BYU vs. Colorado State
Feb. 14, 2005
Postgame Notes
- BYU coach Steve Cleveland passed Frank Arnold and moved into fourth place on BYU's all-time victory list (138) with the win.
- Steve Cleveland now has the most MWC wins (48). Wyoming's Steve McClain has 47.
- BYU improves to 9-16, 3-7 in the MWC.
- BYU won for the first time in 11 games this year when scoring less than 60 points.
- BYU is 9-1 when outshooting its opponent.
- BYU leads the overall series against Colorado State 78-45, 51-10 at home.
- The Cougars have won seven of their last 10 games against Colorado State, including six straight in Provo.
- Under Steve Cleveland, BYU is 8-7 against Colorado State and 6-1 at home.
- Cougar defense held Matt Nelson, who ranks sixth in the nation in field goal percentage, to just 4-14 shooting on the night.
- The Cougars had two players in double figures, led by Mike Hall's 16 points and Austin Ainge with 10 points.
- Austin Ainge led BYU with six rebounds and led all players with five assists.
- BYU took its first lead of the game with just 1:55 left in the first half when Mike Hall made two free throws.
- BYU scored just 14 points in the first 13:26 of the game and then scored 13 points in the last 6:34 of the first half.
- The Cougars did not score their first bucket until 14:59 on an Austin Ainge jumper.
- The Cougars shot just 47.1 percent (8-17) from the free throw line, the second time this season BYU has shot below 50 percent from the line (37.5 percent against Air Force).
- BYU snapped a two-game losing skid.
- BYU picks up its first win by single-digits. The previous eight BYU wins have been double-digit victories, including its overtime win at UNLV.
- The Cougars were blocked six times in the first half.
- BYU won for the fourth time this year when being outrebounded. BYU is 4-10 when being outrebounded by its opponent. The Rams pulled down 42 rebounds to BYU's 30.
- BYU is 6-7 this season in the Marriott Center.
- BYU is 2-4 when playing on Monday night.
- BYU is 7-4 when it leads at half.
- BYU is 8-2 when it leads with 5 minutes left in the half.
- BYU is 8-1 when it leads with one minute left in the game.
- BYU is 7-9 when coming off a loss.
- BYU is 3-2 in games with only one day between the last game.
- BYU is 1-1 when its opponent scores fewer than 50 points.
- Coach Cleveland has used the same lineup the last six games. He has used 15 different lineups on the season.
- Derek Dawes has 10 starts this year, including the last six games. BYU is 5-5 when Derek Dawes starts.
- BYU is 9-16 when Mike Hall starts.
- BYU is 7-11 when Austin Ainge starts.
- BYU is 7-8 when Keena Young starts.
- BYU is 4-7 when Jimmy Balderson starts.
Coaches Quotes
BYU Coach Steve Cleveland
"We were fortunate at the end, no question."
"We've got to make our free throws for a little cushion. There's absolutely no excuse for the free throw situation tonight."
"We got to get a break once in a while and we got one tonight."
"It's a difficult time for both teams because confidence goes up and then it goes down."
Colorado State Coach Dale Layer
"We got some good looks that weren't going in, but we hammered the offensive glass."
"It was a frustrating loss. We played hard. Our rebounding effort was incredible."
"We played 40 really hard, tough, physical minutes. The Monday after Saturday is really hard. Our guys gave it all that they could give."