Saturday home battle with San Diego in WCC action for Cougar women

PROVO, Utah— BYU women’s basketball plays its third-straight home West Coast Conference game this week, hosting San Diego on Saturday, January 11, at 2 p.m., MST. The game between the Cougars and Toreros will be carried live on BYUtv and on the BYUtv App.

BYU vs. San Diego Game Notes

San Diego vs. BYU Game Notes

ABOUT BYU

• In the third week of league play, BYU is 7-7 overall with a 2-2 conference record on the year
• BYU ranks seventh nationally in total blocked shots; ninth in total blocked shots per game; 20th in field goal percentage defense
• Two players are scoring in double figures for the Cougars, led by 14.1 points from junior guard Paisley Johnson; senior guard Brenna Chase Drollinger follows contributing 10.9 points per contest; Drollinger currently ranks 26th all-time in career points with 1,102; she’s currently the team’s assists and steals leader with 4.0 and 1.9 averages, respectively
• Sara Hamson leads the way in rebounds and blocks, pulling down 8.3 boards a game and getting 3.9 blocks a contest; she ranks second in the nation in blocked shots and third in blocked shots per game
• After 14 games played, BYU is averaging 60.9 points and pulls down 41.8 rebounds a contest
• The Cougars are holding opponents to just 57.4 points and are allowing only 37 rebounds a game
• In the overall series vs. San Diego, BYU leads 12-6; the Toreros are 1-6 when playing in Provo; in last year’s contests, the Cougars swept the series

ABOUT SAN DIEGO

• San Diego has compiled an 8-7, 2-2 record on the season with league wins at LMU and vs. Portland; the two conference losses are at Pepperdine and vs. Gonzaga
• The Toreros have two players putting up double digits in points with 12.3 points from Madison Pollock and 12 points a game from Myah Pace; in the rebounds category, Patricia Brossmann leads the way pulling down a team-best 6.4 boards a contest; Jordyn Edwards is the team’s assist leader with a 4.2 average; Pace tops the list in steals (3.5) and (0.73) in blocks
• USD is averaging 63.1 points and pulls down 36.2 rebounds a contest
• San Diego was picked to finish in eighth place in this year’s conference race as voted on by the league’s head coaches last October
• Head coach Cindy Fisher is in her 15th season at the helm of the women’s basketball program at San Diego where she has compiled a 270-184 record

UP NEXT
After playing three-straight conference games at home, the Cougars head to Northern California for their next two. BYU is at Pacific on Thursday, Jan. 16, at 7 p.m. PST. On Saturday, Jan. 18, BYU travels to Moraga to take on Saint Mary’s at 2 p.m. PST. Both games will have a live video stream on the WCC Network.