PROVO, Utah - BYU returns to the friendly confines of the Marriott Center on Tuesday, Jan. 14, when the Cougars host Oklahoma State. Tip is scheduled for 7 p.m. MT.
WHERE TO WATCH
Tuesday's game will be on ESPN+ with Ted Emrich and Tim Welsh on the call.
HOWDY PARTNER
Tuesday will be the 10th all-time meeting between the two programs with BYU holding a 5-4 advantage, including a 2-1 record in Provo.
HEY RICHIE YOU'RE SO FINE
With his 26-point peformance on Saturday, Richie Saunders has now scored 20-plus three times this season, one more than he had scored in his first two seasons in Provo combined. The junior enters the third week of league play averaging 13.9 points per game while shooting 51.8 percent from the field, 42.9 percent from three and 71.0 percent from the field.
In league play, Saunders is averaging 17.8 points per game, which ranks him fifth in the Big 12.
MARRIOTT CENTER MAGIC
The Cougars are 8-1 this season and 647-155 all-time at the Marriott Center. They have won 10 or more games at the Marriott Center in 19 consecutive seasons, including 16 last season in their first year in the Big 12.
A DEMIN A DOZEN
Egor Demin is one of four freshman in the country to be averaging over 5.0 or more assists per game as the native of Moscow, Russia has a team-high 70 assists in 12 appearances. Following his four-assist performance on Saturday, the 6-foot-9 guard guard now has three or more assists 11 times this season, as he ranks second in the Big 12 in assists per game.
CHASING 200
Trevin Knell was reinserted into the starting lineup in Saturady's setback at TCU, finishing with five points and two assists. The senior, who will be making his 130th career appearance on Tuesday, is five 3-pointers away from becoming the seventh player in program history with 200 or more makes from beyond the arc.
The native of North Salt Lake ranks 15th in program history in 3-point field goal percentage at 39.2 percent. Richie Saunders cracked the Top 20 as the junior is shooting 37.25 percent from three, good enough for 20th on the all-time list.
FOUSS ON THE LOOSE
Fousseyni Traore is one of seven NCAA Division I men's basketball players to be shooting over 60.0 percent from the field (min. 400 FGM). The senior moved up to 36th on the all-time scoring list against TCU, passing Randy Reid, son of former BYU head coach Roger Reid.
UP NEXT
The Cougars head up to Salt Lake City on Saturday, Jan. 18, to face Utah at the Huntsman Center. Tip is scheduled for 7 p.m.
