BYU vs. Chicago State: Game Notes and Quotes

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Player Notes

-Charles Abouo started the first 5 minutes of play with 4 rebounds and 5 points. He went on to tie his career high with 8 rebounds.

-Chris Collinsworth came out firing, scoring 11 points in the first 8 minutes of play, going 4-for-4 from the field, while recording 3 rebounds and 1 steal. He finished the night with a career-high 15 points on 5-of-8 shooting while recording 6 rebounds, 3 assists and 2 steals.

-Jimmer Fredette recorded his fifth-career dunk with 5:21 left in the first half to put the Cougars up 44-15.

-Brock Zylstra hit a three pointer with 11 seconds left in the first half to give him 8 points and surpass his career mark of 5. He finished with 11.

-Kyle Collinsworth shot 5-of-11 from the field to record a career-high 12 points. He also added a career-high 5 rebounds and two breakaway dunks, his first as a Cougar.

-Kyle Collinsworth recorded 3 steals, marking his 3rd-consecutive 2+ steals game. He averages 2.3 per game.

-Fredette finished the game with a season-high 27 points, his 33rd-career 20+ scoring game as a Cougar.

-Brandon Davies netted a season-high 15 points, recording his 7th-career 10+ scoring output. The Cougars are 7-0 when Davies has scored in double figures.

Team Notes

-The Cougars improved to 2-0 all time against Chicago State. The two teams last met in 1987.

-Starting for the Cougars for the second-straight game were Fredette and Emery in the backcourt, with Chris Collinsworth, Hartsock and Abuou.

-Two Cougars finished the first half in double-figure points, with Fredette scoring 18 and Chris Collinsworth tallying 11.

-Six Cougars (Fredette-27, C. Collinsworth-15, Davies-15, Zylstra-11, Emery-10, K. Collinsworth-12) finished in double-figures for the first time since Dec. 22, 2006 against Western Oregon.

-The Cougars’ 109-point game was the first 100+ output since March of 2010 against TCU.

Record Watch

-A Jackson Emery three-pointer with 9:15 remaining in the first half gave him 142 career treys, moving him into sixth place all time at BYU ahead of Andy Toolson.

-Emery recorded a season-high 4 steals to bring his career total to 154.

-The victory was Dave Rose’s 130th win at BYU, where he boats a 130-40 record. Rose is fourth all time in career victories among MWC coaches, 9 behind Lon Kruger of UNLV.

Game Trends

-Fredette got things started for the Cougars, scoring 6 points on 2-of-2 shooting from the field to give BYU an early 10-2 lead. The Cougars would extend their lead to 27-9 with 11:41 left in the first half.

-The Cougars finished the first half with a commanding 60-29 lead. It was the first time the Cougars scored 60 points in the first half since 1993, when they had 62 vs. Sacramento State. The BYU record for most points in a half is 69 in a 1981 contest against North Texas.

-The Cougars biggest lead was 51 when Davies hit a jumper in the paint to make the score 90-39.

Quotes

BYU Head Coach Dave Rose

“I thought we came out and attacked well in the first 10 minutes of the game. We shot the ball with a lot of confidence and defensively we forced them into some tough shots and were able to get the ball out in transition. For the most part I was just happy were able to play a lot of guys a lot of minutes and we were able to work on a lot of things.”

“The last game the rotation we had to tighten down a little bit but this game we were able to play a lot of guys and get them a lot of experience. That’s good when you’re playing four games in seven days. So I look forward to our Tuesday night game and we’ll go from there.”

Brandon Davies

“We do the same game prep for every game. It’s just a matter of emphasizing playing how we play.”

Kyle Collinsworth

“Games like this allow a lot of people to play, it allows us to make adjustments. For me I tried to do things I don’t normally do to try new things.”