Quick Hits

• The 2011-12 season marks BYU’s first as a member of the West Coast Conference and a new television partnership with BYUtv and ESPN that will give fans unprecedented access to BYU basketball. ESPN2 and ESPNU will broadcast a total of eight BYU games and BYUtv is currently scheduled to televise 18 games.
• Against Longwood, Charles Abouo had one of the best performances of his career, posting 19 points on 6 of 9 shooting to go with a career-high 16 rebounds. It marked the second double-double of his career. Abouo also added four assists and two blocks.
• Noah Hartsock and Brandon Davies both approached double-doubles and filled the stat sheet against BYU-Hawaii. Hartsock posted 14 points, nine boards, five assists, two blocks and two steals. Davies scored a career-high 25 points to go with nine boards, three assists, two blocks and one steal. Combined they shot 14 of 20 from the field.
• Dave Rose is one of the most successful coaches in the history of BYU basketball. He is second in program history in wins (161), first in winning percentage (.778) and has led the Cougars to five-straight NCAA Tournament berths and four conference titles. He also earned three Mountain West Conference Coach of the Year awards.
• BYU — along with Butler, Kansas and Pittsburgh — is one of only four NCAA Division I programs that has won at least 25 games in each of the last five seasons. Only eight teams have achieved the mark in each of the last four seasons, including BYU and WCC foes Gonzaga and Saint Mary’s.

Up Next

BYU heads to Chicago to face Nevada in the Chicago Invitational Challenge on Friday, Nov. 25, at 5 p.m. CST. The game will be played at the Sears Center Arena in Hoffman Estates, Illinois. Listen live on the radio beginning with the pregame show at 4 p.m. CST on KSL Newsradio 102.7 FM and 1160 AM or via the Internet at KSL.com. The game will be televised live on BYUtv and BYUtv.org.

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