BYU Dominates Aztecs On the Road

SAN -- BYU picked up its first Conference road win Saturday night, beating the San Diego State Aztecs 82-50 in San Diego to wrap up the first half of Mountain West Conference play.

The Cougars played perhaps their best game of the season against the Aztecs. The 32-point margin of victory is the largest this season and the Cougars' 82 points ties their season-high offensive output. Saturday night's game was also the first time this season that the Cougars have shot over 50 percent from the floor, going 26-for-50 (.520).

All 14 Cougars played and contributed in the win as three Cougars scored in double figures and everyone put points on the board. Danielle Cheesman scored 13 points, including 11 in the second half, as did Nancy Seljaas, who hit three big three-pointers. Ambrosia Anderson added 12 in the Cougar victory. Freshman Heather Hansen came in late in the game and tied her season-high scoring output with six points and senior Melissa Brown scored her first points of the season, hitting the last bucket of the game. The BYU bench scored 52 points.

"This is a really great team effort," said BYU Head Coach Jeff Judkins. "Our girls stuck together as a team the whole 40 minutes."

After a quick start for both teams, the score was tied 15-15 midway through the first half. Enter Nancy Seljaas, who hit her first three-pointer of the game to spark a 14-0 BYU run. The Cougars went into the locker room up 31-19 and never looked back.

BYU was dominant in every aspect of the game. They out-rebounded SDSU 34-29, had three more steals than the Aztecs (9-6), and out-shot the Aztecs all over the place, shooting 52 percent from the floor compared to SDSU's 35.4 percent. The Cougars held SDSU to just 20 percent shooting from beyond the arc and 53.8 percent from the charity stripe. BYU shot 5-for-11 (.455) from beyond the arc and 25-for-32 (.781) from the line, making 20 of those free throws in the second half. Turnovers and fouls, which are usually a problem for the Cougars, were not even a factor as both teams racked up 22 fouls each and BYU committed only 13 turnovers compared to San Diego State's 20.

The road victory is a huge confidence booster for the Cougars as they get a road split and prepare to start the second half of Mountain West Conference play. BYU improves to 12-9 overall and 2-5 in Conference with the win, moving into a fifth place tie with the Aztecs who are now 7-13 overall and 2-5 in Conference. The Cougars will next be in action Thursday night against Wyoming at home. Tip-off is set for 7 p.m.

Official Basketball Box Score -- GAME TOTALS -- FINAL STATISTICS
Brigham Young vs San Diego State
2/7/04 5:05 p.m. at San Diego, Calif. (Cox Arena)
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VISITORS: Brigham Young 12-9 (2-5 MWC)
                          TOT-FG  3-PT         REBOUNDS
## Player Name            FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA OF DE TOT PF  TP  A TO BLK S MIN
35 JOHNSEN, Melinda.... f  0-3    0-1    1-2    0  1  1   0   1  3  1  0  1  18
51 CHEESMAN, Danielle.. f  3-7    0-0    7-8    1  5  6   4  13  1  1  0  0  22
40 CHAMBERLAIN, A...... c  1-5    0-0    1-2    0  5  5   4   3  1  2  1  0  17
14 SULLIVAN, Julie..... g  3-5    0-1    1-2    0  1  1   2   7  4  2  0  2  24
15 OVERDIEK, Jennie.... g  3-5    0-0    0-0    2  1  3   3   6  1  0  0  2  17
01 SELJAAS, Nancy......    4-5    3-4    2-3    0  0  0   3  13  0  1  0  2  16
04 DOOLEY, Kestlee.....    0-0    0-0    0-0    0  0  0   1   0  1  2  0  0  12
13 GOOLD, Tiari........    0-0    0-0    3-4    0  0  0   1   3  0  0  0  1   7
23 HANSEN, Heather.....    2-3    0-1    2-2    0  1  1   0   6  0  0  0  0   6
24 HANSEN, Hollie......    0-2    0-0    2-2    0  4  4   2   2  0  1  0  1  12
25 TAYLOR, Kali........    3-4    1-2    0-0    0  0  0   0   7  0  1  0  0  12
30 BROWN, Melissa......    1-1    0-0    0-0    0  1  1   0   2  0  0  0  0   3
32 KOZLOWSKI, Kristen..    3-5    0-0    1-2    1  3  4   2   7  0  1  1  0  18
33 ANDERSON, Ambrosia..    3-5    1-2    5-5    2  3  5   0  12  0  0  0  0  16
   TEAM................                         1  2  3             1
   Totals..............   26-50   5-11  25-32   7 27 34  22  82 11 13  2  9 200
TOTAL FG% 1st Half: 12-29  .414   2nd Half: 14-21  .667   Game:  .520  DEADBALL
3-Pt. FG% 1st Half:  2-5   .400   2nd Half:  3-6   .500   Game:  .455  REBOUNDS
F Throw % 1st Half:  5-7   .714   2nd Half: 20-25  .800   Game:  .781    3,2
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HOME TEAM: San Diego State 7-13 (2-5 MWC)
                          TOT-FG  3-PT         REBOUNDS
## Player Name            FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA OF DE TOT PF  TP  A TO BLK S MIN
20 STRAWBERRY, Michelle f  3-7    1-3    3-4    0  1  1   1  10  1  3  0  0  26
24 MCCARTNY, Nicolette. f  1-4    0-0    0-0    1  5  6   3   2  2  2  1  0  16
35 DUNLAP, Ashlee...... f  5-12   0-0    1-1    0  4  4   3  11  3  1  1  1  26
04 FRITZ, Courtney..... g  0-5    0-3    1-2    0  0  0   1   1  1  5  0  1  34
05 ELLIOTT, Michelle... g  7-13   1-4    6-12   0  4  4   3  21  1  4  0  3  40
22 LEWIS, Farryn.......    0-1    0-0    0-1    1  2  3   3   0  0  1  0  0  22
23 MATTSON, Candace....    0-1    0-0    3-6    2  2  4   5   3  0  1  0  0  13
30 JACKSON, Erin.......    0-2    0-0    0-0    1  1  2   2   0  0  1  0  1   9
42 CASEY, Lindsey......    1-3    0-0    0-0    2  0  2   1   2  2  2  0  0  14
   TEAM................                         1  2  3
   Totals..............   17-48   2-10  14-26   8 21 29  22  50 10 20  2  6 200
TOTAL FG% 1st Half:  5-17  .294   2nd Half: 12-31  .387   Game:  .354  DEADBALL
3-Pt. FG% 1st Half:  0-4   .000   2nd Half:  2-6   .333   Game:  .200  REBOUNDS
F Throw % 1st Half:  9-17  .529   2nd Half:  5-9   .556   Game:  .538     6
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Officials: Sue Kennedy, Randy Coil, Cid Garcia
Technical fouls: Brigham Young-CHAMBERLAIN, A.. San Diego
State-MATTSON, Candace.
Attendance: 622
Score by Periods                1st  2nd   Total
Brigham Young.................   31   51  -   82
San Diego State...............   19   31  -   50
ID-211444
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