BYU Cougars || 18-10, 7-9 || Big 12 Conference
WHAT'S AT STAKE?
BYU looks to improve to 8-9 in Big 12 play and improve on its best season as a member of the conference. The Cougars are led by Delaney Gibb, who is coming off her best performance of the season, a 37-point, 5-assist, 5-rebound, 2-steal, 2-block outing, to hand the Utes their second-straight loss to BYU.
With a win, the Cougars would notch their 19th victory under first-year head coach Lee Cummard, marking the 3rd-most wins by a first-year coach in program history.
IT'S DELANEY'S WORLD, AND WE'RE JUST LIVING IN IT
Delaney Gibb leads the Cougars with seven 20+ point games this season, including her 37-point outing against the Utes on Saturday. The career day snapped Gibb out of a shooting slump, specifically from three, as she knocked down 5-of-8 attempts in the 86-74 win over the Utes. The sophomore also contributed five assists, five rebounds, two steals, two blocks and scored 18 fourth-quarter points to secure BYU’s seventh conference victory.
Her 37-point performance earned Gibb a Big 12 Starting Five nod. She also became just the third Cougar to score 35+ points in a game in the last decade, joining WCC Players of the Year Shaylee Gonzales and Cassie Broadhead Devashrayee.
With 28.5 points this week, Gibb moved into 7th on the all-time BYU scoring list at 17.32 points per game, passing 11-year WNBA veteran Erin Thorn (16.23). She also moved into 2nd for 3-PT field goals per game (2.40), 6th for career assists per game (4.20), 14th for 3-PT FG% (.361) and 16th 3-PT field goals made (120), passing two-time WCC Player of the Year, Shaylee Gonzales (114).
In the first game against Arizona State, Gibb went for 18 points on 6-of-15 shooting, 2-for-9 from behind the arc, eight rebounds, four coming on the offensive glass and three assists in the 71-62 BYU victory that handed the ASU its first loss of the season and snapped the 15-game winning streak.
PERPETUAL PERIMETER PRECISION
BYU 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 made at least one triple in each of the previous 822 games. The streak began on March 2, 2000, in an 86-69 win over Air Force. Chattanooga holds the longest active streak of 833 consecutive games with a triple.
HOW HARD CAN YOU GET HIT, AND KEEP MOVING FORWARD?
BYU is 7-3 this season in games immediately following a loss. In seven bounce-back wins, Gibb (20.2) and Hamlin (15.6) have combined for 35.8 points. The Cougars have scored 75 points per game on a 45.2 percent clip from the field in bounce-back wins, and have surrendered just 64.1 points to opponents on 36.2 percent from the field and 27.5 percent from deep. BYU has also swiped 9.1 steals, forced opponents into 16.4 turnovers and turned them into 17.4 points off opponent giveaways. The Cougars have grabbed 12.9 offensive boards per game, leading to 12.0 second-chance points in wins following a loss.
HOT STREAKS AND COLD SPELLS AWAY FROM PROVO
BYU is 5-4 in road contests this season, topping its road win total from 2024-25. The Cougars are 3-5 in Big 12 road games, having lost four of their last five before Saturday’s road win at Utah. A win at ASU would match the most road wins in a season since 2022-23 when BYU went 6-6 in their final season as a member of the West Coast Conference.
The Cougars went 4-1 in their first four road games this season, averaging 75.8 points on 41.9 percent shooting and 32.5 percent from three, while holding opponents to 62.2 points on a 36.9 percent clip. BYU also averaged 45.4 rebounds, 15.8 assists and 11 steals.
The Cougars then went 0-4 with losses to Oklahoma State, Kansas, Kansas State and Colorado, in which they averaged just 52.3 (-23.5) points on 30.1 (-11.8%) percent from the floor and have given up 75.3 points on a 43.7 percent clip and 34.1 percent from deep. BYU has averaged just 33.5 boards (-11.9) and 10.3 assists (-5.5), with their two leading scorers, Gibb and Hamlin, combining for just 19.8 points over the last four road games.
The Cougars snapped the four-game skid at Utah as the Cougars shot a season-high 53.7 percent, and 45.8 percent from deep, knocking down 11 triples. BYU also recorded 13 assists, grabbed 10 offensive rebounds and had four players finish in double figures for the fourth time this season.
SLOW OUT OF THE BLOCKS
BYU has been plagued by slow starts since the beginning of Big 12 play. The Cougars have trailed after the first quarter in 10-of-16 Big 12 games. When trailing after the first in Big 12 games, BYU is 3-7. When leading after the opening frame, the Cougs are 4-2.
The Cougars have also trailed at the half in nine Big 12 games with a 2-7 record. However, BYU overcame a six-point halftime deficit against Arizona State in the first meeting in Provo, outscoring the Sun Devils 43-28 in the second half while holding the visitors to 23.1 percent from the floor.
YOUNG GUNS, BIG BUCKETS
BYU’s freshmen have made huge contributions to the Cougars’ offensive success. Olivia Hamlin, Sydney Benally, Bolanle Yussuf and Braeden Gunlock have combined for 38.4 percent of all points scored by BYU this season. With sophomores Delaney Gibb, Brinley Cannon and Kambree Barber added to the mix, the underclassmen account for 70.3 percent of all BYU scoring.
In Big 12 play, underclassmen have combined for 51.5 of BYU’s 66.9 points per game (77%). In BYU’s win over Utah, Gibb scored a career-high 37 points on 13-of-21 shooting, while Benally contributed 13 and Hamlin had 11. The underclassmen scored 71 of the 86 Cougar points last Tuesday (82.6%).
70...IT'S THE MAGIC NUMBER
When the Cougars eclipse 70 points on offense, the Cougars are 14-3 on the season with their only losses coming to No. 17 Vanderbilt, at Arizona and No. 22 West Virginia. Cummard’s squad also prides itself on its ability to defend. BYU has held 19 of 28 opponents under the 70-point threshold and is 17-2 in such games, with their only losses to No. 18 Baylor and at Oklahoma State. BYU’s only win when allowing 70+ points came on Saturday at Utah (86-74). The Cougs have kept nine of their foes under 60 points this season, and are 23-2 over the past three seasons when doing so.
LIV'N IN FAST FORWARD
Hamlin is one of the top players in the country at playing in transition. The freshman scores 4.4 points per game, and 35.5 percent of her points come from transition buckets, which both rank in the 99th percentile nationally. The freshman has scored 11 or more points and made at least two triples in each of her last four games, including a career-high 23 points in the win over Iowa State. Hamlin went 9-for-18 from the field and knocked down three offerings from beyond the arc to go along with three rebounds and a steal in the 14-point win.
The Santa Clara, Utah, product leads all Big 12 freshmen in total steals with 50 and steals per game with 1.85. Her 50 steals on the season tie her for 7th in the freshman record book with former Cougar Amari Whiting. Her 1.85 steals per game is the 6th-highest mark in BYU freshman history behind two-time conference Player of the Year Shaylee Gonzales and 13-year WNBA veteran Erin Thorn.
Olivia Hamlin is a two-time Big 12 Freshman of the Week (Dec. 15 & Feb. 25) after helping the Cougs secure the season sweep of Utah. Hamlin went for 11 points, with two made triples, three rebounds, an assist and a steal. The freshman comes off the bench and is BYU’s second-leading scorer at 12.5 points per game. The Cougars are 16-5 when Hamlin finishes in double figures. Hamlin also has four 20+ point performances, two in Big 12 play, and BYU is 4-0 in such games, and 9-3 when Hamlin records multiple steals.
GERMAN ENGINEERED EXCELLENCE
Lara Rohkohl averages 9.8 points on 71.3 percent shooting, 7.1 rebounds, 2.0 blocks and 1.1 steals per contest in BYU wins this season. Rohkohl shoots 63.4 percent from the field on the season, which is the fifth-highest single-season percentage in BYU history and ranks in the 98th percentile nationally for the 2025-26 season. In the win over Utah, Rohkohl went for 11 points on 4-of-6 from the floor, six blocks and five boards. The Hanover, Germany native currently holds the fifth-highest single-season field goal percentage in BYU history.
NAVAJO DIME DROPPER
Sydney Benally is one of the best freshmen in the country at getting her teammates in positions to score, as she assists on 27.1 percent of all made baskets when she is on the floor, which ranks in the 93rd percentile nationally. Benally is second in the Big 12 and seventh nationally among freshmen with 116 assists. Her 4.14 dimes per game also ranks second in the conference and eighth nationally. BYU is 15-6 when Benally records at least three assists, and is 11-1 when the freshman drops at least five dimes.
Benally is also a mainstay in the BYU freshman record book as she sits second in assists per game (4.14), fifth in total assists (116) and 3-point attempts (152), sixth in assist-to-turnover ratio (1.38:1), seventh in made 3-pointers (40) and 3-point field goals per game (1.43), eighth in games started (28), 10th in minutes played (809:17) and 12th in steals per game (1.36).
BIG 12 WINS VS. BIG 12 LOSSES
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BYU's Big 12 Wins |
BYU's Big 12 Losses |
| Stats |
BYU |
Opp. |
BYU |
Opp. |
| Points/Gm |
77.1 |
63.6 |
59.0 |
76.0 |
| Scoring Margin |
+13.6 |
|
-17.0 |
|
| Field Goal % |
.455 |
.359 |
.347 |
.438 |
| 3-PT FG % |
.357 |
.288 |
.287 |
.328 |
| 3-PT/Game |
9.3 |
6.0 |
6.9 |
6.9 |
| Free Throw % |
.744 |
.753 |
.694 |
.811 |
| Rebounds/Gm |
40.7 |
33.4 |
34.9 |
39.9 |
| Rebounding Margin |
+7.3 |
|
-5.0 |
|
| Assists/Gm |
15.9 |
11.0 |
11.0 |
17.3 |
| Turnovers/Gm |
17.3 |
16.9 |
19.1 |
16.6 |
| Steals/Gm |
10.4 |
8.3 |
9.3 |
9.0 |
| Blocks/Gm |
5.3 |
3.6 |
4.0 |
4.0 |
Head Coach – Lee Cummard
- Alma Mater: BYU, 2009
- Division I Career Record: 18-10 || 1st Season
