Santa Clara University

Feb 06 | 09:00 PM

76 - 89

Brigham Young University

Marriott Center

500 E University Parkway Provo UT 84604

slee | Posted: 6 Feb 2014 | Updated: 8 Nov 2020

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Cougars rout Broncos for third-straight win

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PROVO, Utah – Four players scored in double figures as the BYU men's basketball team defeated Santa Clara 89-76 on Thursday at the Marriott Center.

"I thought our guys did a pretty good job early of tracking down loose balls, and they came out really on attack, and we were really active," BYU basketball coach Dave Rose said. "We rebounded well. We got into a pretty good scoring rhythm there in the middle of the first half. We were able to keep that going in the second half and it’s a good win and now we will look forward to a big game on Saturday."

Tyler Haws finished with a game-high 27 points to go along with five rebounds, while Kyle Collinsworth added 18 points, four assists and five steals. Eric Mika had his third double-double of the season with 15 points and 10 rebounds.

Skyler Halford contributed 12 points, six rebounds and four assists with Nate Austin grabbing eight rebounds. Luke Worthington had a career-high seven points and Matt Carlino finished the game with five points, two rebounds and two assists off the bench.

Collinsworth put the first points on the board for the Cougars with a three-point play after Halford’s dive to save the ball to start the game 3-3. Halford followed it up with a jumper. A Collinsworth dunk in transition at the 15:48 mark put BYU up 11-8. The Cougars went on a 14-4 run to take an 11-point lead with seven points coming from Haws, including two 3-pointers by Haws and Halford.

With 9:26 remaining in the half, Mika made a reverse dunk, which was followed by a pull-up jumper by Haws to extend the lead to 33-21. Frank Bartley IV’s drive to the rim gave BYU its largest lead of the half at 13 points. Mika completed a three-point play after getting fouled on a dunk as part of a 13-2 run. Mika’s free throws ended the Broncos’ 7-0 run to go up 53-40 at the half.

Three Cougars scored in double figures at the half with Haws scoring 17 and Mika and Collinsworth adding 11 points each. BYU shot 53.3 percent from the field, while keeping the Broncos to 40 percent and outrebounding them 24-14.

Haws opened up the second half with a three-point play for a 16-point lead. Six minutes into the half, Carlino made his first field goal of the game after connecting from beyond the arc for the 71-51 lead. Mika and Haws each recorded a block on consecutive possessions to hold onto their 20-point lead.

With 7:39 remaining, Collinsworth got a two-handed dunk on an inbound pass to push the lead to 80-58. Santa Clara went on a late 13-2 run to cut BYU’s lead to 89-76.

BYU dominated in the paint with 44 points to the Broncos' 24 and outrebounded them 50-32.

The Cougars stay home to take on San Francisco on Saturday at 7p.m. MST. The game will be televised live on BYUtv and broadcast on the Cougar IMG Sports Network on KSL Newsradio 102.7 FM/1160 AM.

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Kyle Chilton | Posted: 4 Feb 2014 | Updated: 8 Nov 2020

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Conference matchup with Santa Clara on Thursday

BYU Game Notes

Santa Clara Game Notes

BYU swept its two home games last week with wins over Pacific (88-78) and Saint Mary’s (84-71). The Cougars host Santa Clara and San Francisco this week in the Marriott Center. Thursday's game against Santa Clara will be televised live on ESPNU at 9 p.m. MST and broadcast live on the Cougar IMG Sports Network on KSL Newsradio 102.7 FM and 1160 AM and BYUcougars.com.

BYU Cougars (15-9, 7-4 WCC)

Head Coach: Dave Rose
Alma Mater: Houston, 1983
Career Record: 224-75 (9th)
Record at BYU: Same

Santa Clara Broncos (10-14, 3-8 WCC)

Head Coach: Kerry Keating
Alma Mater: Seton Hall, 1993
Division I Career Record: 110-117 (7th)
Record at Santa Clara: Same

Series Information

Series Record: BYU leads 20-5
Last Meeting: BYU won 91-81, 1/18/14
H/A/N: 11-2/8-3/1-0

Game Information

TV: ESPNU
TV Talent: Roxy Bernstein (play-by-play), Corey Williams (analyst)
Live Video: WatchESPN.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

Projected starters

Santa Clara (10-14, 3-8 WCC)
No.	Name	Ht.	Pos.	Ppg	Rpg
25	John McArthur	6-9	F	3.9	3.7
44	Yannick Atanga	6-8	C	3.0	5.0
3	Brandon Clark	6-0	G	16.9	2.7
5	Jalen Richard	6-3	G	4.0	2.5
23	Jared Brownridge	6-2	G	16.9	2.3

BYU Cougars (15-9, 7-4 WCC)
No.	Name	Ht.	Pos.	Ppg	Rpg
5	Kyle Collinsworth	6-6	G	14.0	8.2
23	Skyler Halford	6-1	G	8.7	1.5
3	Tyler Haws	6-5	G	24.6	4.0
33	Nate Austin	6-11	F	4.2	8.1
00	Eric Mika	6-10	F	12.9	6.4

By the numbers

1.7	Matt Carlino’s career steals average, second all-time in BYU history. His 145 career steals are sixth all-time and the 64 he totaled in 2012-13 as a sophomore are the fourth most in team history.
2	The number of players in BYU history to reach 1,000 career points as a sophomore. Danny Ainge was the first to do so and had 1,130 points in 57 games by the end of his sophomore season (1978-79). Sophomore Tyler Haws joined Ainge when he reached the 1,000 career point mark at Saint Mary’s on Feb. 21, 2013.
4	The number of players in the NCAA ranked in the top 150 in both rebounding and assists: BYU’s Kyle Collinsworth (56th in assists, T-81st in rebounding), UCLA’s Kyle Anderson (8th in assists, 53rd in rebounding), Saint Joseph’s Halil Kanacevic (T-98th in assists and 54th in rebounding) and Vermont’s Brian Voelkel (17th in assists and 66th in rebounding). Collinsworth, Anderson and Voelkel are the only three players in the country that average at least 5.0 assists and 8.0 rebounds per game (rankings as of 2/2/14).
4.7	Matt Carlino’s career assist average, second all-time in BYU history. As a freshman in 2011-12, he averaged 4.6 assists and in 2012-13, he averaged 4.8. Carlino is averaging 4.6 assists per game this season.
5	The number of times a player in the West Coast Conference has scored 35 points or more in a single game since BYU joined the league in 2011. All five instances have been achieved by Tyler Haws: 42 vs. Virginia Tech on 12/29/12, 37 vs. Washington on 3/19/13, 35 vs. Pepperdine on 1/9/14, 48 at Portland on 1/23/14 and 38 vs. Pacific on 1/30/14. The last time a WCC player not named Tyler Haws scored 35 or more came on March 25, 2011 when Santa Clara’s Kevin Foster scored 35 against Southern Methodist.
6	The number of career games for Tyler Haws shooting 100 percent from the free throw line with a minimum of 10 attempts, a BYU record. He hit 10 of 10 on Feb. 20, 2010 at Wyoming, 12 of 12 vs. Cal State Northridge on Nov. 24, 2012, 10 of 10 vs. Utah on Dec. 8, 2012, 10 of 10 at Weber State on Dec. 15, 2012, 14 of 14 at Loyola Marymount on March 2, 2013 and 11 of 11 vs. Wichita State on Nov. 26, 2013.
8	With a bid to the 2013 NIT, Dave Rose and the Cougars reached the postseason for a BYU record eighth-straight season. In his first year as head coach, Rose and the Cougars went to the 2006 NIT. That was followed by six-straight trips to the NCAA Tournament and last season’s NIT bid. BYU has also won 20-plus games in each of Rose’s eight seasons.
37	The number of consecutive games Tyler Haws has scored in double figures, a career-best streak and tied for 7th-best in BYU history.
44	The number of 20-point games Haws has in his career at BYU, fifth all-time in program history. He had 25 20-point games in 2012-13, fourth all-time in a single season.
46	Matt Carlino became the 46th BYU player to score 1,000 career points when he reached the milestone against Santa Clara on Jan. 19, 2014, his 81st career game. He currently has 1,049 career points and is two from tying Scott Runia for 43rd all-time at BYU.
88.7	Tyler Haws’ career free-throw percentage, first all-time in BYU history. He has hit 456 of 514 from the line in his career.
90.0	Eric Mika’s shooting percentage against Mount St. Mary’s, tied for the BYU freshman record for field goal percentage in a game (minimum 10 attempts). The freshman from Alpine, Utah, hit 9 of 10 from the field and scored 20 points. He shares the record with Fred Roberts, who also hit 9 of 10 vs. Utah State on Dec. 6, 1978.
112	BYU’s point total against Stanford, a 112-103 road win. The point total is the most by a BYU team under Dave Rose and the most since Feb. 25, 1993, when the Cougars scored 128 at home against Sacramento State. It also marked a BYU record for points scored against a Pac-12 team.
224	Dave Rose (2005 to present) is second all-time in BYU basketball history with 224 career victories, behind only the great Stan Watts, who coached the Cougars to 371 wins from 1949 to 1972 and was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 1986.
1,719	The number of points Tyler Haws has scored in his career, good for 9th all-time and 21 from tying Mekeli Wesley for 8th. Haws holds the BYU record for most points scored during freshman and sophomore seasons combined.

Kyle of all trades

In his first season since serving a two-year mission for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Russia, Kyle Collinsworth is averaging 13.7 points, 8.1 rebounds, 5.1 assists and 1.6 steals per game. He is proving to be the most versatile player in the WCC, especially in league games. Through nine WCC games (as of 1/26/14), he ranks in the top 10 in the four of the five major statistical categories: 9th in scoring, 2nd in rebounding, 4th in assists and 2nd in steals. He is also top 12 in four other categories: 8th in FG percentage, tied for 2nd in defensive rebounds, 13th in assist/turnover ratio and tied for 3rd in offensive rebounds.

We talkin’ about a half, not a (full) game, not a (full) game, not a (full) game. We talkin’ about a half!

In 2002, NBA star Allen Iverson didn’t wanted to talk about practice. With BYU’s leading scorer Tyler Haws, we don’t want to talk about a full game, but just a half. In his career, Haws has scored 20 or more in a half nine times, including seven this season.

30 the old fashioned way

Tyler Haws scored 31 points against Loyola Marymount while hitting 9 of 19 from the field and 13 of 14 from the free throw line. He joined Brandon Davies (33 vs. Weber State on Dec. 15, 2012) as the only other player to score 30-plus points without hitting a three since Keena Young scored 34 vs. UNLV on March 10, 2007. The last BYU wing/guard to score 30 without hitting a three was Travis Hansen on Jan. 5, 2002 when he netted 30 against Pepperdine. Prior to Hansen, the last guard to score 30-plus was Marty Haws, Tyler’s father, on Jan. 4, 1990 vs. Hawaii.

The mythical 5x3 and the 4x3+2

A 5x3 is when a player records at least three in each of the major statistical categories (points, rebounds, assists, steals and blocks). Only one BYU player – Rafael Araujo – has recorded a 5x3 since blocks and steals were first recorded beginning with the 1977-78 season. He did so with 24 points, 9 rebounds, 3 assists, 3 blocks and 3 steals vs. Wyoming on Jan. 19, 2004. Kyle Collinsworth has joined 11 other BYU players who have fallen one stat shy of a 5x3 and recorded a 4x3+2 (at least three in four of the categories plus two in the other). He had 11 points, 13 rebounds, 7 assists, 2 blocks and 5 steals at Pepperdine and 20 points, 9 rebounds, 5 assists, 3 blocks and 2 steals vs. LMU. Danny Ainge (2), Lee Cummard (6), Brandon Davies (3) and Greg Kite (2) are the only others to record more than one 4x3+2.

Fantastic freshman

Big man Eric Mika is having one of the top freshman campaigns in BYU history. He is currently ranked in the top 10 in several categories in the BYU record book, including: scoring (7th), rebounding (6th), field goal percentage (2nd), offensive rebounds (3rd), double-figure scoring games (T-7th) and consecutive games scoring in double figures (2nd).