BYU Cougars || 19-10, 8-9 || Big 12 Conference
WHAT'S AT STAKE?
BYU looks to improve to 9-9 in Big 12 play, which would mark the best record and conference winning percentage since 2022-23 when BYU was a member of the WCC. A victory would also give the Cougars 20 wins for the 22nd time in program history and the first time since the 2021-22 campaign, the final season of BYU’s all-time winningest coach Jeff Judkins. It would make first-year coach Lee Cummard just the third coach to lead BYU to a 20-win season in their first season at the helm.
COMEBACK KIDS
The Cougars won just three games a season ago when trailing at halftime. Cummard’s team, however, holds a 5-8 record when trailing at the break, with three of those wins coming in Big 12 play against Utah and Arizona State, twice. BYU trailed by six at home against ASU on Jan. 3 before outscoring the Sun Devils 43-28 after halftime. Against Utah on Jan. 31, the Cougs trailed 35-25 before besting the Utes 52-30 in the second. Finally, BYU overcame a six-point halftime deficit with a 48-30 second half in Tempe on Wednesday that included a 28-11 third quarter.
BYU has outscored its opponents by 13.5 points in the second half of its wins this season, 42.6 to 29.1, while shooting 47.9 percent to opponents' 31.8 percent clip.
IT'S DELANEY'S WORLD, AND WE'RE JUST LIVING IN IT
Delaney Gibb has scored 20 or more points in three consecutive games, showing why the sophomore was named to the USBWA Ann Meyers Drysdale Award Midseason Top-10 list a few weeks ago. In her last three outings, Gibb is averaging 27 points, 6.3 rebounds, 5.0 assists, 2.3 steals, 1.3 blocks and 3.0 made triples per game in 37.7 minutes of play. It also includes her 37-point outing against the Utes on Saturday in which she knocked down 5-of-8 attempts from deep 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. She followed that up with a 24-point effort in the win over Arizona State with seven rebounds, six assists, two blocks and two steals, along with a 13-for-14 clip from the charity stripe.
With her other-worldly three-game stretch, Gibb has moved into 7th on the all-time BYU scoring list at 17.45 points per game, passing 11-year WNBA veteran Erin Thorn (16.23). She also moved into 2nd for 3-PT field goals per game (2.37), 5th for career assists per game (4.24), 7th in minutes per game (32:59), 14th for 3-PT FG% (.355) and 16th 3-PT field goals made (121), passing two-time WCC Player of the Year, Shaylee Gonzales (114).
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-17 Big 12 games. When trailing after the first in Big 12 games, BYU is 4-7. 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.
BYU trailed at Arizona State by one after the first and by 13 at halftime before flipping the script in the second half. The Cougars came out of the break and outscored the Sun Devils 28-11 in the third quarter to take a six-point lead into the fourth. BYU then bested ASU 20-19 in the final 10 minutes for a 66-61 win.
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 823 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.
YOUNG GUNS, BIG BUCKETS
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-17 Big 12 games. When trailing after the first in Big 12 games, BYU is 4-7. 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.
BYU trailed at Arizona State by one after the first and by 13 at halftime before flipping the script in the second half. The Cougars came out of the break and outscored the Sun Devils 28-11 in the third quarter to take a six-point lead into the fourth. BYU then bested ASU 20-19 in the final 10 minutes for a 66-61 win.
GERMAN ENGINEERED EXCELLENCE
Lara Rohkohl averages 9.8 points on 71.3 percent shooting, 7.2 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 fourth-highest single-season percentage in BYU history (p. 35) and ranks in the 98th percentile nationally for the 2025-26 season.
In the win over Arizona State, Rohkohl went for 11 points on 5-of-7 from the floor and 10 rebounds for her second double-double of the season. Sher also had two blocks and a steal. BYU is now 11-0 on the season when Rohkohl scores at least 10 points and 5-1 when she grabs 10 or more rebounds.
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 26.7 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 120 assists. Her 4.14 dimes per game also ranks second in the conference and eighth nationally. BYU is 16-6 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 (120) and 3-point attempts (158), sixth in assist-to-turnover ratio (1.38:1) and games started (29), seventh in made 3-pointers (40) and 3-point field goals per game (1.38), eighth in minutes played (847:33) and 11th in steals per game (1.45).
At Arizona State, the Navajo hero had more than 500 people waiting outside the arena to welcome her to Desert Financial Arena. Despite a rough shooting night, the freshman scored three points, all from the line, dropped four dimes and recorded four timely steals in the win. She then spent nearly 45 minutes taking pictures and signing autographs for every native youth waiting by the bus, again, a crowd of hundreds of fans.
LIV'N IN FAST FORWARD
Hamlin is one of the top players in the country at playing in transition. The freshman scores 4.6 points per game, and 36.2 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 five 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 52 and steals per game with 1.79. Her 52 steals and her 1.79 steals per game are each 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 17-5 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.
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 |
75.8 |
63.3 |
59.0 |
76.0 |
| Scoring Margin |
+12.5 |
|
-17.0 |
|
| Field Goal % |
.445 |
.359 |
.347 |
.438 |
| 3-PT FG % |
.359 |
.282 |
.287 |
.328 |
| 3-PT/Game |
8.9 |
5.8 |
6.9 |
6.9 |
| Free Throw % |
.755 |
.765 |
.694 |
.811 |
| Rebounds/Gm |
40.6 |
33.9 |
34.9 |
39.9 |
| Rebounding Margin |
+6.8 |
|
-5.0 |
|
| Assists/Gm |
15.5 |
11.5 |
11.0 |
17.3 |
| Turnovers/Gm |
17.3 |
16.6 |
19.1 |
16.6 |
| Steals/Gm |
10.5 |
8.3 |
9.3 |
9.0 |
| Blocks/Gm |
5.3 |
3.5 |
4.0 |
4.0 |
Head Coach – Lee Cummard
- Alma Mater: BYU, 2009
- Division I Career Record: 19-10 || 1st Season
