No. 22 BYU hosts Colorado on Saturday afternoon

PROVO, Utah — Jimmer Fredette's No. 32 will be raised to the rafters of the Marriott Center on Saturday, Feb. 14, when No. 22 BYU hosts Colorado for the first time since 2016. Tip is scheduled for 2 p.m. MT. 

WHERE TO WATCH
Saturday's game will be broadcast on FS1 with Noah Reed and Matt Muehlebach on the call. 

HOME ON THE RANGE
Saturday will be the 26th all-time meeting between the two programs and second since Colorado rejoined the Big 12 prior to last season. The Cougars are 8-17 all-time against the Buffaloes with six of those eigth wins coming in Provo including a 79-71 victory in their only previous trip to the Marriott Center on Dec. 10, 2016. Nick Emery was one of four Cougars to score in double figures that night finishing with 22 points, with Yoeli Childs finishing with an 11-point, 12-rebound double-double and Eric Mika chipping in 17 points, seven rebounds, six assists and three blocks. 

Second-year head coach Kevin Youngís first-ever Big 12 road win came against Colorado as the Cougars picked up a 83-67 victory on Jan. 21, 2025 at CU Events Center. In their first win in Boulder since 1903, Richie Saunders scored a game-high 25 points as the Cougars outscored CU 45-31 in the second half. The then-junior went 10-of-15 from the field, 3-of-6 from three and 2-of-3 from the free throw line. Trevin Knell and Mawot Mag combined for 25 points while Egor Demin filled the stat sheet with eight points, seven assists, four steals and two blocks. 

RIGHT WHERE HE BELONGS
Jimmer Fredette's jersey will be retired during halftime of Saturday's game, becoming the fifth player in program history with his number raised to the rafters joining Danny Ainge, Kresimir Cosic, Mel Hutchins and Roland Minson.

The native of Glen Falls, N.Y. was named the National Player of the Year by all major outlets his senior season after leading the nation in scoring with 28.9 points per game.  'Jimmermania' took the country by storm as he led the Cougars to an appearance to the Sweet 16 and they were ranked as high as No. 3 in the AP Poll.

His 1,068 points during that season are the 11th most in NCAA Division I men's basketball history. He scored a program record 52 points against New Mexico in the semifinals of the Mountain West Tournament, going 22-of-37 from the field, 7-of-14 from three and making his only free throw attempt. 

TRAITOR JOE'S
In his return to Waco, Robert Wright III scored a career-high 30 points, helping the Cougars end a four-game losing streak with a 99-94 victory over Baylor at Foster Pavilion. With the game tied at halftime, BYU outscored Baylor 58-53 over the final 20 minutes to improve to 3-1 against Baylor since joining the Big 12. 

Wright III scored 15 points in each half as the sophomore went 12-of-21 from the field, 2-of-5 from 3-point range and 4-of-6 from the free throw line including knocking down a pair of free throws in the final 30 seconds with the fans chanting 'Traitor'. AJ Dybantsa recorded his fifth 30-point performance of the season as the freshman finished with 36 points going 14-of-20 from the field, 1-of-4 from behind the arc and 7-of-8 from the charity stripe. 

SO NICE THEY DID IT TWICE
The trio of AJ Dybantsa, Richie Saunders and Robert Wright III combined for 81 of BYU's 99 points in the Cougars win at Baylor on Tuesday. It marked the second time this season they have combined for 81 points in game which is tied for the seventh-most points scored by three players in a single game in program history. 

Points	Players	Opponent, Date
86	Ty. Haws (48), Carlino (25), Halford (13)	at Portland, 1/23/14
85	Ty. Haws (48), Carlino (25), K. Collinsworth (12)	at Portland, 1/23/14
84	D. Durrant (34), Applegate (21), Sinek (18)	Utah, 1/14/84
84	Smith (39), Chatman (29), Usevitch (16)	Utah State, 12/19/87
82	Ainge (39), Roberts (30), Kite (13)	Utah State, 12/27/84
81	Nemelka (38), Kramer (29), Roberts (14)	vs. Cornell, 12/30/65
81	Fredette (38), Abouo (25), Emery (18)	Wyoming, 3/5/11
81	Saunders (31), Wright III (27), Dybantsa (23)	Arizona State, 1/7/26
81	Dybantsa (36), Wright III (30), Saunders (15)	at Baylor, 2/10/26

They are the only teammate trio in NCAA Division I men's basketball this season with each player averaging at least 17.0 points per game. No Big 12 trio of teammates ever accomplished that feat in a full season. 

EARLY BIRD GETS THE WORM OR DOES IT?
The Cougars are outscoring opponents by 9.7 points in the second half this season, third-best in NCAA Division I men's basketball and on track to be the biggest differential in Big 12 history. 

AJ Dybantsa has been a key part of the second half success for the Cougars as he is averaging 32.2 points per 40 minutes after halftime, putting him in the 100th percentile nationally. He has scored in double figures 17 times including four games with 20-plus highlighted by 24 points en route to his freshman record 43 points in a win over rival Utah on Jan. 26. 

Richie Saunders hasn't been too shabby himself as the senior is shooting 46.1 percent from behind the arc, close to 10.0 percent higher than his season average. His true shooting percentage of 71.1 percent over the final 20 minutes puts him in the 97th percentile. 41 of his team-high 64 3-pointers this season have come after halftime. 

SHAKE 'N BAKE
With 11 points on Saturday against Colorado, AJ Dybantsa will become the second freshman in program history to score 600 points. It will also make the 6-foot-9 forward the fastest freshman to reach 600 points since Dukeís RJ Barrett reached the plateau in his 26th game, a 33-point performance against rival North Carolina. 

Season	Name, School	Games to 600 points
2024-25	Cooper Flagg, Duke	31
2024-25	Tre Johnson, Texas	31
2024-25	Blake Harper, Howard	32
2024-25	Adrian Wooley, Kennesaw State	33
2023-24	PJ Haggerty, Tulsa	28
2022-23	Brandon Miller, Alabama	31
2021-22	Paolo Banchero, Duke	36
2020-21	Cameron Thomas, LSU	27
2019-20	Anthony Edwards, Georgia	31
2018-19	RJ Barrett, Duke	26

MBOUP! (THERE IT IS)
Redshirt freshman Khadim Mboup played a career-high 27 minutes off the bench in Tuesday's game to tie a career-high with 10 rebounds, four of those coming on the offensive glass. 

The Cougars are 4-1 when the Mboup has three or more offensive boards with the only setback coming on the road at Texas Tech.