete for time on the wing after an All-America freshman year at Mesa Community College. The 6-foot-8 sophomore has the ability to shoot from the outside and shoots a high percentage from the free throw line.

Post

Despite the loss of starting center Chris Miles to graduation, BYU will be very experienced at the post in 2010-11. Junior Noah Hartsock started 30 games at the four last season and contributed 6.5 points and a team-best 5.1 boards while shooting .554 from the field and .864 from the free throw line. Sophomore Brandon Davies is a candidate to see increased playing time with Miles’ departure. A talented low-post scorer, Davies averaged 5.4 points and 3.0 rebounds in 2009-10 while shooting .539 from the field.

Also returning is junior James Anderson. The 6-foot-10 Page, Ariz., native gives the Cougars an experienced shot-blocking presence and another potential scorer on the blocks. Magnusson and Rogers give the coaching staff two more options for minutes in the post.

Returned missionary Chris Collinsworth will compete for time on the blocks. In 2007-08 he averaged 4.8 rebounds in 15.9 minutes per game. In conference play he averaged 5.3 boards per contest, tied for fourth in the MWC. An athletic and versatile player, Collinsworth also has the ability to shoot from the outside.

Numerical Roster
No.  Name                Pos.  Ht.   Wt.   Yr.   Exp. Home Town (Previous School)
0    Brandon Davies      F     6-9   235   So.   1L   Provo, Utah (Provo HS)
2    Charles Abouo       G/F   6-5   215   Jr.   2L   Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire (Brewster Academy)
4    Jackson Emery       G     6-3   190   Sr.   3L   Alpine, Utah (Lone Peak HS)
12   Logan Magnusson     F     6-6   210   Sr.   1L   Heber City, Utah (Salt Lake CC)
13   Brock Zylstra       G/F   6-6   210   So.   1L   La Verne, Calif. (Bonita HS)
14   Nick Martineau      G     6-0   170   So.   1L   Fruit Heights, Utah (Davis HS)
15   James Anderson      F/C   6-10  240   Jr.   2L   Page, Ariz. (Page HS)
20   Anson Winder        G     6-3   195   Fr.   HS   Las Vegas, Nev. (Bishop Gorman HS)
21   Stephen Rogers      F     6-8   195   So.   TR   Mesa, Ariz. (Mesa CC)
31   Kyle Collinsworth   G     6-6   210   Fr.   HS   Provo, Utah (Provo HS)
32   Jimmer Fredette     G     6-2   195   Sr.   3L   Glens Falls, N.Y. (Glens Falls HS)
34   Noah Hartsock       F     6-8   230   Jr.   2L   Bartlesville, Okla. (Bartlesville HS)
41   Chris Collinsworth  F     6-9   235   So.   1L   Provo, Utah (Provo HS)