RICO SUAVE
Richie Saunders is scoring a team- and career-best 15.1 points per game as the junior has scored in double figures in seven straight games follwing his 11-point performance against No. 20 Arizona. As of Thursday, Saunders is one of three players in NCAA Division I men's basketball to have played in 20 or more games and made 50 or more 3-pointers, while shooting 50.0 percent from the field, 40.0 percent from three and 70.0 percent from the free throw line.
PASS, SHOOT, CELEBRATE
In their last meeting against Cincinnati, BYU went 15-of-24 from 3-point range, making the Cougars one of 12 schools this season to shoot 60.0 percent or better from behind the arc with at least 15 makes against NCAA Division I competition. Villanova is the only school in the nation to have done it twice this season.
TRICKY TREVIN
In two career games against Cincinnati, Trevin Knell is averaging 17.5 points per game while shooting 54.5 percent from the field and 57.9 percent from 3-point range. Last season, in both team's first-ever Big 12 game, Knell went 9-of-14 from behind the arc in a loss, tying the Marriott Center record and setting a career-high with 27 points.
The senior is 11 points away from becoming the 54th player in program history to score 1,000 points. He is also four 3-pointers away from passing Mark Bigelow (1998-99, 01-04) and Chase Fischer (2014-16) to move into fifth on the all-time list.
EFFICIENCY IS KEY
Twenty-two games into the season, BYU ranks first in the Big 12 and 11th in the nation in effecitive field goal percentage (.570). The Cougars also lead the league in 3-point field goals made per game (10.6).
UP NEXT
BYU concludes its road trip on Tuesday, Feb. 11, when the Cougars face West Virginia in Morgantown for a second consecutive season. Tip is scheduled for 6 p.m. ET on CBS Sports Network.