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No. 22 All-Time Victories NCAA Division I • 2 National Titles (NIT 1951, 1966) • 26 Conference Titles • 21 NCAA Tournaments • 30 Postseason Invitations 1 National Player of the Year • 2 Basketball Hall of Fame Inductees • 40 All-America Citations • 43 NBA Draft Selections • 98 All-Conference Citations BYU COUGAR BASKETBALL Game 2 - BYU at Washington State BYU TO FACE WASHINGTON STATE TUESDAY IN SPOKANE 2005-06 BYU SCHEDULE/RESULTS BYU will play its road opener on Tuesday when the Cougars face the Washington State Cougars at 7 p.m. PST (8 p.m. MST). The two teams will meet for the first time in Spokane, with the game being played at Spokane Arena, NOVEMBER where the Cougars faced Connecticut in the 2003 NCAA Tournament. The game will be broadcast live on KSL 4 (Fri.) Victoria (exhibition) 81-54 W 10 (Thu.) Seattle Pacific (exhibition) 86-72 W Newsradio, which can be heard on 102.7 FM or 1160 AM. Greg Wrubell and Russell Larson will call the game, 18 (Fri.) Loyola Marymount 71-83 L which is also available online at KSL.com. 22 (Tue.) vs. Washington State (Spokane) 7 p.m. 26 (Sat.) Southern Utah 7 p.m. UP NEXT 30 (Wed.) vs. Lamar (Delta Center, SLC) 7 p.m. BYU returns to Provo to host in-state foe Southern Utah on Saturday at 7 p.m. in the Marriott Center. The Cougars will then face Lamar University on Nov. 30th in the Delta Center in Salt Lake City in a contest originally slated for DECEMBER Dec. 20th in Provo before being rescheduled because of Hurricane Rita. 3 (Sat.) @USC 7:30 p.m. 7 (Wed.) Boise State 7 p.m. COUGAR QUICK HITS 10 (Sat.) Northern Kentucky 7 p.m. • Coming off a disappointing 9-21 season after five straight postseason appearances, BYU looks to return to the 17 (Sat.) Weber State (SportsWest) 6 p.m. ranks of conference contenders and postseason invitees under the direction of new head coach Dave Rose. 22 (Thu.) @Utah State (KJZZ-TV) 7 p.m. • Rose enters his first year leading the Cougars after serving the past eight seasons as Steve Cleveland's lead 27 (Tue.) Eastern Washington 7 p.m. assistant, including five years as associate head coach. After Cleveland announced his resignation to take the 30 (Fri.) Tulsa 7 p.m. Fresno State job, BYU moved quickly to promote Rose to BYU’s head position. • This year Coach Rose has five juniors with some starting experience and several talented newcomers with the ability to make an impact in their first seasons on the court. JANUARY • Among BYU’s returning players, honorable mention All-MWC guard Austin Ainge was the team’s second-leading 5 (Thu.) *@Air Force (ESPN2) 9 p.m. scorer and top assist man last year, and junior forward Keena Young was BYU’s leading rebounder. Other return- 7 (Sat.) *Utah (ESPN+) 1 p.m. ers with starting experience include junior swingman Jimmy Balderson, who represented Canada at the World 11 (Wed.) *@UNLV (SportsWest) 7 p.m. University Games this summer; junior center Derek Dawes, who made 13 starts in the middle last year; and junior 18 (Wed.) *Wyoming (SportsWest) 7 p.m. guard Mike Rose, who made seven starts last year and averaged 7.7 points while making a team-leading 56 treys. 21 (Sat.) *@San Diego St. (SportsWest) 7 p.m. • Several players who did not take the court for BYU last year could be key contributors in 2005-06. Among those 25 (Wed.) *TCU 7 p.m. players are redshirt freshmen Trent Plaisted (6-11, F/C) and David Burgess (6-10, C), freshmen Lee Cummard (6- 28 (Sat.) *@Colorado State 7 p.m. 6, G) and Jackson Emery (6-3, G) and JC transfers Rashaun Broadus (6-0, G) and Fernando Malaman (6-9, F). FEBRUARY 1 (Wed.) *@New Mexico (SportsWest) 7 p.m. GAME #2 FAST FACTS 4 (Sat.) *Air Force (ESPN+) 1 p.m. 8 (Wed.) *@Utah (KJZZ-TV) 7 p.m. BYU COUGARS (0-1, 0-0 MWC) at WASHINGTON STATE COUGARS (1-0, 0-0 Pac-10) 11 (Sat.) *UNLV (ESPN2) 6 p.m. 18 (Sat.) *@Wyoming (SportsWest) 3 p.m. TUESDAY, NOV. 22, 2005 22 (Wed.) *San Diego State (SportsWest) 7 p.m. SPOKANE ARENA 25 (Sat.) *@TCU 7 p.m. SPOKANE, WASH. MARCH 7 p.m. PST (8 p.m. MST) 1 (Wed.) *Colorado State 7 p.m. 4 (Sat.) *New Mexico (SportsWest) 7 p.m. Coaches: BYU, Dave Rose (0-1 in first year; same overall) 9-11 MWC Tournament in Denver (ESPN, ESPN+) WSU, Dick Bennett (26-32 in his third season; 480-289 in 28th season overall) Series: WSU leads 5-4, including last year’s 49-46 win at the Delta Center in Salt Lake City -------------- TV: None Game times are local to site and subject to change Radio: KSL Newsradio, BYU Sports Network (Greg Wrubell, play-by-play; Russell Larson, game analysis) Additional television games are yet to be determined Web: Live audio is available at byucougars.com/basketball_m/ *denotes Mountain West Conference game 2005-06 BYU ROSTER # NAME POS. HT. WT. YR. HOMETOWN / LAST TEAM PPG RPG NOTE 1 *Rashaun Broadus G 6-0 195 Jr. Mililani, HI / Western Nebraska CC 9.0 1.0 JC transfer started season opener at the point 2 Mike Rose G 6-2 185 Jr. Houston, TX / Spring Woods HS 12.0 2.0 Saw first action after missing both exhibition games (injury) 3 Keena Young F 6-6 205 Jr. Beaumont, TX / South Plains College 0.0 3.0 BYU’s top rebounder last year played nine minutes vs. LMU 4 Jackson Emery G 6-3 175 Fr. Alpine, UT / Lone Peak HS 0.0 0.0 Freshman was Mr. Basketball recipient in Utah last season 11 Brock Reichner G 6-4 205 Sr. Provo, UT / Salt Lake Community College 0.0 0.0 Lone senior on the roster 13 *Austin Ainge G 6-2 180 Jr. Gilbert, AZ / Highland HS 4.0 3.0 4.1 apg last year was No. 3 in MWC; is top returning scorer 15 *Fernando Malaman F 6-9 215 Jr. Limeira, Brazil / Arizona Western College 6.0 4.0 Led BYU with four assists in season opener 23 *Jimmy Balderson G 6-6 200 Jr. Magrath, Alberta / Magrath HS 18.0 7.0 Was BYU’s leading 3-point shooter in 2004-05 (.420) 30 Lee Cummard G 6-6 175 Fr. Mesa, AZ / Mesa HS 3.0 0.0 Scored game-high 23 points vs. Victoria in exhibition opener 34 David Burgess C 6-10 250 Fr. Irvine, CA / Woodbridge HS 2.0 3.0 Medical redshirt averaged 5.5 points, 4 rebounds in two exhibitions 41 Jermaine Odjegba F 6-7 190 Fr. West Palm Beach, FL / Palm Beach Gardens HS - - Returned in June from LDS mission; redshirted in 2002-03 43 Derek Dawes C 6-11 275 Jr. Salt Lake City, UT / Cottonwood HS - - Probable to play on Tuesday; started 13 games in 2004-05 44 *Trent Plaisted F 6-11 245 Fr. San Antonio, TX / Clark HS 17.0 4.0 Medical redshirt avg. team-leading 19 pts, 9 rebs in exhibitions *denotes players who started last game www.byucougars.com Opponent Information 2005-06 BYU Men’s Basketball LOOKING AT WASHINGTON STATE Washington State is coached by Dick Bennett. The Cougars are 26-32 in his third season at Washington BYU SERIES RECORD VS. UPCOMING OPPONENTS State. Bennett owns a 480-289 career record in his 28th collegiate season. He guided Wisconsin to 2000 Final Four. Bennett has been the Washington State coach for 58 games. In 28 of those, WSU’s opponent Washington State WSU leads, 5-4 has scored 55 points or less, including UC Riverside in this year’s season opener. Prior to Bennett’s arrival, Last outing: Dec. 11, 2004 in SLC WSU held a total of 26 opponents to less than 55 points from the 1993-94 season to through 2002-03. Result: WSU 49, BYU 46 Last year, WSU finished sixth nationally in scoring defense at 56.9 points per game, the fewest points given up by a Pac-10 team since Oregon State’s 55.8 in 1983-84, prior to shot clock and 3-point line in college Southern Utah BYU leads, 8-0 basketball. The Cougars returning players accounted for 56 starts and 44.4 percent of WSU’s scoring in Last outing: Dec. 28, 2004 @ BYU 2004-05. The Cougars were 12-16 last season and tied for sixth in conference play with a 7-11 mark. They Result: BYU 77, SUU 52 lost to Stanford in the first round of the Pacific-10 Tournament. Sophomore Derrick Low is WSU s leading returning scorer after averaging 7.0 per game in 2004-05, the eighth best mark by a freshman in Cougar Lamar First meeting history. The Cougars return two starters and seven lettermen overall. USC USC leads, 5-3 WSU’s LAST OUTING - Crimson Cougars Cruise to Win to Open Season Last outing: Dec. 4, 2004 @ USC PULLMAN, Wash. -- Washington State’s Josh Akognon scored a career-high 22 points and pulled down a Result: USC 87, BYU 82 career-best eight rebounds to lead the Cougars past UC Riverside 86-55 in its season opener Saturday. The sophomore was making his first career start. UC Riverside struggled offensively, making 6-of-38 field goals, Boise State BYU leads 7-2 including 0-for-16 from three-point range, during the first half.