Game notes: BYU at Portland
BYU basketball will look to bounce back from its loss at Gonzaga when it plays at Portland on Saturday. The game is scheduled for 7:30 p.m. PST and will be broadcast on KSL Newsradio 102.7 FM and 1160 AM and televised on ESPNU.
BYU Cougars (15-6, 5-2 WCC)
- Head Coach: Dave Rose
- Alma Mater: Houston, 1983
- Division I Career Record: 200-60 (8th)
- Record at BYU: Same
Portland (8-13, 1-5 WCC)
- Head Coach: Eric Reveno
- Alma Mater: Stanford, 1989
- Division I Career Record: 93-118 (7th)
- Record at Portland: Same
Game Information
- TV: ESPNU
- TV Talent: Roxy Bernstein (play-by-play), Steve Cleveland (analyst)
- Live Video: watchespn.com
- Radio: KSL 102.7 FM / 1160 AM, BYU Radio - Sirius XM 143
- Radio: Talent Greg Wrubell (play-by-play), Mark Durrant (analyst)
- Live Audio: KSL.com
- Live Stats: BYUcougars.com
Series Information
- Series Record: BYU leads 7-0
- Last Meeting: BYU won 76-66, 2/25/12
- H/A/N: 4-0/3-0/0-0
Projected starters
| Portland (8-13, 1-5 WCC) |
|---|
| No. | Name | Ht. | Pos. | Ppg | Rpg |
| 15 | Derrick Rodgers | 6-1 | G | 5.5 | 2.5 |
| 21 | Korey Thieleke | 6-3 | G | 4.9 | 2.8 |
| 00 | Kevin Bailey | 6-5 | G | 12.1 | 2.2 |
| 32 | Ryan Nicholas | 6-7 | F | 13.1 | 9.5 |
| 12 | Thomas Van Der Mars | 6-11 | C | 6.4 | 4.9 |
Player and team notes
Dave Rose earned his 200th career victory with a 74-57 win over San Diego. Stan Watts is the only other coach in BYU history with 200-plus wins. Watts won his 200th game during his 12th season at the helm on Feb. 2, 1961 at New Mexico. It was his 329th career game (Watts’ career record was 371-254 in 23 seasons). Rose is in his eighth season and earned win number 200 in his 259th game.
Prior to the game at Gonzaga,
Tyler Haws had scored 20-plus points in seven-consecutive games, the longest such streak in his career. He opened the year with six-straight 20-point games and has 14 20-point games this season.
Matt Carlino has scored in double figures in seven-straight games (all WCC games), a career-best streak. During that stretch he is averaging 15.3 points, 4.1 rebounds, 5.1 assists and 3.0 steals while shooting .438 from the field and .359 from three. His assist to turnover ratio during that time is 2.4 to 1.
In the second half against Pepperdine, BYU out-scored the Waves 46-16 to earn the 76-51 victory. The 30-point scoring margin was the biggest in a half this season for the Cougars and the 16 points are the fewest allowed in a half this season by BYU.
BYU has completed three comebacks after trailing at the half this season. The Cougars trailed Utah and San Francisco by nine at the half and won 61-58 and 80-76. BYU trailed Pepperdine by five at the half and came back to win 76-51.
BYU played its best defensive game of the season against LMU, limiting the Lions to 51 points and 30.8 percent shooting — both season bests for the Cougars. The first half was BYU’s best defensive half as the Cougars limited LMU to 20 points and 23.5 percent shooting. BYU’s 57 second half points are the most scored by the Cougars in a half all season, one more than the 56 scored against Virginia Tech in the first half.
Tyler Haws hit 10 of 10 from the free throw line vs. Weber State, his third game this season shooting 100 percent from the line while attempting at least 10 free throws. Haws has four such games in his career, tied for the most in BYU history with Jimmer Fredette. Haws is tied with Russell Larson (1993-94) and Roberts (1994-95) for most perfect days from the line (minimum of 10 attempts) in a season with three. Danny Ainge, Lee Cummard, Larson and Roberts are tied for second on the career list with three.
