wcraft | Posted: 6 Jan 2010 | Updated: 8 Nov 2020

Cougs Win Fifth Straight

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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

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