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PROVO, Utah- Six players scored in double figures to lead the BYU men’s basketball team to its fourth-straight victory against Colorado Mesa in a 84-60 win on Saturday.

"We found ways to find energy," BYU basketball head coach Dave Rose said. "We had two or three different times during the game where we got spurts where we were able to get three or four stops put back together and then go down and score. That was enough to carry us through the game tonight."

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The Cougars’ defense held the Mavericks to 34.7 percent shooting, while outrebounding them 44-34 and scoring 23 points off turnovers. BYU dominated in the paint, 42-12, and outscored CMU 21-4 on second-chance points.

Junior guard Matt Carlino led the team with 16 points, five rebounds, three assists, two steals and a block, while Kyle Collinsworth finished with 15 points, six rebounds, six assists and tied a career-high with four steals. Nate Austin added four points and a career-high 12 rebounds of his own.

Anson Winder, who started in place of an injured Tyler Haws for the second-straight night, added 14 points and five rebounds. Freshman Eric Mika contributed 11 points and Frank Bartley IV finished with 10 points, three rebounds and two steals off the bench. Skyler Halford also scored in double digits with 12 points.

The first four points came on a Mika layup on an inbound pass from Collinsworth and a Carlino steal that led to a Winder layup in transition. CMU tied it at 8-8, but the Cougars went on a 9-0 run that included six points by Bartley to extend the lead to 17-8. Soon after entering the game, Bartley completed a three-point play and got a steal for a layup at the 11:09 mark. With 8:25 remaining in the half, Bartley drew a charge to hold a seven-point lead.

BYU answered with another 9-0 run, including a spin through the lane to complete a three-point play by Collinsworth after CMU tied it at 23 apiece. Carlino ended the half with a layup at the buzzer to give the Cougars a 36-28 lead. Carlino led the team with eight points, while Winder and Bartley finished with six points each at the half.

"During that run coming out of halftime, our guys were really good at getting to the basket and finishing at the rim and getting to the free-throw line," Rose said. "I think there are a lot of lessons to really be learned from this game."

The Cougars ran away with it to start the second half after going on a 21-1 run and holding CMU without a field goal for the first eight minutes to extend their lead to 57-29. Mika and Halford both converted three-point plays during the run with Austin getting a block at the 13:45 mark.

With 9:27 remaining, Collinsworth hit BYU’s only 3-pointer of the game to make it a 61-40 lead and end CMU’s 11-1 run. Halford later completed his second three-point play to take the 73-54 lead with 4:13 left in the game.

"I think that every game is a new challenge," Rose said. "What we have to do is respond to each challenge and each style of how everyone will play."

BYU will stay at home to play Iowa State on Wednesday at 7:30 p.m. MST. The game will be televised live on ESPNU and broadcast on the Cougar IMG Sports Network on KSL Newsradio 102.7 FM/1160 AM.

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Game Notes: BYU vs. Colorado Mesa game notes

BYU will play its second game of the CBE Hall of Fame Classic when it hosts Colorado Mesa at 7:30 p.m. MT in the Marriott Center on Saturday. The game will be televised live on BYUtv and broadcast live on the Cougar IMG Sports Network on KSL Newsradio 102.7 FM and 1160 AM.

BYU Cougars (3-0, 0-0 WCC)

• Head Coach: Dave Rose
• Alma Mater: Houston, 1983
• Career Record: 212-66 (9th)
• Record at BYU: Same

Colorado Mesa (0-2, 0-0 RMAC)

• Head Coach: Andy Shantz
• Alma Mater: Adams State, 1997
• Division I Career Record: 0-2 (1st)
• Record at Colorado Mesa: Same

Series Information

• Series Record: First meeting

Game Information

• TV: BYUtv
• TV Talent: Dave McCann (play-by-play), Blaine Fowler (analysts), Spencer Linton (sideline)
• Live Video: BYUtvsports.com
• Radio: Cougar IMG Sports Network, KSL 102.7 FM / 1160 AM, BYU Radio - Sirius XM 143
• Radio Talent: Greg Wrubell (play-by-play), Mark Durrant (analyst)
• Live Audio/Stats: BYUcougars.com

BYU storylines

• BYU’s game with Colorado Mesa is part of the College Basketball Experience Hall of Fame Classic and is the second of two games the Cougars will host for the tournament. The Cougars defeated Mount St. Mary’s 108-76 on Friday. Both teams are first-time opponents for BYU.
• BYU is off to a hot start on the offensive end, averaging 100.3 points. The Cougars scored 112 points at Stanford, the most the team has scored since 1993, when BYU hung 128 on Sacramento State at home. The Cougars followed that with 108 points against Mount St. Mary’s.

• Filling in for injured preseason All-American Tyler Haws, Anson Winder started and scored a career-high 22 points on 9 of 12 shooting, including 2 of 4 from three. He also added 6 assists, 3 rebounds and 1 steal.CBE Hall of Fame Classic

  Dave Rose

BYU head coach Dave Rose has led BYU to its most successful eight-year run since taking over in 2005. His career record of 212-66 ranks him second in BYU history in total victories and first in winning percentage (.763). Rose has been named conference coach of the year three times, district coach of the year twice, led the Cougars to four conference titles, six NCAA Tournament appearances, two NIT appearances, six 25-win seasons and eight 20-win seasons. In 2010, he led BYU to its first NCAA Tournament win in 17 years and the Cougars have also won at least one postseason game in the three seasons since, including a spot in the Sweet 16 in 2011 and a trip to the NIT semifinals in 2013.

Return of Kyle Collinsworth

Record streaks

The Cougars will be looking to keep several program-record streaks intact during 2013-14. Coming into the season,  Dave Rose has led the Cougars to eight-straight 20-win seasons and eight-straight postseason appearances, eight-straight seasons with 10-plus conference victories and four-straight seasons with a postseason victory.

Nonconference schedule

BYU’s nonconference slate includes three in-state games, matchups with Big 12 and Pac-12 foes and trips to Kansas City and Springfield, Mass. In all, the Cougars will play six home games, three road games and four neutral site games during the nonconference season. After opening the season at home with Weber State, BYU will play at Pac-12 foe Stanford in the opener of the sixth-annual ESPN Tip-Off Marathon. The Cougars will also play in the College Basketball Experience Hall of Fame Classic with two games at home and two in Kansas City against Texas and either DePaul or Wichita State. BYU will also host Iowa State, North Texas and Prairie View A&M, play Utah State at EnergySolutions Arena, vs. UMass in Springfield, Mass., and at Utah and Oregon.

BYU’s newcomers

This season’s roster includes five newcomers – three freshmen, a junior college transfer and an NCAA Division I transfer. The freshmen are Frank Bartley IV from Baton Rouge, La., Eric Mika from Alpine, Utah, and Luke Worthington from Mequon, Wis. Skyler Halford comes to BYU from Salt Lake Community College and Chase Fischer is a transfer from Wake Forest.

• Bartley prepped last season at Future College Prep in California last season and averaged 19.7 points, 8.5 rebounds, 6.7 assists, 3.3 steals and 1.0 blocks while leading his team to the West Coast Prep title.
• Mika earned third-team All-America honors last season while leading Lone Peak to the MaxPreps.com national title and the 5A Utah state title. He averaged 16.4 points, 11.2 rebounds and 1.7 blocks.
• Worthington averaged 13.6 points and 10.0 rebounds while leading Homestead High School to a 13-7 record. He was named first-team All-North Shore Conference and all-state honorable mention.
• Halford was a first-team NJCAA All-American and averaged 17.4 points, 4.5 rebounds, 4.0 assists and 1.6 steals at SLCC. He led SLCC to the SWAC and Region 18 titles.
• Fischer played two season at Wake Forest after a successful prep career at Ripley High in Ripley, W.Va. He averaged 4.5 points and 1.1 rebounds and shot .422 from three last season.

Rose in season and home openers

Under Dave Rose, BYU basketball is 6-3 in season openers and 8-1 in home openers. After dropping his first two season openers in 2005 and 2006, Rose led BYU to four-straight season-opening wins before falling 69-62 at Utah State in 2011-12. Last year, BYU defeated Tennessee State 81-66 in the season/home opener. This season, the Cougars opened with an 81-72 win against Weber State at home. Rose lost his first home opener (also the season opener in 2005) but has since won the last seven home openers.

Rose vs. the state

BYU basketball coach Dave Rose has compiled a record of 28-6 vs. in-state opponents since taking over in 2005-06. He has the best winning percentage (.824) of any coach vs. in-state teams during that time and the most wins (Utah State’s Stew Morrill is second in both categories with a 27-9 record vs. in-state teams since 2005-06 for a .750 winning percentage). BYU defeated Weber State 81-72 in the season opener and plays Utah State at EnergySolutions Arena on Nov. 30 and visits Utah on Dec. 14.