BYU Cougars || 12-2, 0-0 || Big 12 Conference
WHAT'S AT STAKE? || Head coach Lee Cummard leads his 12-2 team into the matchup, with their only losses coming to teams ranked in the AP Top 12 and having a combined record of 28-0. Molly Miller leads her Sun Devils into Provo with a 15-0 record, which marks the longest win streak in program history. A BYU win would hand Arizona State its first loss of the season, ending its 15-game win streak and snapping Miller’s 42-game regular-season win streak.
OWNING THE GLASS || BYU is crashing the glass, averaging 43.3 rebounds per game, which ranks 26th in the country and second in the Big 12. The Cougars have five players averaging 5.0 rebounds or more per game, with four recording 6.1 or more. Lara Rohkohl leads the way with 7.0. The others: Brinley Cannon (6.3), Kambree Barber (6.2), Bola Yussuf (6.1) and Marya Hudgins (5.4). BYU is 10-1 when outrebounding opponents this season.
Against No. 8 TCU, which has four players over 6-foot-7, the Cougars tied the Horned Frogs on the glass 37-37 and doubled them up on the offensive glass 14-7.
BATTLE OF FIRST-YEAR HEAD COACHES || Saturday’s game between BYU and ASU marks head coach Lee Cummard’s first matchup against a fellow Big 12 first-year head coach. Arizona’s Becky Burke, Miller at Arizona State and Houston’s Matthew Mitchell are each in their first season at their respective schools.
BUILT ON BALL PRESSURE AND BUY-IN || The Cougars have held 12 of 14 opponents under the 70-point threshold and are 12-0 in such games. BYU has kept eight of its foes under 60 points this season, and the Cougars are 23-2 over the past three seasons when surrendering less than 60 points. BYU’s two losses came to No. 17 Vanderbilt and No. 8 TCU, which were each held below their season average points per game. BYU held Vanderbilt 3.1 points under their average and TCU 15.5 points under their 87.5 points per game.
BYU ranks 18th in the country, fourth in the Big 12, for opponent 3-point percentage, surrendering just 24.7 percent shooting and just 5.3 3-point makes per game. The Cougars also sit 24th nationally and fourth in the Big 12 in opponent field goal percentage, holding opponents to 34.6 percent from the field. Cummard’s squad also has eight players who average over a steal per game: Hamlin (2.1), Cannon (2.0), Traore (2.0), Gibb (1.8), Benally (1.8), Hudgins (1.3), Rohkohl (1.2) and Barber (1.0).
BACK LIKE SHE NEVER LEFT || Delaney Gibb picked up right where she left off since returning from injury. She continues to lead the Cougars with 15.2 points per game and 5.2 assists. The reigning Big 12 Freshman of the Year ranks in the 99th percentile as she assists on 37.6 percent of all Cougar makes while she is on the floor this season.
LIV'N IN FAST FORWARD || Olivia Hamlin was named the Big 12 Freshman of the Week on Dec. 15, marking the second weekly award for BYU in the last four weeks (Sydney Benally, Dec. 1). Hamlin led all Big 12 freshmen in points (42), made field goals (16), 3-point field goals (4), free throws made (6), steals (6) and minutes played (65). Hamlin was an anchor for BYU this week as the freshman led her team with 21 points per game on 50 percent shooting, 3.0 steals and 2.0 assists per game in wins over Idaho State and UTEP.
Hamlin is one of the top players in the country in transition. The freshman scores 42 percent of her points off of transition buckets, which ranks in the 98th percentile nationally. She also ranks in the 99th percentile in fast break points per 40 minutes with 7.3. Over her last five games, Hamlin is averaging 8.1 points per 40 on the run. She also leads all Big 12 freshmen in steals and steals per game with 29 and 2.07 per contest.
ENCORE FOR BARBER? || Following her last game against Arizona State on Feb. 1, 2025, Kambree Barber earned her first Big 12 Freshman of the Week honor. The now-sophomore went for a career-high 15 points on 7-of-9 from the floor, 12 rebounds, three assists, two blocks and a steal against the Sun Devils for her first-career double-double.
PERPETUAL PERIMETER PRECISION || BYU currently holds the second-longest active and the third-longest all-time streak of games with a made 3-point field goal in NCAA women’s basketball. The Cougars have connected on at least one triple in each of the previous 808 games. The streak began on March 2, 2000, in an 86-69 win over Air Force.
Head Coach – Lee Cummard
- Alma Mater: BYU, 2009
- Division I Career Record: 12-2 || 1st Season
