BYU vs. Fresno Pacific Game Notes and Quotes

Player Notes

- Stephen Rogers scored a career-high 16 points, making 11-of-11 free throws while shooting 2-of-6 from the field in 17 minutes. Rogers also recorded 5 rebounds, and 1 assist.

- Chris Collinsworth finished two rebounds shy of a double-double, scoring 11 points on 4-of-5 shooting and adding 8 rebounds.

- Kyle Collinsworth was two points off his career high, scoring 10 points with 3 rebounds and 3 steals. The steals mark ties a career high.

- In less than three minutes in the second half, Jimmer Fredette made 3 three-pointers, helping him finish with 13 points, 5 assists, 1 steal and 1 rebound.

Team Notes

- The Cougars had six players score in double-figures for the second time this season, also accomplishing the feat vs. Chicago State. Stephen Rogers scored a team-high 16 points, joining Noah Hartsock (14), Jimmer Fredette (13), Jackson Emery (12), Chris Collinsworth (11) and Kyle Collinsworth (10).

- BYU’s bench outscored its Fresno Pacific counterparts 24-0 in the first half and 49-10 for the game.

- After shooting .688 from the free throw line over the first 11 games of the season, BYU has shot .802 (77-of-96) over the last four games, including 21-of-24 (.875) against Fresno Pacific.

- BYU is currently in its best stretch of three-point shooting this season, hitting .427 (32-of-75) from beyond the arc in the last three games. The Cougars hit 12-of-25 vs. UTEP (.480), 8-for-20 at Buffalo (.400) and 12-of-30 (.400) vs. Fresno Pacific.

Record Watch

- With 3 three-point conversions, Jimmer Fredette passed Mark Bigelow for second all-time on the BYU career list, now with 214 career conversions.

- With 1 steal, Fredette passed Nathan Call for sixth all-time on the BYU career list. Fredette’s steal came midway through the first half.

- With a long three-pointer midway through the second half, Fredette passed Russell Larson for fourth all-time on the BYU career points list.

- Rogers’ 11-of-11 free throws is 15th-best all-time in a game in BYU history.

Game Trends

- Down 8-6, a Jackson Emery trey started a 9-0 run five minutes into the first half to give BYU a 15-8 lead.

- The Cougars pushed a four-point lead to a 20-point lead, 44-24, after a 13-0 run to end of the first period. Six players contributed to the run, led by Kyle Collinsworth’s five points.

- After a Fresno Pacific basket at the 5:48 mark of the first half, the Sunbirds did not score the remainder of the period.

- Noah Hartsock scored 7 points as part of a 14-0 BYU run in the second half, pushing BYU’s lead to 65-32 with 12:33 left in the game.

Quotes

BYU Head Coach Dave Rose

“I was a little nervous to see how we’d come out and play tonight after all the travel and holidays, but I think we did a lot of things really well. Now we’re ready to move on and start league play.”

“It was good to see players shooting well tonight. We need to share the ball, and I thought we did that really well tonight. I really believe that we have a lot of confidence in the bench players. Consistency from the bench is key.”

Fresno Pacific Head Coach Chris Wright

"BYU is a great team, as well as they shoot the ball as a team we knew it was going to be a tough matchup. They beat us up on the glass a little bit, got some easy buckets in transition and it just kind of spiraled out of control from there."

"This is the third Division I team we've played. We played Fresno State, Santa Barbara and now BYU, and they (BYU) are obviously the deepest and most talented. I would be shocked if they didn't make a deep run in the NCAA Tournament."