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First-year head coach Mark Pope | 250-39 at home over last 21 seasons | 15 All-WCC First Team honors since 2012 Kyle Chilton, BYU Athletic Communications | O: 801-422-4909 | C: 801-372-2080 | [email protected] | 30 Smith Fieldhouse | Provo, UT | 84602 2019-20 BYU SCHEDULE GAME INFORMATION N5 Tue Cal State Fullerton BYUtv W, 76-58 Date/Time ......Dec. 14, 2019, 6 p.m. MST TV ............................ BYUtv N9 Sat San Diego State BYUtv L, 71-76 TV Talent. .Dave McCann (play-by-play) N13 Wed Southern Utah+ BYUtv W, 68-63 . Blaine Fowler (analyst) N15 Fri at Houston ESPNU W, 72-71 . .Spencer Linton (courtside) N20 Wed at Boise State (OT) CBS SN L, 68-72 Live Video ........BYUtv.org and BYUtv app N25 Mon vs. UCLA+ ESPN2 W, 78-63 ® Radio ...............BYU Sports Network N26 Tue vs. No. 4/5 Kansas+ ESPN L, 56-71 . BYU Radio – Sirius XM 143, KSL 102.7 FM/1160 AM N27 Wed vs. Virginia Tech+ ESPN2 W, 90-77 Radio Talent .....Greg Wrubell (play-by-play) N30 Sat Montana Tech BYUtv W, 98-63 Utah State (10-1, 2-0 MW) . Mark Durrant (analyst) BYU (8-4, 0-0 WCC) Live Stats ..............BYUcougars.com D4 Wed at Utah (OT) Pac-12 L, 95-102 AGGIES COUGARS D7 Sat UNLV# BYUtv W, 83-50 Head Coach .................Craig Smith SERIES INFORMATION Head Coach . Mark Pope D10 Tue Nevada ESPNU W, 74-52 Alma Mater ............North Dakota, 1996 Series Record. BYU leads *143/141-92 Alma Mater ...............Kentucky, 1996 D14 Sat Utah State^ BYUtv 6 pm Career Record ...........189-92 (9th year) Last Meeting .....BYU won 95-80, 12/05/18 Career Record ................85-60 (5th) D21 Sat Weber State BYUtv 7 pm H/A/N ................ 86-32/54-60/3-0 Record at Utah State. 38-8 (2nd) *Wins in 2015 and 2016 vacated by NCAA Record at BYU �����������������������������������8-4 (1st) D28 Sat Oral Roberts BYUtv 7 pm J4 Sat Loyola Marymount* BYUtv 7 pm BYU STORYLINES J9 Thu at Saint Mary’s* ESPN2 or ESPNU 8 pm • BYU has hit 10-plus 3-point field goals in five-straight games (17 vs. Virginia Tech in Maui, 12 vs. Montana Tech in J11 Sat Portland* BYUtv 7 pm Provo, 12 at Utah, 14 vs. UNLV at Vivint Smart Home Arena, 12 vs. Nevada), a school record for consecutive games J16 Thu San Diego* BYUtv 7 pm with double-digit 3s. The old record of three-straight games happened four times, most recently in February of 2016. J18 Sat at Gonzaga* ESPN2 or ESPNU 7 pm • The Cougars have allowed an average of 46.0 points per game the last two outings. BYU held UNLV to 50 points and J23 Thu at Pacific* Stadium 7 pm Nevada to 42. The last time the Cougars limited opponents to 50 points or fewer in consecutive games was in WCC J25 Sat at San Francisco* Stadium 2 pm play last season in wins over Loyola Marymount (67-49) and at Portland (83-48) on Feb. 2 and 7, 2019. J30 Thu Pepperdine* CBS SN 6:30 pm • Connor Harding is coming off the best two-game stretch of his career scoring the ball. He hit three 3s for 12 points F1 Sat Saint Mary’s* ESPN2 or ESPNU 8 pm against UNLV and had 10 points vs. Nevada. He shot 8 of 14 from the field and 5 of 10 from 3 in the two games. F6 Thu at Portland* Stadium 7 pm BYU’S PROJECTED STARTING LINEUP (BASED ON THE PREVIOUS GAME) F8 Sat San Francisco* BYUtv 7 pm #30 | TJ Haws GP/GS MPG Pts Reb Ast Stl FG% 3PT% FT% F13 Thu at Loyola Marymount* ESPN2 or ESPNU 8 pm 12/12 30.6 12.4 2.4 4.3 0.8 .442 .355 .619 F15 Sat at San Diego* CBS SN 7 pm Guard Notes: Named the WCC Player of the Week on Dec. 2 ... hit the game winner as time expired at 6-4 | 170 | Sr. F20 Thu Santa Clara* CBS SN 7 pm Houston ... scored a season-best 20 points vs. Virginia Tech .... has scored in double figures in 10 F22 Sat Gonzaga* ESPN Networks 8 pm Alpine, Utah games this season ... an All-WCC Preseason honoree ... named All-WCC Second Team and NABC F29 Sat at Pepperdine* CBS SN 3 pm Lone Peak HS All-District 9 Second Team in 2018-19 ... father Marty and brother Tyler played for BYU M5-10 WCC Championships GP/GS MPG Pts Reb Ast Stl FG% 3PT% FT% +Maui Jim Maui Invitational #4 | Alex Barcello 12/12 30.4 10.8 3.0 2.3 1.0 .533 .447 .824 # at Vivint Smart Home Arena Guard Notes: Has scored in double figures seven times and secured three steals twice ... has hit a 3 in ^ Beehive Classic at Vivint Smart Home Arena 6-2 | 180 | Jr. nine of 12 games ... played his freshman and sophomore seasons at Arizona ... appeared in 51 * WCC Game Chandler, Arizona games for the Wildcats ... posted career highs of 16 points, 5 rebounds and 6 assists at Arizona ... All times local to site Arizona was the No. 2 recruit in Arizona and an ESPN Top 100 recruit in the class of 2017 SOCIAL MEDIA #5 | Jake Toolson GP/GS MPG Pts Reb Ast Stl FG% 3PT% FT% 12/12 34.3 15.3 5.1 3.8 0.6 .456 .439 .909 Website: www.BYUcougars.com Guard Notes: Tied his career high with 27 points at Utah ... has scored in double figures nine times this Facebook: /BYUbasketball | /BYUcougars 6-5 | 205 | Sr. season, including 20-plus three times ... has hit a 3 in all but one game this season ... played the Twitter: @BYUbasketball | @BYUcougars Gilbert, Arizona previous two seasons at Utah Valley ... was the 2018-19 WAC Player of the Year ... posted career Instagram: BYUcougars Utah Valley highs of 27 points, 12 rebounds and 9 assists at UVU ... played at BYU from 2014-16 Hashtags: #BYUhoops #GoCougs #23 | Yoeli Childs GP/GS MPG Pts Reb Ast Blk FG% 3PT% FT% 3/3 25.3 18.7 11.3 2.0 1.0 .525 .571 .556 **Follow @BYUgamenotes on Twitter for in-game Cougar achieve- Forward Notes: Made his season debut at Utah and had 29 points ... had double-doubles vs. UNLV, Nevada 6-8 | 225 | Sr. ments, milestones and notes.** ... candidate for the Karl Malone Power Forward of the Year Award ... named to the Wooden Award South Jordan, Utah Preseason Top 50 ... All-WCC Preseason honoree ... in 2018-19 had 17 double-doubles and scored Bingham HS 20-plus points 18 times ... is 13th all-time in scoring and fifth in total rebounds in BYU history #40 | Kolby Lee GP/GS MPG Pts Reb Ast Stl FG% 3PT% FT% 12/12 19.7 7.8 3.5 1.3 0.3 .585 .500 .652 Forward Notes: Has shot 50.0 percent or better seven times ... has scored in double figures five times and 6-9 | 240 | So. started all 12 games ... in Maui hit 17 of 20 from the field and averaged 12.0 points per game ... Meridian, Idaho posted career highs of 14 points, 7 rebounds and 4 assists at Houston ... made his first career Rocky Mountain HS start vs. Cal State Fullerton OFF THE BYU BENCH No. Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Yr. Pts. Reb. Hometown (Previous School) Notes 1 Wyatt Lowell F 6-10 205 So. 0.0 0.0 Gilbert, Arizona (Utah Valley) Was the 2018-19 WAC Freshman of the Year ... sitting out due to NCAA transfer rules 2 Zac Seljaas G 6-7 215 Sr. 6.8 4.3 Bountiful, Utah (Bountiful HS) Scored a season-best 14 points and added 6 rebounds and 2 steals vs. Montana Tech 3 Blaze Nield G 6-1 185 So. 1.3 0.2 Lehi, Utah (USU Eastern) Had 3 points and 3 assists against Montana Tech 10 Jesse Wade G 6-1 175 So. 0.0 0.0 Kaysville, Utah (Gonzaga) Played his freshman season at Gonzaga ... sat out last season due to NCAA transfer rules 13 Taylor Maughan G 6-4 210 Sr. 0.4 0.6 Fullerton, California (BYU-Hawaii) Against Montana Tech made his first career field goal, a 3-pointer 15 Cameron Pearson G 6-0 175 Fr. 0.0 0.2 Lakewood, Colorado (Chatfield HS) Was a member of the practice squad in 2018-19 21 Trevin Knell G 6-5 190 Fr. 2.4 0.9 Woods Cross, Utah (Woods Cross HS) Scored a career-best 9 points on 4 of 6 shooting against Montana Tech 24 Evan Troy G 6-5 180 Sr. 0.5 0.6 Longview, Washington (Mark Morris HS) Made his first career 3-pointer against Kansas 25 Gavin Baxter F 6-9 210 So. 0.0 0.0 Provo, Utah (Timpview HS) Named to the All-WCC Freshman Team in 2018-19 ... out indefinitely with a shoulder injury 33 Dalton Nixon F 6-7 215 Sr. 8.9 4.8 Orem, Utah (Orem HS) Started the first nine games of the season ... has made multiple 3s four times 42 Richard Harward C 6-11 255 Jr. 0.0 0.0 Orem, Utah (Utah Valley) Posted three double-doubles in 2018-19 ... sitting out due to NCAA transfer rules 44 Connor Harding G 6-6 185 So. 7.5 3.6 Pocatello, Idaho (Highland HS) Averaging 11.0 points and 2.5 3-point field goals over the last two games #BYUhoops 1 BYU BASKETBALL COACH MARK POPE Career Highlights • As head coach of Utah Valley from 2015-19, led the Wolverines to a record of 77-56 • Led Utah Valley to three-straight bids to the College Basketball Invitational (2017, 2018, 2019), includ- ing a trip to the semifinals in 2017 • Coached the Wolverines to 23 and 25 wins in 2017-18 and 2018-19, the first back-to-back 20-win seasons in Utah Valley history • Utah Valley’s 25 wins in 2018-19 are a school record • Coached the 2019 Western Athletic Conference Player of the Year and Freshman of the Year • Utah Valley was 30-2 at home from 2017-19 • Led the Wolverines to 22-straight home wins from 2017-19, the nation’s second-longest active home win streak at the time and the longest home win streak in school history • In 2018-19 led Utah Valley to its first-ever preseason tournament title as the Wolverines won the MGM Main Event Middleweight Championship in Las Vegas • Helped create and organize the #Toughest24 as Utah Valley opened the 2017-18 season playing at No.