Cougs Win Fifth Straight

LAS VEGAS -- The BYU women's basketball team is now 1-0 in conference after a 71-61 victory, its fifth straight, over the UNLV Rebels in Las Vegas, Wednesday.

"I thought we had a really good first half," said head coach Jeff Judkins. "We came in when we had to make the big shots and made them."

The Cougars took an early 13-7 lead with 16:52 to play in the first half after back-to-back three pointers from Haley Hall and Jazmine Foreman.

Hall finished the game with eight points and six assists. Foreman finished with 19 points to lead the team, hitting three 3-pointers.

Mindy Bonham (Nielson) and Alexis Kaufusi also both finished the game with double-digit points. Bonham ended with 11 while Kaufusi put up 10. Bonham also recorded nine assists to tie her career-high.

BYU went on an 13-2 run in five minutes in the first half and would never look back from there taking the 32-22 lead going into halftime.

The second half proved to be a little tougher with the Rebels fighting back but never getting ahead. BYU got its double-figure lead back with 4 minutes to play after a jump shot from Coriann Wood. Wood finished the game with 17 points, to tie her career- and-season high, and 10 rebounds. This was her second double-double of the season.

"Coriann had a really, really good game and made some big shots for us," Judkins said. "Jazmine also played really well tonight. This game really shows that our team has a lot of heart."

After this victory over the Rebels, at least two BYU players have now scored in double-figures in every BYU game. In this game, four players finished with double-figure points for the fifth time this season.

The Cougars now lead the series record against the Rebels 24-12.

Next up for the Cougars is a matchup against Air Force on January 13 in the Marriott Center at 7 p.m.

Official Basketball Box Score
BYU vs UNLV
01/06/10 7:00 PM at Las Vegas, Nev. (Cox Pavilion)
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VISITORS: BYU 10-3, 1-0
                          TOT-FG  3-PT         REBOUNDS
## Player Name            FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA OF DE TOT PF  TP  A TO BLK S MIN
35 RILEY,Kristen....... f  3-9    0-3    0-0    1  4  5   0   6  1  0  0  2  26
45 MOEAKI,Keilani...... f  0-2    0-0    0-0    0  1  1   2   0  0  2  0  0  15
03 FOREMAN,Jazmine..... g  6-8    3-5    4-5    1  2  3   1  19  3  2  0  0  37
22 BONHAM,Mindy........ g  3-13   2-6    3-4    0  5  5   1  11  9  2  0  2  38
33 HALL, Haley......... g  3-14   2-8    0-0    3  2  5   2   8  6  2  0  2  38
10 KAUFUSI, Alexis.....    5-9    0-0    0-1    0  3  3   4  10  1  0  0  0  15
13 JUDKINS,Jaime.......    0-0    0-0    0-0    0  0  0   0   0  0  0  0  0   1
23 WOOD,Coriann........    7-9    1-3    2-2    4  6 10   4  17  0  3  0  1  27
32 PETERSON,Dani.......    0-1    0-1    0-0    0  0  0   1   0  0  0  0  0   3
   TEAM................                         6  2  8
   Totals..............   27-65   8-26   9-12  15 25 40  15  71 20 11  0  7 200
TOTAL FG% 1st Half: 13-33 39.4%   2nd Half: 14-32 43.8%   Game: 41.5%  DEADB
3-Pt. FG% 1st Half:  5-15 33.3%   2nd Half:  3-11 27.3%   Game: 30.8%   REBS
F Throw % 1st Half:  1-3  33.3%   2nd Half:  8-9  88.9%   Game: 75.0%    0
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HOME TEAM: UNLV 7-8, 0-1
                          TOT-FG  3-PT         REBOUNDS
## Player Name            FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA OF DE TOT PF  TP  A TO BLK S MIN
11 SMITH, Jamie........ f  2-4    0-2    6-6    1  7  8   2  10  1  2  1  0  38
03 NZEUKOU, Sandrine... c  2-4    0-0    0-0    2  0  2   2   4  0  1  0  0  19
15 HELMS, Erica........ g  7-17   2-4    2-3    1  2  3   1  18  5  0  0  0  37
30 BELL. Mia........... g  3-5    1-2    0-0    0  0  0   4   7  4  4  0  1  28
45 THOMPSON, Kelli..... g  3-12   1-7    2-5    1  5  6   2   9  2  3  0  0  31
05 STYLES, Markiell....    4-6    0-0    2-3    3  1  4   1  10  0  2  0  0  19
10 HOLIDAY, Allison....    0-0    0-0    0-0    0  0  0   0   0  0  1  0  0   1
21 ANDERSON, Amanda....    1-2    1-2    0-0    0  4  4   1   3  0  1  0  1  14
23 HUNT, Latoya........    0-0    0-0    0-0    0  1  1   0   0  0  1  0  0   3
32 CHANEY, India.......    0-3    0-1    0-0    1  1  2   1   0  0  2  1  0  10
   TEAM................                         1  5  6
   Totals..............   22-53   5-18  12-17  10 26 36  14  61 12 17  2  2 200
TOTAL FG% 1st Half:  9-26 34.6%   2nd Half: 13-27 48.1%   Game: 41.5%  DEADB
3-Pt. FG% 1st Half:  2-10 20.0%   2nd Half:  3-8  37.5%   Game: 27.8%   REBS
F Throw % 1st Half:  2-5  40.0%   2nd Half: 10-12 83.3%   Game: 70.6%    1
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Officials: Shelley Nakasone, Randy Campbell, Wanda Szeremeta
Technical fouls: BYU-None. UNLV-None.
Attendance: 749
Score by Periods                1st  2nd   Total
BYU...........................   32   39  -   71
UNLV..........................   22   39  -   61