BYU at Utah
Feb. 26, 2005
Postgame Notes
- BYU put together its 18th starting lineup in 28 games against Utah with Austin Ainge, Mike Hall, Jimmy Balderson, Jared Jensen and Derek Dawes.
- With the score at 29-29, the Cougars were tied at the half for just the fourth time this season. BYU is 1-3 in those games.
- The halftime tie marked the first time in road MWC play this season that the Cougars have not trailed after the first 20 minutes. BYU finished conference road play with a 1-6 record.
- Brock Reichner scored a career-high 9 points against the Utes on 3-for-3 shooting, including 2-for-2 from three-point range.
- BYU is now 1-16 when two or fewer Cougars score in double figures. Against Utah, Austin Ainge scored 17 points and Mike Hall added 12.
- The last time three Cougars fouled out of a game was Dec. 30, 2003 against Santa Clara (Rafael Araujo, Jared Jensen, Jake Shoff).
- The 28 team fouls called against BYU is the second-most called on the Cougars all season (29 at Colorado State).
- With a 50 percent (23-46) shooting percentage against the Utes, BYU is now 4-2 when shooting 50 percent or above with both losses coming in the last week (also at UNM -- Feb. 19).
- BYU's 58.3 percent (7-12) three-point shooting effort was its second-highest shooting mark from beyond the arc this season.
Postgame Quotes
BYU Head Coach Steve Cleveland
"Our aggression level was good. We competed. A coach can't be upset with this kind of effort."
"We've got to keep putting forth this type of effort next week and at the Mountain West Tournament. If we do we will be in every game."
"Generally speaking we did a good job of guarding them. We did a better job on (Andrew) Bogut in the second half, not fouling."