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BYU Men’s Basketball Game Notes – BYU vs. Fort Lewis

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BYU Hosts Fort Lewis Wednesday 2001-02 Schedule/Results BYU (4-2) hosts Fort Lewis (3-3) Wednesday at 7 p.m. in the Marriott Center. The game follows a BYU vs. Oregon women’s basketball game at 4 p.m. Both Overall: 4-2 H: 3-0 A: 1-2 N: 0-0 games will be televised by KBYU-TV, channel 11, with the men’s game being MWC: 0-0 H: 0-0 A: 0-0 taped-delay broadcast at 10 p.m. and the women’s game airing at 11:30 p.m. KSLNewsradio 1160 provides the radio broadcast on the Cougar Sports Network. Greg Wrubell will provide the play-by-play call with Mark Durrant Da t e Opponent (TV) Tim e adding commentary. The Cougars are coming off back-to-back home wins and No v . 6 EA Sports All-Stars (exhibition) 81-84 L have a 23-game home winning streak in the Marriott Center. Fort Lewis had its three-game winning streak come to an end Saturday in Denver with a loss No v . 10 London Leopards (exhibition) 90 - 7 0 W to Metropolitan State. No v . 17 at Univ. of San Diego 70 - 5 9 W No v . 24 Arizona State (SWP/Fox Sports Ariz.) 82 - 7 0 W GAME FACTS (game 7) No v . 28 at UC Santa Barbara 58 - 6 8 L We d n e s d a y , Dec. 12, 2001 Dec. 1 at Utah State (SWP) 81 - 9 0 L Dec. 5 Weber State 65 - 4 7 W BY U (4-2) vs. Fort Lewis(3 - 3 ) Dec. 8 Creighton (SWP) 61 - 5 2 W Marriott Center (22,700) • Provo, Utah • 7:06 p.m. MT Dec. 12 Fort Lewis 7 p.m. Dec. 15 University of Idaho 4 p.m. Coaches: BYU, Steve Cleveland (71-59 in fifth year; same overall) Dec. 22 v. Stanford in Las Vegas (ESPN) 9 p.m. Fort Lewis, Bob Hofman (77-67 in seventh year; 194-176 in 15th year overall) Dec. 27 Cal State Northridge 7 p.m. Series: First meeting Dec. 29 Southern Utah 4 p.m. TV: KBYU-TV, channel 11 Jan. 2 Un i v . of San Francisco 7 p.m. Air Time: 10 p.m. MT (taped-delay) Jan. 5 at Pepperdine (SWP) 5 p.m. Play-by-Play: Brett Richins Game Analyst: Chris Twitty Jan. 12* San Diego State (SWP) 4 p.m. Jan. 15* UN L V (SWP) 7 p.m. Radio: KSL Newsradio 1160 AM (Cougar Sports Network) Pregame Air Time - 6 p.m. MT Jan. 19* at New Mexico (ESPN+Plus) 1 p.m. Play-by-Play: Greg Wrubell Jan. 21* at Air Force( SWP) 2 p.m. Game Analyst: Mark Durrant Jan. 28* at Utah (ESPN) 10 p.m. Web: Audio available at www.KSL.com Feb. 2* Wyoming (ESPN+Plus) 1 p.m.

BYU’s Probable Starters: Feb. 4* Colorado State (SWP) 8:30 p.m. Pos. # Name Ht. Wt. Yr. PPG RPG Feb. 9* at UNLV 7:30 p.m. F 3 Mark Bigelow 6- 7 19 0 So . 17 . 8 3. 2 Feb. 11* at San Diego State (SWP) 7:30 p.m. F 25 Eric Nielsen 6- 9 21 5 Sr . 11. 2 5. 7 C 52 Ja r ed Jensen 6- 9 24 5 Fr . 6.5 3. 2 Feb. 16* New Mexico (ESPN+Plus) 1 p.m. G 2 Travis Hansen 6- 6 21 0 Jr . 17 . 3 8. 2 Feb. 18* Air Force (SWP) 8:30 p.m. G 31 Matt Montague 6- 0 19 0 Sr . 5. 8 7. 0 ap g Feb. 23* Utah (ESPN+Plus) 1 p.m. BYU Reserves: Feb. 28* at Wyoming (SWP) 9 p.m. Pos. # Name Ht. Wt. Yr. PPG RPG G 20 Daniel Bobik 6-6 205 So. 8.7 4.2 Ma r . 2* at Colorado State (SWP) 7 p.m. G 22 Jimmy Balderson 6-6 200 Fr. 2. 5 1. 8 Ma r . 7-9 at MWC Tournament in Las Veg a s F 32 Bart Jepsen 6-9 235 So. 0. 5 3. 0 C 40 Dan Howard 7-0 225 So. 0.0 0.5 G 12 Shawn Opunui 5-11 175 Fr. 0. 0 0.5 apg *Mountain West Conference game G 10 Terry Nashif 5-10 165 Fr. 0.0 0. 0 All dates subject to changes C 42 Jon Carlisle 6-10 260 So. 0.0 2.0 All times local to site F 4 Jesse Pinegar 6-9 225 Fr. -- -- w w w . b y u c o u g a r s . c o m 2001-02 BYU Basketball OPPONENT INFO/page 2

Scouting Fort Lewis Fort Lewis Quick Facts: Fort Lewis enters Wednesday’s game with a 3-3 record. Located in Durango, Colo., the Skyhawks are a member of the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference and NCAA General Info Division II. Coach Bob Hofman has four starters and eight lettermen returning from Location: Durango, Colo. last year’s 9-17 team. Senior guard Ben Foutz is the top scorer returning from last year Founded: 1891 (13.5 ppg in 2000-2001). This year the Sky Hawks are led by Kevin Hatch and Trevor Enrollment: 4,441 Lorz, who average 21.7 and 16.7 points per game, respectively. The Skyhawks had their three-game winning streak halted Saturday in their league opener against Nickname: Skyhawks Metropolitan State, losing 88-82 in Denver. The Skyhawks stayed within reach of the Colors: Navy Blue and Gold Roadrunners the entire game, trailing by one at the half, 43-42. Fort Lewis College fin- Home Arena: FLC Fieldhouse ished the game with four players scoring in double-figures. Junior forward Kevin Conference: Rocky Mountain Athletic, NCAA Hatch led all Skyhawk scorers with 16 points. He was joined by Ben Foutz and Zack Division II Cole who both added 13 points in the effort. Freshman center Nick Brooks continued Athletic Director: Dave Preszler his solid play contributing 12 points of a 4-of-5 performance from the floor while making 4-of-6 from the charity stripe. Both teams shot well as the Roadrunners made 29- of-65 (.527) from the floor, just out-shooting the Skyhawks who hit 28-of-58 (.483) from Basketball Info the field for the game. The three Skyhawk wins this year are over St. Xavier, Western Head Coach: Bob Hofman New Mexico and Westminster College. In addition to the loss Saturday vs. Metro State, Fort Lewis also suffered losses to Grand Canyon and Southern Utah. Fort Lewis is a Alma Mater: Colorado (1974) high scoring team (84.3 ppg). The Skyhawks are a good shooting team, making 49.4 Best time to call: Weekday mornings percent of their field goal attempts, including 43.9 percent from three-point range. Office Phone: (970) 247-7499 They also make 75.2 percent from the free throw line. Overall Record (Years): 194-176 (15th) Record at School (Years): 77-67 (7th) Series Notes Assistant Coaches: Brad Shick This will be the first meeting between the two schools.

2000-2001 Overall Record: 9-17 Quoting Cleveland on Fort Lewis “They aren’t very big but they get up and down the floor and score a lot of points. Conf. Record/Finish: 7-12/6th They have been one of the top three-point shooting teams in division II the past few Final Ranking/Post Season Finish: NA years and this year they are shooting 50 percent from the floor and 44 percent on threes. They have some great shooters. Kevin Hatch is 6-foot-4 and is making 56 percent of his threes and he takes around seven threes per game. He is making 60 percent 2001-2002 from the floor and is scoring 22 points per game. We will really need to play good Letterman Returning/Lost: 8/4 defense because a team that can put down threes like they do can be very dangerous.” Starters Returning/Lost: 4/1

Key Returning Starters (last year’s stats) Up Next – BYU Faces Idaho Saturday Zack Cole, 6-0, 175, Jr., G (6.0 ppg, 6.6 apg) BYU hosts the University of Idaho Saturday at 4 p.m. in the Marriott Center. The Ben Foutz, 6-2, 205, Sr., G (13.5 ppg, 5.0 rpg) Vandals enter the week with a 2-5 record. They are in their first season under head Tim Melton, 6-1, 195, Jr., G (8.5 ppg, 3.4 rpg) coach Leonard Perry. Three starters and seven lettermen return from last year’s 6-21 Dan Simington, 5-10, 180, Sr., g (8.7 ppg, 36 apg) team. The series with the Vandals is tied, 2-2, but the Cougars have won the only mod- ern-day meeting last year in the Marriott Center, 75-47. The three other games were Media Relations played in the 1937 and 1947 seasons. BYU is 2-1 in Provo in the series. Basketball Contact: Kate Kelly Office: (970) 247-7441 Home: (970) 382-8556 University of Idaho Quick Facts Email: [email protected] Location: Moscow, Idaho Key Returning Starters Fax: (970) 247-7655 Founded: 1889 Matt Gershefske, 6-6, 205, Sr., F (11.0 ppg, 3.6 rpg) Press Row: (970) 247-7046 Enrollment: 11,635 Rodney Hilaire, 6-6, 200, Sr., F (10.7 ppg, 5.6 rpg) Nickname: Vandals Colors: Silver and Vandal Gold Series History Home Arena: Cowan Spectrum (7,000) Series Record: Tied, 2-2 Athletics Web Site Conference: Big West Last Meeting: Jan. 2, 2001 ww w. f o r t l e w i s . e d u / i n s t - a d v / a t h l e t i c s / s k y h a w k . h t m l Athletic Director: Mike Bohn Result: BYU won 75-47 in Provo Head Coach: Leonard Perry Media Relations Contact: Becky Paull; Steve Alma Mater: Idaho (1995) Kirkwood Overall Record (Years): First year Office: (208) 885-0245; (208) 885-7065 Record at School (Years): First year Home: (208) 883-0850; (208) 883-3345 Assistant Coaches: Donnie Tyndall, Mark Leslie Email: [email protected]; [email protected] Fax: (208) 885-0255 2000-2001 Overall Record: 6-21 2000-2001 Conf. Record/Finish: 3-13/T7th Athletics Web Site: www.uiathletics.com

Letterman Returning/Lost: 7/4 Starters Returning/Lost: 3/2

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Cougars Played Solid Defense to Defeat Creighton Saturday 2001-02 BYUQuick Facts PROVO, Utah (Dec. 8, 2001) — On a brisk night in Provo, BYU turned on the defensive heat to burn the Creighton Bluejays 61-52 and warm a Marriott Center crowd of 6,072 General Information with its 23rd straight home victory. The Cougar defense kept the pressure on Bluejay Location: Provo, Utah 84602 shooters all night, holding a team that came in averaging 86.2 points a game to just 52 Enrollment: 30,069 (Daytime) points on 19-of-55 shooting from the field. The Cougars, led by a career-high 10 boards Founded: Oct. 15, 1875, by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints from true freshman Jared Jensen and a career-best eight rebounds by Daniel Bobik, out- Colors: Blue, White and Tan rebounded Creighton 36-29. "I was really proud of our defensive effort tonight," BYU Elevation: 4,553 feet head coach Steve Cleveland said. "Creighton is a team that lives off of execution and we Nickname: Cougars were able to take them out of their game tonight." Creighton’s leading scorer, Kyle Mascot: Cosmo Korver, came in averaging over 19 points a game but was limited to just four points on Affiliation: NCAADivision I 1-for-10 shooting from the field (1-of-3 from the line). The effort marks the first time Conference: Mountain West Korver has been held below double digits this season. The Cougar offense was led by President: Merrill J. Bateman (Utah, ‘60) Travis Hansen, who finished 5-of-7 from the field with 18 points and Mark Bigelow, who Athletic Director: Val Hale (BYU, ‘81) shot 5-of-11 on the night for 17 points. Either Hansen or Bigelow has been the top scor- Ticket Office Phone: (801) 378-BYU1 er for BYU in every game this season. The game was won for BYU at the free throw line, or 1-800-322 BYU1 where the Cougars went 20-for-25, marking the third straight game the team has shot Basketball Information over 80 percent from the charity stripe and the fourth time they have shot 80 percent or Head Coach: Steve Cleveland (UC-Irvine, ‘76) higher this season. In the past two games, the BYU defense has held opponents to an Office Phone: (801) 378-3612 average of 49.5 points and 35 percent shooting from the field. The Cougars have aver- Best time to call: Contact SID aged 63 points and shot 46.4 percent from the field during that same stretch. With their Record at BYU: 71-59, 5th year 26-23 lead at the half, the Cougars have gone to the locker room on top in each of their Career (4-year schools): same first six games. The victory pushes BYU’s record to 4-2 on the season and drops Associate Head Coach: Dave Rose Creighton’s record to 3-2 on the year. The Cougars next game is against Fort Lewis this (Houston, ‘83), Wednesday at 7 p.m. in the Marriott Center. Asst. Coaches: Andy Toolson (BYU, 1990); John Wardenburg (BYU, 1986) Director of Basketball Operations: Nate Call (BYU, ‘93), BYU in MWCStatistics Trainer: Steve Pincock Team Stats Arena: Marriott Center (22,700) • BYU leads all MWC teams so far this year in scoring defense (64.3), three-point per- 2000-01 Record: 24-9 centage defense (.267)and free throw shooting (.800). 2000-01 MWC Record: 10-4, T-1st 2001 MWC Tournament Champions • The Cougars rate second in three-point percentage (.398) and are third in field goal Postseason: NCAA first round percentage defense (.401). Final National Ranking: N/A Starters Returning/Lost: 1/4 Individual Stats Letterwinners Returning/Lost: 8**/9 • Matt Montague leads all MWC players in assists (7.0), is second in assist/turnover

*includes Mark Bigelow, a starter returning from a pre- ratio (2.33), and is tied for fifth in steals (1.5). vious season, not last year’s team. **includes sophomore Jacob Chrisman, who has • Mark Bigelow is tied for second in scoring (17.8), free throw percentage (.900) and announced plans to redshirt the season to play baseball three-point field goals made per game (2.67). but could return. • Travis Hansen ranks third in rebounds (8.2), fourth in scoring (17.3) and fifth in three- Media Relations point field goal percentage (.474). Media Relations Contact: Brett Pyne Office Phone: (801) 378-4912 Home Phone: (801) 796-6867 Media Relations Mailing Address: 30 SFH, Provo, UT, 84602-2239 Media Relations FAX: (801) 378-3520 Press Box Phone: (801) 378-3675 Website: www.byucougars.com

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Matt Montague (starting point guard) BYUMargin of Victory/Defeat: Senior point guard Matt Montague averages 7.0 assists, 5.8 ppg, 3.0 rpg in 39.5 minutes. He had 5 assists, 4 points, 4 rebounds and 4 steals while being pressed for 40 minutes vs. Creighton and had 8 points and seven assists vs. Weber State. He had a Wins Losses season-high 10 assists at Utah State, the most assists he has recorded since dishing out 1 point ...... 10 assists as a sophomore vs. Southern Illinois on March 20, 2000 in BYU's second 2 points ...... round NIT victory. Montague's career high is 11. Montague has led BYU in assists in each of his three previous seasons. He scored 11 points and had a game-high eight 3 points ...... assists at USD in the season-opener. Montague reached double-digit points only once 4 points ...... last year in 33 games, scoring 12 points at the University of San Francisco. 5 points ...... Travis Hansen (starting shooting guard) 6 points ...... Shooting guard Travis Hansen leads BYU in rebounding (8.2 rpg) and is second in 7 points ...... scoring (17.3 ppg). He averages 1.0 assist per game and is shooting 45.8 percent from 8 points ...... the floor, 47.4 percent on threes, and 76.3 percent from the line. He had a team-high 18 9 points ...... 1 ...... 1 points on 5-7 shooting along with five boards in BYU’s win over Crieghton Saturday. He averaged 12.5 points and 5.5 rebounds in BYU’s two home wins last week. Hansen 10 points ...... 1 scored a career-high 26 points against Utah State in BYU's overtime loss earlier this 11 points ...... season. He went 10-15 from the floor, including a 3-5 from three-point range, and was 12 points ...... 1 ...... 3-4 from the line. He added a team-high five rebounds and one assist in 38 minutes. His 10 field goals, three treys and 38 minutes were all career highs. Hansen extended a 13 points ...... 1 ...... string of 13 straight made free throws dating back to the season-opener in San Diego 14 points ...... before missing one of his four attempts at Utah State. Hansen had his second straight 15 points ...... double-double with 14 points and 10 rebounds at UC Santa Barbara after 18 points and a career-high 15 rebounds to lead BYU to a win over Arizona State in BYU’s home 16-19 points ...... 1(18) ...... opener. The two double-doubles are the first of his career. Hansen's 15 rebounds vs. 20-24 points ...... ASUis the most ever by a BYU guard and the most by a Cougar since Justin Widauer, 25-29 points ...... a center, grabbed 15 boards for BYU at Texas Christian in the 1996-97 season. Hansen has scored 20-plus points twice in BYU's six games and has a team-leading two dou- 30-plus points ...... ble-doubles. BYU’s record when . . . Mark Bigelow (starting small forward) BYU leads at half ...... 4-2 Sophomore forward Mark Bigelow averages a team-leading 17.8 points per game and 3.2 rebounds per game. He had 17 points and equaled his career-best 3 blocks and had Opponent leads at half ...... 0-0 2 steals vs. Creighton Saturday. He did not have a rebound. Last week he led BYU to Score tied at half ...... 0-0 two home wins, averaging 15.5 ppg. He had 14 points and 7 boards against Weber BYU leads with 5 minutes left ...... 4-1 State. He has made a three in all six games this year and has reached double-digit points in the last five straight games. He scored a team-high 15 at UC Santa Barbara, Opponent leads with 5 min. left . . . .0-1 including 4-6 on threes, and had 21 points at Utah State, with three treys. He is shoot- BYU leads with 1 minute left ...... 4-0 ing 47.1 percent on threes with a team high 16 treys made. He leads the team at the Opponent leads with 1 min. left . . . .0-1 line, making 90 percent (27-30). Bigelow scored a season-high 31 points in BYU's win over Arizona State in the home opener. It was the second time Bigelow has totaled Score tied with 1 minute left ...... 0-1 more than 30 points in his career. His scoring high is 33 points at Washington State as a Game goes into overtime ...... 0-1 freshman during the 1998-99 season. Against ASU in the last game in Provo, Bigelow BYU out rebounds opponent ...... 4-0 made shots from long-range, mid-range and inside, shooting 52.9 percent from the Opponent out rebounds BYU ...... 0-1 floor, going 9-17, including 4-of-8 three-point attempts. He missed only one free throw in 10 attempts to shoot 90 perent from the charity stripe. Bigelow contributed all over BYU and opponent tie in rebounds .0-1 the court with four assists (second to point guard Matt Montague's six) and three BYU shoots 50 % or better ...... 0-0 rebounds to go along with his sharp shooting. Opponent shoots 50 % or better . . . .0-1 Eric Nielsen (starting power forward) BYU out shoots opponent ...... 3-1 Senior forward Eric Nielsen will play a larger offensive role for BYU this year as BYU’s Opponent out shoots BYU ...... 1-1 lone returning starter. He is third on the team in scoring (11.2 ppg) and is second in rebounds (5.7 rpg). He had 9 points, 5 boards and 2 assists vs. Creighton Saturday and 14 points, 8 boards and 2 assists vs. Weber State. He averaged 11.5 ppg and 6.5 rpg in the two wins last week. He had 14 at Utah State and had a career-high 19 points vs. ASU in BYU’s home opener (his previous best was 17 against Utah in the 2000 MWC tournament in Las Vegas). Against ASU, he went 8-11 from the floor. His eight field goals made was a new personal best. Last year the most shots he took in a game was eight, when he averaged 3.8 shot attempts per game. He ranks third all-time at BYU in career field goal percentage and is making 56.3 percent of his shots so far this year. Jared Jensen (starting center) Freshman center Jared Jensen is averaging 6.5 points and 3.2 rebounds per game. He had a career-best 10 boards Saturday vs. Creighton, along with 4 points and 2 assists. He had 7 points vs. Weber State. He had a career-high 14 points on 4-5 shooting and 6-8 from the line at UCSB, but did not have a rebound. In his first career start vs. Arizona State, he played 15 minutes and had 4 points, 2 rebounds and 1 assist. Jensen has made 15-23 shots for a team-best 65.2 field goal percentage. He is 9-11 (.818) from the line.

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Off the Bench on the Perimeter 2001-02 BYUStarting Lineups After averaging 10 minutes off the bench last year while playing in 28 of 33 games, sophomore Daniel Bobik is playing a much larger role this year as BYU’s sixth-man. Opp. PG SG SF PF C He is averaging 24.2 minutes, 8.7 points and 4.2 rebounds. He is fourth on the team in scoring. He had 7 points and a career-best 8 rebounds vs. Creighton. He had a season- US D Mo n t a g u e Ha n s e n Bi g e l o w Ni e l s e n Ho w a r d high 13 points at Utah State. He played a career-high 33 minutes with 12 points and AS U Mo n t a g u e Ha n s e n Bi g e l o w Ni e l s e n Je n s e n four rebounds in the season-opener at USD. Other players off the bench on the perimeter include freshmen Jimmy Balderson (4 games, 8.3 minutes, 2.5 points), Shawn UC S B Mo n t a g u e Ha n s e n Bi g e l o w Ni e l s e n Je n s e n Opunui (2 games, 2.0 minutes) and Terry Nashif (2 games, 1.0 minutes). US U Mo n t a g u e Ha n s e n Bi g e l o w Ni e l s e n Je n s e n WS U Mo n t a g u e Ha n s e n Bi g e l o w Ni e l s e n Je n s e n Off the Bench in the Post Sopohomore Bart Jepsen has appeared in all six games off the bench, averaging 3.0 CU Mo n t a g u e Ha n s e n Bi g e l o w Ni e l s e n Je n s e n rebounds in 13.2 minutes per game. A solid rebounder and defender, Jepsen has six offensive boards and 12 defensive rebounds. Sophomore center Dan Howard started the season-opener at USD, the first start of his career. He played seven minutes, with one rebound. He has appeared in four games overall, playing 3.5 minutes per game. Other BYUStarting Lineup Record post players coming off the bench include sophomore Jon Carlisle, who has played in one game. Freshman forward Jesse Penigar was cleared by doctors to be able to practice Montague, Hanen, Bigelow, Nielsen, Jensen ...... 3-2 and play starting with the UC Santa Barbara game. He has been not been able to prac- Montague, Hanen, Bigelow, Nielsen, Howard ...... 1-0 tice since June while recovering from surgery on his left shoulder. He has not played yet this season. Home Winning Streak Coaching Staff Additions BYU extended its home court winning streak to 23 games with its win over Creighton Former BYU player Andy Toolson and Pine Saturday. BYU owns the fourth longest home-court streak in the nation (tied wtih View High School (St. George, Utah) coach Georgia State and Boston College). BYU went a perfect 15-0 in the Marriott Center last John Wa rd e n b u rg were hired as assistant season. BYU’s last loss in the Marriott Center was on Feb. 17, 2000 when New Mexico edged the Cougars 78-74. coaches in May. Toolson joins Cleveland’s staff after an 11-year professional career in Europe Home Winning Streak 2 and the NBA, while Wardenburg comes to BYU has defeated 19 straight nonconference opponents in the Marriott Center. The last BYU with 11 years of coaching experience at non-league foe to win in Provo was the California Bears, who edged BYU 71-70 on Dec. the high school and junior college level. 19, 1998. BYU has a 25-6 home record against nonconference teams under Steve Former assistant coach Nathan Call was Cleveland. named director of basketball operations. Associate Head Coach Dave Rose remains in Shooting Numbers that capacity. Heath Schroyer, who had served BYU is shooting 45.1 percent from the floor, 39.8 percent on threes and 80 percent (No. 1 among MWC teams) from the line. Last week, BYU shot 46.4 percent from the floor and alongside Cleveland, Rose and Call the past 36.4 percent on threes in two wins while making 82.4 percent from the line. Last week four seasons in Provo, left to accept an assis- BYU held its opponents to 35 percent shooting, including 20.7 percent on threes. Overall, tant position at Wyoming. Brian Santiago, BYU is first among MWC teams in three-point field goal percentage defense, allowing Cleveland’s administrative assistant the past only a 26.7 success rate from long range. BYU’s opponents shoot 40.1 percent from the four seasons, is BYU’s assistant athletic direc- floor overall and 71.8 percent from the free throw line. tor responsible for game operations. From Three-Point Range Four Cougars have made a three-point shot this season and three have made 47 percent Newcomers or more of their attempts. Mark Bigelow has made a team-high 16 threes (16-34, .471). He has made a trey in all six games. Travis Hansen is 9-19 (.474) and Daniel Bobik is 7- Jared Jensen, a 6-foot-9 forward, earned the 19 (.368). Forward Eric Nielsen is 1-2 (.500). 2001 Deseret News Mr. Basketball Award after scoring 25.8 points and pulling down 13 More Free Throw Numbers rebounds per game this past season at Fremont Four Cougars are shooting 80 percent or better from the free throw line and six are mak- High School (Utah). Shawn Opunui, 5-foot-11 , ing 70 percent or better. Mark Bigelow makes a team-leading 90 percent (No. 2 among averaged 21.7 points and 6.1 assists as an all- MWC players), followed by Daniel Bobik (.846), Matt Montague (.833), Jared Jensen state point guard at Orem High School (Utah) (.818), Travis Hansen (.763) and Eric Nielsen (.706). in 1999 before leaving for an LDS Church mission. Additional newcomers include freshman On the Boards BYU averages 35.2 rebounds while its opponents grab on average 31.3. BYUhas out Jimmy Balderson from Magrath, Alberta, and boarded its opponents in four games an is 4-0 in those games. The Coguars have only transfers Ricky Bower from the University of been out boarded once, 35-24 in its overtime loss to Utah State. The Cougars and UCSB Wisconsin, Jake Shoff from Weber State each had 35 rebounds. BYU's 42-26 rebounding advantage over ASU was the third worst University and Jon Carlisle from the margin suffered by ASU coach Rob Evan's in his coaching career and his worst at ASU. University of Utah. Bower and Shoff will redshirt next season because of transfer ru l e s For Openers while Carlisle, who returned from a mission BYU won its season-opener for the fifth straight year. The Cougars are 3-0 at home and earlier this year, is eligible to play as a sopho- 2-0 on the road in season-openers under coach Steve Cleveland. Both road wins have m o re but could redshirt while working to been in San Diego. Before this year’s win over the University of San Diego, the Cougars defeating San Diego State in Cleveland’s BYU debut in 1997. With this year’s return to playing condition. win over ASU, BYU has now won its last four home openers and is 4-1 in home-openers under Steve Cleveland.

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2001-02 Schedule Notes 2001-02 Schedule BYU Record - Comparing Recent Starts Da t e Op p o n e n t Tim e BYU started the year 2-0 for the third straight season and has had a winning record after No v . 3 Varsity Preview 7 p.m. six games for three straight years (4-2 this year, 4-2 last year, 5-1 in 1999-2000). The No v . 6 California All-Stars (exb.) 7 p.m. Cougars were 2-4 in 1998-99 and 1-5 in Cleveland’s first year in 1997-98. In Cleveland’s No v . 10 Worldwide (exb.) 4 p.m. four years he has started with the following records after seven games: 1-6, 2-5, 6-1, 5-2. No v . 17 at Univ. of San Diego 7 p.m. No v . 24 Arizona State (SWP) 4 p.m. BYU Opponents Get Big Wins No v . 28 at UC Santa Barbara 7 p.m. The six teams BYU has played so far have combined for a 27-12 record and .692 win- Dec. 1 at Utah State (SWP) 8 p.m. ning percentage. Several opponents have already recorded some big wins. Pepperdine, Dec. 5 Weber State 7 p.m. a 22-9 team last year that finished second to Gonzaga in the West Coast Conference, Dec. 8 Creighton (SWP) 8 p.m. knocked off No. 11 UCLAat Pauley Pavillion and Creighton, the champion of the Dec. 12 Fort Lewis (KBYU-TV) 7 p.m. Missouri Valley Conference that BYU just defeated Saturday, upset No. 17 Western Dec. 15 University of Idaho (KBYU-TV) 4 p.m. Kentucky. BYU also defeated Weber State, who won the Big Island Invitational with Dec. 22 v. Stanford in Las Vegas (ESPN) 9 p.m. wins over Louisiana State, Wisconsin and Colorado State and just defeated Utah State. Dec. 27 Cal State Northridge 7 p.m. Dec. 29 Southern Utah 4 p.m. Las Vegas Showdown vs. Stanford Jan. 2 Un i v . of San Francisco 7 p.m. The Cougars will face Stanford, who advanced to the Elite Eight of the NCAA Jan. 5 at Pepperdine (SWP) 5 p.m. Tournament last year with a 31-3 record, on ESPN in game two of the annual Las Vegas Jan. 12* San Diego State (SWP) 4 p.m. Showdown at the Thomas & Mack Center in Las Vegas on Dec. 22. Host UNLV will Jan. 15* UN L V (SWP) 7 p.m. play Texas in the first game on ESPN2. Jan. 19* at New Mexico (ESPN+Plus) 1 p.m. Jan. 21* at Air Force( SWP) 2 p.m. Jan. 28* at Utah (ESPN) 10 p.m. Seven Conference Champions Feb. 2* Wyoming (ESPN+Plus) 1 p.m. Seven conference champions, including Pac-10 champion Stanford, and 12 games Feb. 4* Colorado State (SWP) 8:30 p.m. against teams who qualified for postseason play last year highlight BYU’s 2001-02 Feb. 9* at UNLV 7:30 p.m. men’s basketball schedule. Other conference champions include Creighton of the Feb. 11* at San Diego State (SWP) 7:30 p.m. Missouri Valley Conference, Utah State of the Big West, Cal State Northridge of the Big Feb. 16* New Mexico (ESPN+Plus) 1 p.m. Sky (playing in Big West this year), Southern Utah of the Mid-Continent Conference Feb. 18* Air Force (SWP) 8:30 p.m. and fellow co-champions Utah and Wyoming of the Mountain West Conference. Feb. 23* Utah (ESPN+Plus) 1 p.m. Pepperdine and New Mexico also advanced to post-season play in the NIT tournament. Feb. 28* at Wyoming (SWP) 9 p.m. Pepperdine placed second in the WCC behind NCAAqualifier Gonzaga and earned a Ma r . 2* at Colorado State (SWP) 7 p.m. 22-9 record, including an NIT win in Laramie over Wyoming. The Waves enter their Ma r . 7-9 at MWC Tournament in Las Veg a s first year under former NBA player and coach Paul Westphal. New Mexico also advanced in the NIT, losing in the second round to Pepperdine. Including two exhibi- *Mountain West Conference game tion contests, BYU has 29 games, including 17 in the Marriott Center, on its schedule. All times local to site/subject to change The MWC tournament is Mar. 7-9, at the Thomas & Mack Center in Las Vegas. BYUOpponent 2001-02 Records Opponent Winning Percentage (as of Dec. 9) BYU’s 13 nonconference opponents earned a combined 234-156 (.600) record last year Already faced .... for an average record of 18-12. Instate rivals Utah State, Utah, Southern Utah and San Diego 4-3 Weber State combined for an 87-38 record, winning nearly 70 percent of their games Arizona State 4-2 and earning two NCAA and one NIT berth. Nine teams who qualified for a postseason UC Santa Barbara 5-2 (five NCAA, four NIT). Utah State 5-1 Weber State 6-2 Nonconference Notes Creighton 3-2 BYU will play seven nonconference opponents who were on the Cougars’ schedule last Total record teams already played - (.692) 27-12 year and six that are new to the schedule, including two first-time opponents. BYU had a 5-2 record last year against the seven teams it will play again this season, with home Still ahead .... wins over UC Santa Barbara, Utah State, Idaho and Southern Utah and a road win at Ft. Lewis 3-3 Weber State. The two losses both came during the first road trip of the season at San Idaho 2-5 Francisco and Arizona State. Stanford, Creighton, Pepperdine, Cal State Northridge, Stanford 3-1 San Diego and Fort Lewis are all new opponents this year, with San Diego and Fort CSNorthridge 1-5 Lewis playing BYUfor the first time. BYU faces teams from seven different conferences Southern Utah 2-5 in 2001-02, including three West Coast Conference teams in San Diego, San Francisco San Francisco 2-5 and Pepperdine; three Big Sky teams in Cal State Northridge, Weber State and Idaho; Pepperdine 4-3 two Pac-10 teams in Stanford and Arizona State; two Big West teams in Utah State and Total all nonconference opponents - (.530) 44-39 UC Santa Barbara; and one team each from the Missouri Valley Conference (Creighton), MWC teams ... Mid-Continent Conference (Southern Utah), and Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference San Diego State 5-3 (Fort Lewis). UNLV 3-3 New Mexico 5-3 Radio/TV Air Force 4-4 All BYU games will be carried live on the Cougar Sports Radio Network, originating Utah 4-3 from KSL Newsradio 1160 AM in Salt Lake City. BYU is featured six times this season Wyoming 5-2 in the Mountain West television package with ESPN, ESPN2, ESPN Regional Television Colorado State 4-5 (ESPN+Plus) and ABC. The Cougars play twice on ESPN and four times on Total record MWC teams - (.566) 30-23 ESPN+Plus. An additional 12 BYU games are part of the SportsWest Productions’ pack- Total record all opponents - (.544) 74-62 age and KBYU will produce two games for taped-delay broadcast. In all 21-of-27 regular season games are slated for television broadcast.

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Roster Breakdown 2001-02 BYU Outlook At the point, Montague will see the majority of the minutes. Montague is an Starters Returning (1) With the loss of four starters from last experience leader with 57 starts while Eric Nielsen F Sr . (6.2 ppg, 3.8 rpg) year’s 24-9 Mountain West Conference averaging 25.8 minutes in 92 career Starters Lost (4) championship team, coach Steve games. He has led the Cougars in assists Mekeli Wes l e y F Sr . (17.2 ppg, 5.5 rpg) Cleveland has some significant holes to during each of his three seasons. Ter r ell Lyd a y G Sr . (16.4 ppg, 2.8 rpg) Freshman Shawn Opunui is an explosive Trent Whiting G Sr . (14.2 ppg, 3.2 rpg) fill in 2001-02. Nathan Cooper F Sr . (4.5 ppg, 3.8 rpg) athlete who has the potential to earn sig- Senior forward Eric Nielsen is the lone nificant playing time. Terry Nashif, an Letterwinners Returning (8) starter returning from last year but Mark all-state point from Vancouver, Wash., is *Mark Bigelow G/ F So . (15.0 ppg, 6.3 rpg in 1998-99) a quick, intelligent freshman who could Daniel Bobik G So . (3.5 ppg, 1.4 rpg) Bigelow, the 1999 WAC Freshman of the Travis Hansen F Jr . (5.5 ppg, 3.0 rpg) Year, returns after serving a two-year also contribute. Dan Howard C So . (0.9 ppg, 0.6 rpg) mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of ~Bart Jepsen F So . (1.2 ppg, 2.1 rpg in 1997-98) Cleveland’s biggest uncertainties are in Matt Montague G Sr . (2.2 ppg, 1.8 rpg, 2.9 apg) Latter-day Saints. Three others – senior Eric Nielsen F Sr . (6.2 ppg, 3.8 rpg) guard Matt Montague, junior forward the post. Gone is MWCMVP Mekeli #Jacob Chrisman F So . (2.8 ppg, 1.9 rpg) Travis Hansen and sophomore forward Wesley, the team’s leading scorer and Bart Jepsen – have starting experience. rebounder. In addition, three other play- Letterwinners Lost (9) ers who would have played a strong role Mekeli Wes l e y F Sr . (17.2 ppg, 5.5 rpg) Ter r ell Lyd a y G Sr . (16.4 ppg, 2.8 rpg) Bigelow, who returned from an LDS inside this season will be gone for all or Trent Whiting G Sr . (14.2 ppg, 3.2 rpg) Church mission in June, was BYU’s top part of the year. Reserve center Derek Nathan Cooper F Sr . (4.5 ppg, 3.8 rpg) Dawes (6-11 sophomore) decided this Nate Knight F/ C Sr . (2.5 ppg, 2.5 rpg) scorer (15.0) and rebounder (6.3) as a ## D e r ek Dawes C Fr . (1.1 ppg, 2.0 rpg) swingman before departing on a mission summer he will leave on an LDS Church Jo r dan Arc h i b a l d G Fr . (0.1 ppg, 0.1 apg) to Ft. Lauderdale, Fla. He has grown an mission and two-sport athlete Jacob Ty Shippen G Jr . (0.6 ppg, 0.4 apg) Chrisman (6-8 sophomore) announced **Michael Vra n e s G Sr . (8.0 ppg, 4.1 rpg in 1999-2000) inch to 6-foot-7 and has been working on getting back into basketball condition during the summer his intention to red- Redshirt Freshmen Returning (1) since his return. shirt basketball this year to concentrate Jesse Pinegar F 6- 9 22 0 Fr . on baseball. With baseball team work- outs now complete, he has just this week Newcomers (9) Nielsen provides senior leadership as a Jon Carlisle C 6- 1 0 2 6 0J r. three-year starter. He averaged 6.2 started practicing with the basketball Ja r ed Jensen F/ C 6- 9 2 4 5F r. points and 3.8 rebounds last season and team. There is the possibility he could Shawn Opunui G 5- 1 1 1 7 5F r. play this season. Forward Jesse Pinegar Jimmy Balderson G 6- 5 2 0 0F r. will take on a larger role in 2001-02. Terry Nashif G 5- 1 1 17 0 Fr . Senior point guard Matt Montague adds (6-9 redshirt freshman) was cleared to ^Ricky Bower G 6- 4 18 5 Jr . valuable leadership on the court having practice and play the last week of ^Jake Shoff F/ C 6- 8 2 5 5J r. led the team in assists during each of his November after shoulder surgery in ^^ Dane Runia G 6- 0 17 0 Fr . June. Nielsen will play the 4-position. A ^^ Giffo r d Nielsen G 6- 4 1 9 5F r. three previous seasons. Travis Hansen should play a significant role in 2001-02 good shooter, he shot 61 percent from as a scorer, rebounder and defender. The the floor on mostly mid-range jumpers On LDS Church Missions (5) last year. Pinegar is a versatile and tal- Austin Ai n g e G 6- 1 Fr . Dom. Republic return - 2002-03 athletic forward earned a starting assign- John Al l e n F 6- 6 So. El Salvador return - 2002-03 ment last year before being injured. Bart ented offensive scorer with three-point Ma r c Roberts G 6- 2 So. Arg e n t i n a return - 2002-03 Jepsen started nine times as a freshman range, and Jepsen is a strong rebounder De r ek Dawes C 6- 1 1 So. New Hampshire return - 2003-04 in 1998. He redshirted last year to recov- and defender. If Chrisman decides to Garner Meads F 6- 8 Fr . Ed m o n t o n return - 2003-04 er from a broken leg sustained during play he could be a significant contribu- his two-year mission. tor. Notes: * Returning from mission for Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Even though the Cougars lose three Freshman Jared Jensen and Dan Howard ** Missed last season with a foot injury, learned will also not play starters from the perimeter, including (7-0 sophomore) will get a chance to this year. prove themselves at the center position. ~Redshirted last year all-conference guards Terrell Lyday and # Plans to sit out as redshirt to play full baseball season Trent Whiting, the Cougars should be Jensen is an effective scorer with his ## Departed on mission for Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day back to the basket and could get time on Saints strong on the outside this year. Hansen, ^ Redshirting this season because of transfer rules Bigelow and Daniel Bobik will likely the court at both post positions. Carlisle, ^^ Freshmen will redshirt in 2001-02 split up most of the minutes on the a 6-10 transfer who last played on Utah’s wings. Bigelow is a proven player and Final Four team in 1998 as the primary Breakdown By Class Hansen has the ability to be a top scorer. backup to current Cleveland Cavaliers Bobik, a 6-foot-6 sophomore, showed center Michael Doleac, has the talent to Seniors (2) signs of his potential with season highs be a strong contributor but could red- Juniors (1) of 16 points, six rebounds and three shirt while trying to get back into play- Sophomores (6) assists last year in a reserve role. ing shape after returning from his LDS Freshman (7) Freshmen Jimmy Balderson, a 6-foot-6 church mission. Jepsen could also prove guard from Alberta, Canada, could also a factor at center. At 6-foot-9, he is a earn time. He averaged 34 points in high physical player who runs the floor well school last year. and is a solid rebounder and defender.

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2001-02 Numerical Roster

No . Na m e Po s . Ht . Wt Yr . Ex p . Hometown (Previous School) Player Note 2 Travis Hansen G/ F 6- 6 21 0 Jr . 1L Or em, Utah (Utah Valley State College) • Leads team in rebounding (8.2), second in scoring (17.3) 3 Mark Bigelow G/ F 6- 7 19 0 So . 1L Olympia, Wash. (Olympia HS) • 1999 Freshman of Year leads team in scoring (17.8) 4 Jesse Pinegar F 6- 9 22 0 Fr . RS Salt Lake City, Utah (Brighton HS) • Cleared by doctors to play (shoulder surge r y ) 10 Terry Nashif G 5- 1 0 16 5 Fr . HS Van c o u v e r , Wash. (Evergr een HS) • Freshman point guard played briefly in two games 12 Shawn Opunui G 5- 1 1 17 5 Fr . HS Or em, Utah (Orem HS) • Reserve point back after ligament damage in thumb 20 Daniel Bobik G 6- 6 20 5 So . 1L Newbury Park, Calif. (Newbury Park HS) • Top reserve off the bench - 8.7 ppg, 4.2 rpg 22 Jimmy Balderson G 6- 6 20 0 Fr . HS Magrath, Alberta (Magrath HS) • Avg 34 ppg at Magrath HS, played in four games 25 Eric Nielsen F 6- 9 21 5 Sr . 3L Fr emont, Calif. (Irvington HS) • Three-year starter averaging 11.2 ppg, 5.7 rpg 31 Matt Montague G 6- 0 19 0 Sr . 3L Louisville, Ky. (Male HS) • Three-year assist leader averaging 7.0 assists/game 32 Bart Jepsen F 6- 9 23 5 So . 1L Roswell, N.M. (Roswell HS) • Redshirted 2000-01, primary reserve in the post 40 Dan Howard C 7- 0 22 5 So . 1L Kaysville, Utah (Davis HS) • Started/7 min. at USD, limited action in four games 42 Jon Carlisle C 6- 1 0 26 0 So . TR Salt Lake City, Utah (Utah) • Transfer from Utah saw first action vs. Weber (3 min) 52 Ja r ed Jensen F/ C 6- 9 24 5 Fr . HS West Haven, Utah (Fremont HS) •HS Mr. Basketball had caree r -high 10 rebounds vs. Crei g h t o n

Redshirting in 2001-02 5 ^Jake Shoff F/ C 6- 8 25 5 Jr . TR Alpine, Utah (Weber State) • Transfer from Weber State must sit out this season 14 ^Ricky Bower G 6- 4 18 5 Jr . TR Meridian, Idaho (Wis c o n s i n ) • Transfer from Wisconsin must sit out this season 34 Jacob Chrisman F 6- 8 22 5 So . 1L Pr ovo, Utah (Provo HS) • Baseball pitcher started practicing last three weeks 24 Gi ff o r d Nielsen G 6- 5 19 5 Fr . HS Sugar Land, Texas (Clements HS) • All-District guard likely to sit out this season 13 Dane Runia G 6- 0 17 0 Fr . HS Pr ovo, Utah (Timpview HS) • All-State point guard will redshirt this season

Head Coach: Steve Cleveland (UC-Irvine, ‘76), 5th Year Associate Head Coach: David Rose (Houston, ‘83) Assistant Coaches: Andy Toolson (BYU, ‘90); John Wardenburg (BYU, ‘86) Director of Basketball Operations: Nate Call (BYU, ‘93)

BYU PLAYER SEASON & CAREER HIGHS # Player Points Rebounds Assists (^blocks/#steals) 2 HANSEN, Travis 26 at Utah State 15 vs. Arizona State 3 vs. Elon College Career: same same same 3 BIGELOW, Mark 31 vs. Arizona State 7 vs. Weber State 4 vs. Arizona State/^3 (twice) Career: 33 at Washington State (1998-99) 14 (twice- 1998-99) 6 (twice - 1998-99) / ^ same

4 PINEGAR, Jesse ------Career: ------10 NASHIF, Terry ------Career: ------12 OPUNUI, Shawn -- -- 1 at Utah State Career: -- -- same

20 BOBIK, Daniel 13 at Utah State 8 vs. Creighton 3 at Utah State Career: 16 vs. Elon College (2000-01) same same (twice) / (#2 six times) 22 BALDERSON, Jimmy 6 vs. Weber State 5 at USD 2 vs. Weber State / #1 vs. Weber St. Career: same same same

25 NIELSEN, Eric 19 vs. Arizona State 8 vs. Weber State 2 vs. Weber State, Creighton Career: same 13 vs. South Alabama (2000-01) 4 at Utah (1997) 31 MONTAGUE, Matt 11 at USD 5 at UC Santa Barbara 10 at Utah State / # 4 vs. Creighton Career: 15 vs. SMU (1997) 10 vs. Tulsa (1997) 11 vs. Weber State (1997) 32 JEPSEN, Bart 2 vs. Creighton 6 vs. Arizona State -- Career: 7 at UNLV (1998) 9 vs. Washington (1997-98) 2 vs. Washington (1997-98)

34 CHRISMAN, Jacob ------Career: 15 vs. Elon College (2000-01) 8 vs. San Diego State (2001) 3 vs. Colorado State (2001) 40 HOWARD, Dan -- 1 at USD, vs. Weber St. # 1 vs. Weber State Career: 6 vs. UC Riverside (1999-2000) 5 vs. UC Riverside (1999-2000) same / (# 1, five times)

42 CARLISLE, Jon -- 2 vs. Weber State -- Career: -- same -- 52 JENSEN, Jared 14 at UC Santa Barbara 10 vs. Creighton 2 vs.Creighton/ ^1 , #1 Career: same same same

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ERIC NIELSEN / 6-9 • 215 • senior • forward Dan Howard / 7-0 • 225 • sophomore • center CAPSULE – A three-year starter, Nielsen will play a big role for the CAPSULE: Howard played in 14 games last year in limited action ... Cougars in 2001-02 with the loss of the team’s other four starters ... An The tallest player on the roster, he has a nice touch for a big man ... He intelligent player with a good mid-range jumper, his 56.3 career field has made 8 of his 11 field goal attempts as a Cougar ... A hard worker, goal percentage ranks third all-time at BYU ... Nielsen and teammates he has a knack for the ball and could be a factor in inside this year, espe- Matt Montague and Michael Vranes were all freshmen members of the cially with the Cougars’ losses in the post ... He has not had the oppor- 1996-97 BYU team that finished 1-25 .... After returning from his mission, tunity to play a lot of consistent minutes (he played a career-best 12 Nielsen has played the past two seasons for coach Cleveland , helping minutes at San Francisco last year) since last playing for his high school the Cougars earn a combined 46-20 record and two postseason tourna- team in 1996. ment berths ... He is Academic All-MWC and a Cougar Scholar Athlete. Bart Jepsen / 6-9 • 235 • redshirt sophomore • forward Matt Montague / 6-0 • 190 • senior • point guard CAPSULE: Jepsen redshirted last season after returning from an LDS CAPSULE: Montague provides leadership at the point having started 57 Church mission ... He had suffered a severe break of his leg on his mis- times and played in all 92 games in his three years ... Last year he start- sion ... He will likely play a significant role in the middle as a rebounder ed 12 games, primarily before Trent Whiting joined the team in and defender who can run the floor well ... A strong physical presence December, but still lead the team in assists (2.9) while playing mostly a and good rebounder, he could play a role similar to that of outgoing reserve role ... He has led the team in assists during each of his three senior Nate Knight ... Before a two-year LDS Church mission, Jepsen seasons ... A hard-nosed competitor, he sees the floor well and is a great started nine times while playing 27 games as a freshman in 1997-98 in transition passer ... Career averages are 3.6 points and 3.8 assists. Cleveland’s first season ... He is the younger brother of former Cougar center Bret Jepsen. Travis Hansen / 6-6 • 210 • junior • forward CAPSULE: . After playing a supporting role in his first season at BYU Jesse Pinegar / 6-9 • 220 • redshirt freshman • forward last year, he will be asked to play a more significant role for the Cougars CAPSULE: Pinegar redshirted last year after coming to BYU as one of in 2001-02 ... With an increase in playing time in 2001-02, Hansen has the the Cougars' top recruits and the first of BYU's top-20 recruiting class to talent to become an all-conference player ... He is very athletic ... His commit to the Cougars ... He was rated the top center in the West as a explosiveness gives him great potential as a scorer and rebounder ... He junior and sat out his senior year of high school after shoulder surgery is most effective when slashing to the basket but has range from the …An extremely skilled offensive player, he was expected to play a three-point arc ... He was fifth in scoring last year (5.5) and also grabbed strong role for BYU this season but again injured his shoulder in June ... 3.0 boards per game ... He earned a starting position midway through He will be out until at least December and perhaps longer to recover the year before missing nine games in the middle of MWC play because from the surgery to his left (non dominant) shoulder ... The latest of a fractured right foot. He played primarily a reserve role to senior surgery should completely repair the injury ... A mobile, athletic player, Nathan Cooper after returning from his injury ... He started nine games he can play the 3, 4 or 5 positions and has excellent range beyond the and the Cougars had a 7-2 record in those games with loses at Colorado three-point line ... He is an outstanding passer and a very skilled young State and Wyoming, where he suffered the foot injury ... He played his offensive post player ... He made significant strides in the weight room freshman year at Utah Valley State College before going on an LDS this past season before the injury .... He has the tools to play a significant Church mission ... He sat out a year as a redshirt before joining the role once healthy. Cougars in 2000-2001. Jacob Chrisman / 6-8 • 225 • sophomore • forward MARK BIGELOW / 6-7 • 190 • sophomore • guard/forward CHRISMAN CAPSULE: A two-sport athlete, Chrisman is also is a pitch- CAPSULE – Bigelow could be one of the Cougars top players and er on the BYU baseball team … He announced last spring that he will among the top performers in the Mountain West if he returns to his pre- redshirt basketball this year to play a full season of baseball, but could mission form ... He was BYU's leading scorer (15.0) and rebounder (6.3) still try to play both sports this season … He started practicing with the in 1998-99 before going on a two-year LDS Church mission to Ft. basketball team in November after the completion of fall baseball work- Lauderdale, Fla. ... He should play a significant role this season if he can outs … He could be a significant contributor if he does play basketball regain his physical conditioning ... He returned from his mission in June … he is extremely mobile and a strong rebounder … He is an athletic having grown an inch to 6-7 ... He returned at 185 points ... He could low post player who can score in multiple ways … He has developed a play the 2 or the 3 spot on the floor for the Cougars ... He is an excellent nice perimeter game … A hard worker, he has a knack for the game and shooter and extremely intelligent player ... A gifted offensive player with finds a way to make plays both on offense and defense … A slasher-type a great mid-range game ... He moves well without the ball ... He was the player who has a nice shooting touch … He could play both the three 1999 WAC Pacific Division Freshman of the Year, All-WAC Second and four positions for the Cougars. Team and All-Newcomer Team in 1999 ... He had a career-high 33 points at Washington State and twice recorded highs of 14 rebounds in a game. Daniel Bobik / 6-6 • 195• sophomore• guard CAPSULE: Bobik averaged 3.5 points and 10.4 minutes while playing in 28 of 33 games as a freshman ... He has good offensive instincts and size on the guardline ... He will compete for a starting role in 2001-02 with the loss of BYU’s all-conference guard line of Whiting and Lyday ... He has good range and is a crafty passer with good court awareness ... He could play some point but is primarily a wing player ... He enrolled at BYU for his freshman season after returning from an LDS Church mission to the Dominican Republic … He was one of the first recruits to sign with BYU under Steve Cleveland.

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Newcomer Profiles BYU VS. NONCONFERENCE Jared Jensen / 6-9 • 245 • freshman • forward/center (Entering Season) Jensen earned the 2001 Deseret News Mr. Basketball Award after scoring 25.8 points and pulling down 13 rebounds per game this past season at Fremont High School. He averaged G W L Pct. 17 points and 10 rebounds per game as a junior when he also earned Salt Lake Tribune and U of San Diego FIRST MEETING Deseret News All-State honors. He is a talented offensive player in the low-post who can also score with his jumper. He played center in high school but will likely play power for- Arizona State 45 24 21 .533 ward in college. He should get the opportunity to play as a freshman with the loss of 2001 UC Santa Barbara 4 4 0 1.000 Mountain West Conference Player of the Year Mekeli Wesley in the post. Utah State 217 132 85 .608 Shawn Opunui / 5-11 • 170 • freshman • point guard Weber State 26 17 9 .654 Opunui averaged 21.7 points and 6.1 assists as an all-state point guard at Orem High School Creighton 6 4 2 .667 in 1999 before leaving for an LDS Church mission. A strong offensive player and solid Ft. Lewis FIRST MEETING defender, Opunui shot nearly 91 percent from the free throw line, third best in state history, Idaho 4 2 2 .500 and 40 percent on three-point attempts. His 401 assists put him on the state's top-10 all-time list. He is an athletic point guard who has excellent open court passing skills and is an out- Stanford 4 3 1 .750 standing three-point shooter. His ability to break defenses down with the dribble should CS Northridge 3 3 0 1.000 create offensive opportunities for his teammates. He loves pushing the ball up the floor as a Southern Utah 4 4 0 1.000 true point guard with great court vision. A super passer and great penetrator, Opunui San Francisco 7 3 4 .429 should have an immediate impact on the program with the loss of all-MWC guards Trent Whiting and Terrell Lyday and the uncertain return of Michael Vranes, who sat out last year Pepperdine 4 1 3 .250 with an injury. TOTAL 324 197 127 .608 Jon Carlisle / 6-10 • 260 • sophomore • center Carlisle is from Salt Lake City and last played on Utah’s Final Four team in 1998 as the pri- BYU OVERALL VS. MWC TEAMS mary backup to current Cleveland Cavaliers center Michael Doleac. He averaging 2.4 points G W L Pct. and 2.1 rebounds in 10.3 minutes per game. He averaged 17.3 points and 10.3 rebounds at Air Force 45 38 7 .844 Brighton High School in 1997 and was one of three players, including new Cougar team- Colorado State 114 72 42 .632 mate Shoff, to earn Region 4 Tri-Player of the Year honors. He is working out to get back into playing shape. His playing weight as a freshman was 223 pounds. He may redshirt this New Mexico 107 61 46 .570 season. San Diego State 47 34 13 .723 Jimmy Balderson / 6-6 • 200 • freshman • guard UNLV 11 5 6 .455 Balderson is a 6-foot-6 combo guard who averaged 34 points, 9.2 rebounds and 6.8 assists Utah 230 115 115 .500 while leading Magrath High School in Alberta, Canada to a 32-3 record this past season … Wyoming 152 86 66 .566 He has excellent range from the three-point line and has good size … He shot 54 percent TOTAL 706 411 295 .582 from the floor and 91 percent from the free throw line at Magrath High … A skilled young player, he could factor in on perimeter this year ... He plans to leave in the spring on a two- year mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. CLEVELAND VS. MWC TEAMS Terry Nashif / 5-10 • 165 • freshman • guard G W L Pct. Nashif is a freshman who served a mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints after his senior year in 1999 at Evergreen High School in Vancouver, Wash. … A smart Air Force 7 5 2 .667 player who can put down the three-pointer, he knows how to run a team and is an excellent Colorado State 6 2 4 .333 distributor of the ball … He could factor in at the point along with fellow freshman Shawn New Mexico 10 5 5 .444 Opunui and senior Matt Montague San Diego State 7 7 0 .1000 UNLV 7 3 4 .429 Transfers Sitting Out 2001-02 Utah 10 2 8 .200 Jake Shoff / 6- 8, • 255 • junior • forward/center Wyoming 7 4 3 .571 Shoff, from Alpine, Utah, started 19 of 28 games last year at Weber State, scoring 7.4 points TOTAL 53 27 26 .509 and pulling down a team-best 6.0 rebounds while shooting 56 percent from the floor. Prior to serving a mission to Honduras, Shoff averaged 5.5 points and 4.6 rebounds his freshman season with the Wildcats. He averaged 16 points, 10 rebounds and four assists his senior year at American Fork High School. CLEVELAND VS. IN-STATE SCHOOLS (current) G W L Pct. Ricky Bower / 6-4 • 185 • junior • combo guard Southern Utah 2 2 0 1.000 Bower played 14 minutes per game last year at Wisconsin and averaged 4.3 points. An Utah State 5 3 2 .600 excellent shooter, he shot 44 percent from three-point range and 81 percent from the line. Prior to serving a mission to Poland, Bower played his freshman season at Ricks College, Weber State 5 4 1 .800 where he was named Region 8 MVPafter averaging 16 points and making 48 percent of his Utah 10 2 8 .200 three-point attempts. Brother of former Cougar guard Danny Bower, the Meridian, Idaho, TOTAL 22 11 11 .500 native prepped at Skyview High School and was named the state’s Mr. Basketball, averaging 26.7 points, 6.4 rebounds and 5.7 assists per game.

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STEVE CLEVELAND / head coach Steve Cleveland victory over TCU to achieve BYU’s first con- Newcomer of the Year and second-team all- enters his fifth sea- ference tournament win since 1994. conference honors. son at the helm of Cleveland has improved BYU each year in the Cougars in post season as well. After guided his team He signed a multi-year contract extension in 2001-02. In his four to the 2000 Mountain West Conference October. Before taking the helm at BYU on seasons at BYU, Tournament finals and the quarterfinals of March 11, 1997, Cleveland compiled a 157- Cleveland has the NIT in 2000, last year he coached the 77 record at Fresno City College in Fresno, proven to be a first- Cougars to the 2001 MWC Tournament Calif. Cleveland was named coach of the rate recruiter, an Championship and an NCAA berth. year two times while at FCC and led the excellent coach and Rams to post-season playoffs in each of his player developer, As a recruiter, Cleveland has made a similar seven seasons in Fresno. Cleveland coached and above all, a winner. impact on BYU's program. Cleveland 10 years at Fresno's Clovis West High recruits have proven they are not only com- School, compiling a 180-70 record. Last year Cleveland guiding BYU to its first mitted to Cleveland's vision but also are the NCAA tournament bid since 1995, its first kind of players to help make that vision a PLAYING CAREER conference regular season title since 1993 reality in Provo. Cleveland and his staff Cleveland played college basketball at UC and its first conference tournament champi- have been able to attract top talent from Irvine and was the Anteaters' MVP and onship since 1992. While rebuilding a pro- Utah and beyond. BYU has had one of the leading scorer his senior season in 1975-76. gram that finished 1-25 before his arrival, he conference's top players in each of his four Prior to attending UC Irvine, Cleveland was has improved the Cougars each season, seasons. Last year Trent Whiting transferred Fresno City College's Most Outstanding posting records of 9-21, 12-16, 22-11 and 24- from Utah even though he had to give up a Player in 1973-74. Cleveland received a B.A. 9. The Cougars also improved upon an NIT year of eligibility. He was named to the degree in social science from UC Irvine in season in 1999-2000 to earn an NCAA berth MWC Newcomer Team and earned All- 1976, and received a Master's in education last year. MWCSecond Team honors while averaging administration from Fresno Pacific in 1979. 14.2 points. In 1999-2000, Terrell Lyday was The past two seasons both rank among of the MWC Newcomer of the Year and was PERSONAL the school’s best year’s ever in terms of fourth in the league in scoring with a BYU- Cleveland, 49, was born in the Los Angeles wins dating back to the Cougars first season best 17.1 ppg. He followed in the footsteps area and spent most of his life in Fresno, in 1902. In fact, only five BYU teams have of Mark Bigelow, who led the Cougars in Calif. He served an LDS Church mission to ever recorded more wins than last year’s 24- scoring (15.0) and rebounding (6.3) while England from 1971-73. Cleveland was the 9 team and only seven have improved upon being named the Western Athletic first head basketball or football coach at the 22-11 record in 1999-2000. Conference Pacific Division Freshman of the BYU to have served a church mission. Year and second-team All-WAC in 1998-99 Cleveland and his wife Kip have three chil- The Cougars have improved their confer- before departing for a two-year LDS Church dren: sons Casey (23) and Skyler (20) and ence record each year under Cleveland (4-10 mission. Ron Selleaze transferred to BYU in daughter Katie (11). first year; 6-8 second year; 7-7 third year, 10- Cleveland's first season and earned WAC 4 last year). The Cougars are an impressive 29-2 at home the past two years and have improved on the road with 17 away/neutral STEVE CLEVELAND / college coaching ledger wins the past two seasons. BYU was a perfect 15-0 in the Marriott Center last year. Brigham Young University Year W L Pct. Conference Conf. Tourney Ntl Tourney Cleveland's teams have come on strong at 2001-2002 4 2 .667 the end of each season. Last year BYU won 2000-2001 24 9 .727 10-4 (T-1st) 3-0 0-1 NCAA five straight games on the road to secure a 1999-2000 22 11 .667 7-7 (sixth MWC) 2-1 2-1 NIT share of the MWC regular season title and 1998-1999 12 16 .429 6-8 (fifth WAC ) 1-1 earn the automatic NCAA bid by claiming 1997-1998 9 21 .300 4-10 (sixth WAC ) 0-1 the MWC Tournament in Las Vegas. The Totals 71 59 .546 27-29 (.482) 6-3 (.667) 2-2 (.500) Cougars won six of their last eight games the prior season, including two MWC tour- Fresno City College nament wins and two NIT victories. In Year W L Pct. Conference N. Cal Final 8 Cleveland's first year, BYU completed a rare 1996-97 31 4 .886 13-1 (first) 3-0 1-1 sweep of New Mexico and UTEP on the 1995-96 22 10 .688 9-5 (second) 1-1 road to earn a WAC tournament berth. The 1994-95 26 11 .703 9-5 (fourth) 3-0 0-1 road sweep of New Mexico and UTEP was 1993-94 18 13 .581 7-5 (fourth) 0-1 the first for BYU since 1990-91 and the 83-62 1992-93 17 15 .531 5-7 (fourth) 1-1 upset of No.15-ranked New Mexico in the 1991-92 24 10 .706 8-4 (second) 0-1 Pit ended the Lobos’ 41-game home win- 1990-91 19 14 .576 4-8 (fifth) 0-1 ning streak. In Cleveland's second season Totals 157 77 .671 55-35 (.611) 8-5 (.615) 1-2 (.333) the Cougars had a blowout win over UTEP before a 90-74 conference tournament upset w w w . b y u c o u g a r s . c o m 2001-02 BYU Basketball SEASON BOX & TEAM STATS /page 12

All Games

RECORD: OVERALL HOME AWAY NEUTRAL ALL GAMES...... (4-2) (3-0) (1-2) (0-0) CONFERENCE...... (0-0) (0-0) (0-0) (0-0) NON-CONFERENCE...... (4-2) (3-0) (1-2) (0-0)

|---TOTAL---| |---3-PTS---| |----REBOUNDS----| ## Player GP-GS Min--Avg FG-FGA Pct 3FG-FGA Pct FT-FTA Pct Off Def Tot Avg PF FO A TO Blk Stl Pts Avg ------03 BIGELOW, Mark...... 6-6 188 31.3 32-75 .427 16-34 .471 27-30 .900 6 13 19 3.2 19 2 13 16 6 4 107 17.8 02 HANSEN, Travis..... 6-6 199 33.2 33-72 .458 9-19 .474 29-38 .763 13 36 49 8.2 20 0 6 17 3 1 104 17.3 25 NIELSEN, Eric...... 6-6 201 33.5 27-48 .563 1-2 .500 12-17 .706 9 25 34 5.7 17 0 6 14 0 3 67 11.2 20 BOBIK, Daniel...... 6-0 145 24.2 17-42 .405 7-19 .368 11-13 .846 4 21 25 4.2 15 0 9 11 2 7 52 8.7 52 JENSEN, Jared...... 6-5 120 20.0 15-23 .652 0-0 .000 9-11 .818 3 16 19 3.2 18 1 3 4 2 2 39 6.5 31 MONTAGUE, Matt..... 6-6 237 39.5 10-30 .333 0-6 .000 15-18 .833 3 15 18 3.0 13 0 42 18 0 9 35 5.8 22 BALDERSON, Jimmy... 4-0 33 8.3 3-8 .375 0-3 .000 4-6 .667 2 5 7 1.8 3 0 3 4 0 2 10 2.5 32 JEPSEN, Bart...... 6-0 79 13.2 1-8 .125 0-0 .000 1-2 .500 6 12 18 3.0 14 1 0 5 1 0 3 0.5 40 HOWARD, Dan...... 4-1 14 3.5 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 1 1 2 0.5 5 0 0 1 1 0 0 0.0 42 CARLISLE, Jon...... 1-0 3 3.0 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0 2 2 2.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 12 OPUNUI, Shawn...... 2-0 4 2.0 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0.0 10 NASHIF, Terry...... 2-0 2 1.0 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0 0 0 0.0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0.0 TEAM...... 9 9 18 2.8 0 ------Total...... 6 1225 138-306 .451 33-83 .398 108-135 .800 56 155 211 35.2 126 4 83 92 15 28 417 69.5 Opponents...... 6 1225 128-319 .401 23-86 .267 107-149 .718 61 127 188 31.3 122 - 76 71 13 44 386 64.3

Team Statistics – All games

TEAM STATISTICS BYU OPP ------SCORING...... 417 386 Points per game...... 69.5 64.3 Scoring margin...... +5.2 - FIELD GOALS-ATT...... 138-306 128-319 Field goal pct...... 451 .401 3 POINT FG-ATT...... 33-83 23-86 3-point FG pct...... 398 .267 3-pt FG made per game.. 5.5 3.8 FREE THROWS-ATT...... 108-135 107-149 Free throw pct...... 800 .718 REBOUNDS...... 211 188 Rebounds per game...... 35.2 31.3 Rebounding margin...... +3.8 - ASSISTS...... 83 76 Assists per game...... 13.8 12.7 TURNOVERS...... 92 71 Turnovers per game..... 15.3 11.8 Turnover margin...... -3.5 - Assist/turnover ratio.. 0.9 1.1 STEALS...... 28 44 Steals per game...... 4.7 7.3 BLOCKS...... 15 13 Blocks per game...... 2.5 2.2 WINNING STREAK...... 2 - Home win streak...... 3 - ATTENDANCE...... 18248 16193 Home games-Avg/Game.... 3-6083 3-5398 Neutral site-Avg/Game.. - 0-0

SCORE BY PERIODS: 1st 2nd OT Total ------BRIGHAM YOUNG Cougars...... 204 207 6 - 417 Opponents...... 167 204 15 - 386

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Opponent 1st 2nd Score Mar Total FG FG Pct 3-Pointers 3FG Pct Free Throws FT Pct Rebounds Assist TOver Block Steal Fouls

------/-- --/-- ---/------/------/------/------/------/------/------/------/--- --/-- --/-- --/-- --/--

University of San Diego...... 27/23 43/36 70-59 +11 20-44/18-52 .455/.346 3-10/ 4-17 .300/.235 27-35/19-35 .771/.543 37/31 +6 14/13 18/11 2/2 6/7 27/28

ARIZONA STATE...... 37/29 45/41 82-70 +12 25-55/26-56 .455/.464 7-17/ 4-11 .412/.364 25-31/14-20 .806/.700 42/26 +16 13/11 19/16 1/2 3/9 21/26

UC Santa Barbara...... 34/29 24/39 58-68 (10) 20-52/20-53 .385/.377 6-14/ 3-16 .429/.188 12-16/25-28 .750/.893 35/35 - 11/15 17/11 3/3 4/9 18/16

Utah State...... 37/34 38/41 81-90 (9) 28-58/28-55 .483/.509 9-20/ 6-13 .450/.462 16-19/28-30 .842/.933 24/35 (11) 16/23 10/7 1/1 4/4 24/16

WEBER STATE WILDCATS...... 43/29 22/18 65-47 +18 26-57/17-48 .456/.354 5-15/ 2-12 .333/.167 8-9 /11-20 .889/.550 37/32 +5 17/7 12/15 3/1 5/5 20/15

CREIGHTON...... 26/23 35/29 61-52 +9 19-40/19-55 .475/.345 3-7 / 4-17 .429/.235 20-25/10-16 .800/.625 36/29 +7 12/7 16/11 5/4 6/10 16/21

Note: Game totals are displayed in the format TEAM/OPPONENT for each category

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FG PERCENTAGE FG ATT Pct FIELD GOAL ATTEMPTS G Att Att/G ------JENSEN, Jared...... 15 23 .652 BIGELOW, Mark...... 6 75 12.5 NIELSEN, Eric...... 27 48 .563 HANSEN, Travis...... 6 72 12.0 HANSEN, Travis...... 33 72 .458 NIELSEN, Eric...... 6 48 8.0 BIGELOW, Mark...... 32 75 .427 BOBIK, Daniel...... 6 42 7.0 BOBIK, Daniel...... 17 42 .405 MONTAGUE, Matt...... 6 30 5.0 BALDERSON, Jimmy.... 3 8 .375 MONTAGUE, Matt...... 10 30 .333 FIELD GOALS MADE G Made Made/G JEPSEN, Bart...... 1 8 .125 ------HANSEN, Travis...... 6 33 5.5 BIGELOW, Mark...... 6 32 5.3 NIELSEN, Eric...... 6 27 4.5 BOBIK, Daniel...... 6 17 2.8 JENSEN, Jared...... 6 15 2.5

3-POINT PERCENTAGE 3FG ATT Pct 3-POINT FG ATTEMPTS G Att Att/G ------NIELSEN, Eric...... 1 2 .500 BIGELOW, Mark...... 6 34 5.7 HANSEN, Travis...... 9 19 .474 HANSEN, Travis...... 6 19 3.2 BIGELOW, Mark...... 16 34 .471 BOBIK, Daniel...... 6 19 3.2 BOBIK, Daniel...... 7 19 .368 MONTAGUE, Matt...... 6 6 1.0 BALDERSON, Jimmy.... 0 3 .000 BALDERSON, Jimmy.... 4 3 0.8 MONTAGUE, Matt...... 0 6 .000 3-POINT FGS MADE G Made Made/G ------BIGELOW, Mark...... 6 16 2.7 HANSEN, Travis...... 6 9 1.5 BOBIK, Daniel...... 6 7 1.2 NIELSEN, Eric...... 6 1 0.2

FT PERCENTAGE FT ATT Pct FREE THROW ATTEMPTS G Att Att/G ------BIGELOW, Mark...... 27 30 .900 HANSEN, Travis...... 6 38 6.3 BOBIK, Daniel...... 11 13 .846 BIGELOW, Mark...... 6 30 5.0 MONTAGUE, Matt...... 15 18 .833 MONTAGUE, Matt...... 6 18 3.0 JENSEN, Jared...... 9 11 .818 NIELSEN, Eric...... 6 17 2.8 HANSEN, Travis...... 29 38 .763 BOBIK, Daniel...... 6 13 2.2 NIELSEN, Eric...... 12 17 .706 BALDERSON, Jimmy.... 4 6 .667 FREE THROWS MADE G Made Made/G JEPSEN, Bart...... 1 2 .500 ------HANSEN, Travis...... 6 29 4.8 BIGELOW, Mark...... 6 27 4.5 NIELSEN, Eric...... 6 12 2.0 BOBIK, Daniel...... 6 11 1.8 JENSEN, Jared...... 6 9 1.5 MONTAGUE, Matt...... 6 15 2.5

POINTS G Pts Pts/G POINTS AVERAGE G Pts Avg/G ------BIGELOW, Mark...... 6 107 17.8 BIGELOW, Mark...... 6 107 17.8 HANSEN, Travis...... 6 104 17.3 HANSEN, Travis...... 6 104 17.3 NIELSEN, Eric...... 6 67 11.2 NIELSEN, Eric...... 6 67 11.2 BOBIK, Daniel...... 6 52 8.7 BOBIK, Daniel...... 6 52 8.7 JENSEN, Jared...... 6 39 6.5 JENSEN, Jared...... 6 39 6.5 MONTAGUE, Matt...... 6 35 5.8 MONTAGUE, Matt...... 6 35 5.8 BALDERSON, Jimmy.... 4 10 2.5 BALDERSON, Jimmy.... 4 10 2.5 JEPSEN, Bart...... 6 3 0.5 JEPSEN, Bart...... 6 3 0.5 HOWARD, Dan...... 4 0 0.0 OPUNUI, Shawn...... 2 0 0.0 CARLISLE, Jon...... 1 0 0.0 NASHIF, Terry...... 2 0 0.0 TEAM...... 6 0 0.0

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REBOUNDS G Reb Reb/G ASSISTS G No. A/G ------HANSEN, Travis...... 6 49 8.2 MONTAGUE, Matt...... 6 42 7.0 NIELSEN, Eric...... 6 34 5.7 BIGELOW, Mark...... 6 13 2.2 BOBIK, Daniel...... 6 25 4.2 BOBIK, Daniel...... 6 9 1.5 JENSEN, Jared...... 6 19 3.2 HANSEN, Travis...... 6 6 1.0 BIGELOW, Mark...... 6 19 3.2 NIELSEN, Eric...... 6 6 1.0

REBOUND AVERAGE G Reb Avg/G STEALS G No. S/G ------HANSEN, Travis...... 6 49 8.2 MONTAGUE, Matt...... 6 9 1.5 NIELSEN, Eric...... 6 34 5.7 BOBIK, Daniel...... 6 7 1.2 BOBIK, Daniel...... 6 25 4.2 BIGELOW, Mark...... 6 4 0.7 JENSEN, Jared...... 6 19 3.2 NIELSEN, Eric...... 6 3 0.5 BIGELOW, Mark...... 6 19 3.2 JENSEN, Jared...... 6 2 0.3 BALDERSON, Jimmy.... 4 2 0.5

OFFENSIVE REBOUNDS G No. Avg/G BLOCKED SHOTS G No. Blk/G ------HANSEN, Travis...... 6 13 2.2 BIGELOW, Mark...... 6 6 1.0 NIELSEN, Eric...... 6 9 1.5 HANSEN, Travis...... 6 3 0.5 JEPSEN, Bart...... 6 6 1.0 BOBIK, Daniel...... 6 2 0.3 BIGELOW, Mark...... 6 6 1.0 JENSEN, Jared...... 6 2 0.3 BOBIK, Daniel...... 6 4 0.7 JEPSEN, Bart...... 6 1 0.2 HOWARD, Dan...... 4 1 0.3

DEFENSIVE REBOUNDS G No. Avg/G ------MINUTES G No. Min/G HANSEN, Travis...... 6 36 6.0 ------NIELSEN, Eric...... 6 25 4.2 MONTAGUE, Matt...... 6 237 39.5 BOBIK, Daniel...... 6 21 3.5 NIELSEN, Eric...... 6 201 33.5 JENSEN, Jared...... 6 16 2.7 HANSEN, Travis...... 6 199 33.2 MONTAGUE, Matt...... 6 15 2.5 BIGELOW, Mark...... 6 188 31.3 BOBIK, Daniel...... 6 145 24.2

FOULS G No. Per/G TURNOVERS G No. TO/G ------HANSEN, Travis...... 6 20 3.3 MONTAGUE, Matt...... 6 18 3.0 BIGELOW, Mark...... 6 19 3.2 HANSEN, Travis...... 6 17 2.8 JENSEN, Jared...... 6 18 3.0 BIGELOW, Mark...... 6 16 2.7 NIELSEN, Eric...... 6 17 2.8 NIELSEN, Eric...... 6 14 2.3 BOBIK, Daniel...... 6 15 2.5 BOBIK, Daniel...... 6 11 1.8

FOULOUTS G No. ------BIGELOW, Mark...... 6 2 JENSEN, Jared...... 6 1 JEPSEN, Bart...... 6 1

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BYU Cougars - TEAM GAME HIGHS BYU Cougars - GAME LOWS

PO I N T S ...... 82 vs Arizona State (11/24/12) PO I N T S ...... 58 at UC Santa Barbara (11-28-01) ...... 81 at Utah State (12/1/01) ...... 61 vs CREIGHTON (12/8/01) ...... 70 at University of San Diego (11-17-01) ...... 65 vs Weber State Wildcats (12-05-01) ...... 65 vs Weber State Wildcats (12-05-01) ...... 70 at University of San Diego (11-17-01) ...... 61 vs CREIGHTON (12/8/01) ...... 81 at Utah State (12/1/01) FIELD GOALS MADE ...... 28 at Utah State (12/1/01) FIELD GOALS MADE ...... 19 vs CREIGHTON (12/8/01) ...... 26 vs Weber State Wildcats (12-05-01) ...... 20 at University of San Diego (11-17-01) FIELD GOAL ATTEMPTS ...... 58 at Utah State (12/1/01) ...... 20 at UC Santa Barbara (11-28-01) ...... 57 vs Weber State Wildcats (12-05-01) FIELD GOAL ATTEMPTS ...... 40 vs CREIGHTON (12/8/01) FIELD GOAL PERCENTAGE ..483 (28-58) at Utah State (12/1/01) ...... 44 at University of San Diego (11-17-01) ...... 475 (19-40) vs CREIGHTON (12/8/01) FIELD GOAL PERCENTAGE ..385 (20-52) at UC Santa Barbara (11-28-01) 3 PT FIELD GOALS MADE ...... 9 at Utah State (12/1/01) ...... 455 (20-44) at University of San Diego (11-17-01) ...... 7 vs Arizona State (11/24/12) ...... 455 (25-55) vs Arizona State (11/24/12) 3 PT FG ATTEMPTS ...... 20 at Utah State (12/1/01) 3 PT FIELD GOALS MADE ...... 3 at University of San Diego (11-17-01) ...... 17 vs Arizona State (11/24/12) ...... 3 vs CREIGHTON (12/8/01) 3 PT FG PERCENTAGE . . ..450 (9-20) at Utah State (12/1/01) 3 PT FG ATTEMPTS ...... 7 vs CREIGHTON (12/8/01) ...... 429 (6-14) at UC Santa Barbara (11-28-01) ...... 10 at University of San Diego (11-17-01) ...... 429 (3-7) vs CREIGHTON (12/8/01) 3 PT FG PERCENTAGE . . ..300 (3-10) at University of San Diego (11-17-01) FREE THROWS MADE ...... 27 at University of San Diego (11-17-01) ...... 333 (5-15) vs Weber State Wildcats (12-05-01) ...... 25 vs Arizona State (11/24/12) FREE THROWS MADE ...... 8 vs Weber State Wildcats (12-05-01) FREE THROW ATTEMPTS ...... 35 at University of San Diego (11-17-01) ...... 12 at UC Santa Barbara (11-28-01) ...... 31 vs Arizona State (11/24/12) FREE THROW ATTEMPTS ...... 9 vs Weber State Wildcats (12-05-01) FREE THROW PERCENTAGE . ..889 (8-9) vs Weber State Wildcats (12-05-01) ...... 16 at UC Santa Barbara (11-28-01) ...... 842 (16-19) at Utah State (12/1/01) FREE THROW PERCENTAGE ..750 (12-16) at UC Santa Barbara (11-28-01) RE B O U N D S ...... 42 vs Arizona State (11/24/12) ...... 771 (27-35) at University of San Diego (11-17-01) ...... 37 vs Weber State Wildcats (12-05-01) RE B O U N D S ...... 24 at Utah State (12/1/01) ...... 37 at University of San Diego (11-17-01) ...... 35 at UC Santa Barbara (11-28-01) AS S I S T S ...... 17 vs Weber State Wildcats (12-05-01) AS S I S T S ...... 11 at UC Santa Barbara (11-28-01) ...... 16 at Utah State (12/1/01) ...... 12 vs CREIGHTON (12/8/01) ST E A L S ...... 6 vs CREIGHTON (12/8/01) ST E A L S ...... 3 vs Arizona State (11/24/12) ...... 6 at University of San Diego (11-17-01) ...... 4 at UC Santa Barbara (11-28-01) BLOCKED SHOTS ...... 5 vs CREIGHTON (12/8/01) ...... 4 at Utah State (12/1/01) ...... 3 vs Weber State Wildcats (12-05-01) BLOCKED SHOTS ...... 1 vs Arizona State (11/24/12) ...... 3 at UC Santa Barbara (11-28-01) ...... 1 at Utah State (12/1/01) TU R N O V E R S ...... 19 vs Arizona State (11/24/12) TU R N O V E R S ...... 10 at Utah State (12/1/01) ...... 18 at University of San Diego (11-17-01) ...... 12 vs Weber State Wildcats (12-05-01) FO U L S ...... 27 at University of San Diego (11-17-01) FO U L S ...... 16 vs CREIGHTON (12/8/01) ...... 24 at Utah State (12/1/01) ...... 18 at UC Santa Barbara (11-28-01)

Opponent - GAME HIGHS Opponent - GAME LOWS

PO I N T S ...... 90 at Utah State (12/1/01) PO I N T S ...... 47 vs Weber State Wildcats (12-05-01) ...... 70 vs Arizona State (11/24/12) ...... 52 vs CREIGHTON (12/8/01) ...... 68 at UC Santa Barbara (11-28-01) ...... 59 at University of San Diego (11-17-01) ...... 59 at University of San Diego (11-17-01) ...... 68 at UC Santa Barbara (11-28-01) ...... 52 vs CREIGHTON (12/8/01) ...... 70 vs Arizona State (11/24/12) FIELD GOALS MADE ...... 28 at Utah State (12/1/01) FIELD GOALS MADE ...... 17 vs Weber State Wildcats (12-05-01) ...... 26 vs Arizona State (11/24/12) ...... 18 at University of San Diego (11-17-01) FIELD GOAL ATTEMPTS ...... 56 vs Arizona State (11/24/12) FIELD GOAL ATTEMPTS ...... 48 vs Weber State Wildcats (12-05-01) ...... 55 vs CREIGHTON (12/8/01) ...... 52 at University of San Diego (11-17-01) ...... 55 at Utah State (12/1/01) FIELD GOAL PERCENTAGE ..345 (19-55) vs CREIGHTON (12/8/01) FIELD GOAL PERCENTAGE ..509 (28-55) at Utah State (12/1/01) ...... 346 (18-52) at University of San Diego (11-17-01) ...... 464 (26-56) vs Arizona State (11/24/12) 3 PT FIELD GOALS MADE ...... 2 vs Weber State Wildcats (12-05-01) 3 PT FIELD GOALS MADE ...... 6 at Utah State (12/1/01) ...... 3 at UC Santa Barbara (11-28-01) ...... 4 vs CREIGHTON (12/8/01) 3 PT FG ATTEMPTS ...... 11 vs Arizona State (11/24/12) ...... 4 vs Arizona State (11/24/12) ...... 12 vs Weber State Wildcats (12-05-01) ...... 4 at University of San Diego (11-17-01) 3 PT FG PERCENTAGE . . ..167 (2-12) vs Weber State Wildcats (12-05-01) 3 PT FG ATTEMPTS ...... 17 vs CREIGHTON (12/8/01) ...... 188 (3-16) at UC Santa Barbara (11-28-01) ...... 17 at University of San Diego (11-17-01) FREE THROWS MADE ...... 10 vs CREIGHTON (12/8/01) 3 PT FG PERCENTAGE . . ..462 (6-13) at Utah State (12/1/01) ...... 11 vs Weber State Wildcats (12-05-01) ...... 364 (4-11) vs Arizona State (11/24/12) FREE THROW ATTEMPTS ...... 16 vs CREIGHTON (12/8/01) FREE THROWS MADE ...... 28 at Utah State (12/1/01) ...... 20 vs Arizona State (11/24/12) ...... 25 at UC Santa Barbara (11-28-01) ...... 20 vs Weber State Wildcats (12-05-01) FREE THROW ATTEMPTS ...... 35 at University of San Diego (11-17-01) FREE THROW PERCENTAGE ..543 (19-35) at University of San Diego (11-17-01) ...... 30 at Utah State (12/1/01) ...... 550 (11-20) vs Weber State Wildcats (12-05-01) FREE THROW PERCENTAGE ..933 (28-30) at Utah State (12/1/01) RE B O U N D S ...... 26 vs Arizona State (11/24/12) ...... 893 (25-28) at UC Santa Barbara (11-28-01) ...... 29 vs CREIGHTON (12/8/01) RE B O U N D S ...... 35 at Utah State (12/1/01) AS S I S T S ...... 7 vs Weber State Wildcats (12-05-01) ...... 35 at UC Santa Barbara (11-28-01) ...... 7 vs CREIGHTON (12/8/01) AS S I S T S ...... 23 at Utah State (12/1/01) ST E A L S ...... 4 at Utah State (12/1/01) ...... 15 at UC Santa Barbara (11-28-01) ...... 5 vs Weber State Wildcats (12-05-01) ST E A L S ...... 10 vs CREIGHTON (12/8/01) BLOCKED SHOTS ...... 1 at Utah State (12/1/01) ...... 9 at UC Santa Barbara (11-28-01) ...... 1 vs Weber State Wildcats (12-05-01) ...... 9 vs Arizona State (11/24/12) TU R N O V E R S ...... 7 at Utah State (12/1/01) BLOCKED SHOTS ...... 4 vs CREIGHTON (12/8/01) ...... 11 at University of San Diego (11-17-01) ...... 3 at UC Santa Barbara (11-28-01) ...... 11 at UC Santa Barbara (11-28-01) TU R N O V E R S ...... 16 vs Arizona State (11/24/12) ...... 11 vs CREIGHTON (12/8/01) ...... 15 vs Weber State Wildcats (12-05-01) FO U L S ...... 15 vs Weber State Wildcats (12-05-01) FO U L S ...... 28 at University of San Diego (11-17-01) ...... 16 at UC Santa Barbara (11-28-01) ...... 26 vs Arizona State (11/24/12) ...... 16 at Utah State (12/1/01)

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BYU Cougars - INDIVIDUAL GAME HIGHS

POINTS 31 BIGELOW, Mark vs Arizona State (11/24/12) 26 HANSEN, Travis at Utah State (12/1/01) 21 BIGELOW, Mark at Utah State (12/1/01) 21 HANSEN, Travis at University of San Diego (11-17-01) 19 NIELSEN, Eric vs Arizona State (11/24/12) FIELD GOALS MADE 10 HANSEN, Travis at Utah State (12/1/01) 9 BIGELOW, Mark vs Arizona State (11/24/12) FIELD GOAL ATT 17 BIGELOW, Mark vs Arizona State (11/24/12) 16 HANSEN, Travis at UC Santa Barbara (11-28-01) 16 HANSEN, Travis vs Arizona State (11/24/12) FG PCT (min 5 made) .727 (8-11) NIELSEN, Eric vs Arizona State (11/24/12) .714 (5-7) HANSEN, Travis vs CREIGHTON (12/8/01) 3 PT FG MADE 4 BIGELOW, Mark at UC Santa Barbara (11-28-01) 4 BIGELOW, Mark vs Arizona State (11/24/12) 3 PT FG ATTEMPTS 8 BIGELOW, Mark vs Arizona State (11/24/12) 7 BIGELOW, Mark at Utah State (12/1/01) 3-PT FG PCT (min 2 made) .667 (4-6) BIGELOW, Mark at UC Santa Barbara (11-28-01) .600 (3-5) HANSEN, Travis at Utah State (12/1/01) FREE THROWS MADE 9 BIGELOW, Mark vs Arizona State (11/24/12) 9 HANSEN, Travis at University of San Diego (11-17-01) FREE THROW ATT 15 HANSEN, Travis at University of San Diego (11-17-01) 10 BIGELOW, Mark vs Arizona State (11/24/12) FT PCT (min 3 made) 1.000 (6-6) HANSEN, Travis vs Arizona State (11/24/12) 1.000 (4-4) MONTAGUE, Matt vs CREIGHTON (12/8/01) 1.000 (4-4) NIELSEN, Eric at Utah State (12/1/01) 1.000 (4-4) HANSEN, Travis at UC Santa Barbara (11-28-01) 1.000 (4-4) BOBIK, Daniel at University of San Diego (11-17-01) 1.000 (3-3) BOBIK, Daniel vs CREIGHTON (12/8/01) REBOUNDS 15 HANSEN, Travis vs Arizona State (11/24/12) 10 JENSEN, Jared vs CREIGHTON (12/8/01) 10 HANSEN, Travis at UC Santa Barbara (11-28-01) ASSISTS 10 MONTAGUE, Matt at Utah State (12/1/01) 8 MONTAGUE, Matt at University of San Diego (11-17-01) STEALS 4 MONTAGUE, Matt vs CREIGHTON (12/8/01) 2 BIGELOW, Mark vs CREIGHTON (12/8/01) 2 BOBIK, Daniel vs Weber State Wildcats (12-05-01) 2 BIGELOW, Mark at Utah State (12/1/01) 2 BOBIK, Daniel at UC Santa Barbara (11-28-01) 2 NIELSEN, Eric vs Arizona State (11/24/12) 2 BOBIK, Daniel at University of San Diego (11-17-01) 2 MONTAGUE, Matt at University of San Diego (11-17-01) BLOCKED SHOTS 3 BIGELOW, Mark vs CREIGHTON (12/8/01) 3 BIGELOW, Mark at UC Santa Barbara (11-28-01) TURNOVERS 5 MONTAGUE, Matt vs CREIGHTON (12/8/01) 5 BIGELOW, Mark at UC Santa Barbara (11-28-01) 5 NIELSEN, Eric at UC Santa Barbara (11-28-01) 5 MONTAGUE, Matt vs Arizona State (11/24/12) 5 HANSEN, Travis vs Arizona State (11/24/12) FOULS 5 BIGELOW, Mark at Utah State (12/1/01) 5 JEPSEN, Bart vs Arizona State (11/24/12) 5 JENSEN, Jared at University of San Diego (11-17-01) 5 BIGELOW, Mark at University of San Diego (11-17-01)

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Opponent Date Score WL HANSEN,TR BIGELOW,M NASHIF,TE OPUNUI,SH BOBIK,DAN BALDERSON NIELSEN,E MONTAGUE, JEPSEN,BA at University of San Diego 11-17-01 70-59 W 21-8-1 9-2-3 0-0-0 0-0-0 12-4-2 3-5-0 8-7-0 11-2-8 0-1-0

ARIZONA STATE 11/24/12 82-70 W 18-15-0 31-3-4 DNP DNP 7-2-1 DNP 19-6-1 2-4-6 1-6-0 at UC Santa Barbara 11-28-01 58-68 L 14-10-2 15-5-1 DNP DNP 4-5-0 0-0-1 3-4-1 8-5-6 0-5-0 at Utah State 12/1/01 81-90 LOT 26-5-1 21-2-1 DNP 0-0-1 13-4-3 1-0-0 14-4-0 2-1-10 0-3-0

WEBER STATE WILDCATS 12-05-01 65-47 W 7-6-1 14-7-3 0-0-0 DNP 9-2-2 6-2-2 14-8-2 8-2-7 0-1-0

CREIGHTON 12/8/01 61-52 W 18-5-1 17-0-1 DNP DNP 7-8-1 DNP 9-5-2 4-4-5 2-2-0

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Opponent Date Score WL HOWARD,DA CARLISLE, JENSEN,JA at University of San Diego 11-17-01 70-59 W 0-1-0 DNP 6-4-0

ARIZONA STATE 11/24/12 82-70 W DNP DNP 4-2-1 at UC Santa Barbara 11-28-01 58-68 L DNP DNP 14-0-0 at Utah State 12/1/01 81-90 LOT 0-0-0 DNP 4-1-0

WEBER STATE WILDCATS 12-05-01 65-47 W 0-1-0 0-2-0 7-2-0

CREIGHTON 12/8/01 61-52 W 0-0-0 DNP 4-10-2

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BYU at U. of San Diego – Game #1 BYU at UC Santa Barbara – Game #3 BYU vs. Weber State – Game #5 Brigham Young University vs University of San Diego BYU vs UC Santa Barbara Weber State Wildcats vs BRIGHAM YOUNG Cougars 11-17-01 7:00 p.m. at San Diego, CA 11-28-01 7:00 PM at the Thunderdome at UCSB 12-05-01 7:05 pm at MARRIOTT CENTER BYU PROVO UTAH VISITORS: Brigham Young University 1-0 VISITORS: BYU 2-1 VISITORS: Weber State Wildcats 5-2 tot-fg 3-pt rebounds tot-fg 3-pt rebounds tot-fg 3-pt rebounds ## Player fg fga fg fga ft fta of de tot pf tp a to blk s min ## Player fg fga fg fga ft fta of de tot pf tp a to blk s min ## Player fg fga fg fga ft fta of de tot pf tp a to blk s min 03 BIGELOW, Mark f 3 10 1 3 2 2 0 2 2 5 9 3 2 0 0 23 25 NIELSEN, Eric f 1 4 0 1 1 1 2 2 4 4 3 1 5 0 1 24 24 WOODS, Chris f 4 8 0 1 4 4 1 4 5 2 12 1 1 0 0 27 25 NIELSEN, Eric f 3 7 0 0 2 2 1 6 7 2 8 0 2 0 0 38 52 JENSEN, Jared f 4 5 0 0 6 8 0 0 0 4 14 0 2 0 0 32 35 BACHMAN, S. f 2 6 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 4 1 1 0 0 25 40 HOWARD, Dan c 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 7 02 HANSEN, Travis g 4 16 2 4 4 4 2 8 10 3 14 2 1 0 0 36 50 DANLEY, Patrick c 0 1 0 0 2 4 2 5 7 2 2 0 2 1 0 19 02 HANSEN, Travis g 6 11 0 1 9 15 1 7 8 4 21 1 3 2 1 37 03 BIGELOW, Mark g 5 13 4 6 1 1 0 5 5 1 15 1 5 3 0 34 03 BOYETTE, Jermaine g 6 15 0 2 0 1 1 2 3 2 12 3 5 0 4 32 31 MONTAGUE, Matt g 2 5 0 1 7 8 0 2 2 3 11 8 3 0 2 38 31 MONTAGUE, Matt g 4 7 0 1 0 2 1 4 5 3 8 6 2 0 1 38 22 HAMILTON, John g 1 5 1 3 3 4 0 1 1 2 6 0 1 0 1 22 10 NASHIF, Terry 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 20 BOBIK, Daniel 2 7 0 2 0 0 1 4 5 2 4 0 2 0 2 17 02 SPARROW, NIC 1 4 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 2 0 2 0 0 21 12 OPUNUI, Shawn 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 22 BALDERSON, J 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 05 BARTON, Brad 0 1 0 1 0 3 4 0 4 2 0 2 1 0 0 15 20 BOBIK, Daniel 3 7 2 5 4 4 1 3 4 4 12 2 4 0 2 33 32 JEPSEN, Bart 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 18 13 THURIG, Marc 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 22 BALDERSON, Jim 1 2 0 0 1 2 1 4 5 2 3 0 2 0 1 10 TEAM 1 1 42 EYRE, Talmadge 0 2 0 0 0 1 2 2 4 1 0 0 1 0 0 9 32 JEPSEN, Bart 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 Totals...... 20 52 6 14 12 16 7 28 35 18 58 11 17 3 4 200 43 MORRISON, Stevie 2 5 1 4 2 3 0 2 2 1 7 0 1 0 0 20 52 JENSEN, Jared 2 2 0 0 2 2 2 2 4 5 6 0 0 0 0 9 45 CARTER, Marlon 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 7 TEAM 1 2 3 TOTALFG% 1st Half: 14-26 53.8% 2nd Half: 6-26 23.1% Game: 38.5% DEADBALL TEAM Totals...... 20 44 3 10 27 35 8 29 37 27 70 14 18 2 6 200 3-Pt. FG% 1st Half: 5-13 38.5% 2nd Half: 1-1 100% Game: 42.9% REBOUNDS Totals...... 17 48 2 12 11 20 11 21 32 15 47 7 15 1 5 200 F Throw % 1st Half: 1-1 100% 2nd Half: 11-15 73.3% Game: 75.0% 1 TOTALFG% 1st Half: 10-25 40.0% 2nd Half: 10-19 52.6% Game: 45.5% DEADBALL TOTALFG% 1st Half: 10-25 40.0%2nd Half: 7-23 30.4%Game: 35.4% DEADBALL 3-Pt. FG% 1st Half: 2-7 28.6% 2nd Half: 1-3 33.3% Game: 30.0% REBOUNDS HOME TEAM: UC Santa Barbara 3-1 3-Pt. FG% 1st Half: 1-6 16.7% 2nd Half: 1-6 16.7% Game: 16.7% REBOUNDS F Throw % 1st Half: 5-8 62.5% 2nd Half: 22-27 81.5% Game: 77.1% 4 tot-fg 3-pt rebounds F Throw % 1st Half: 8-14 57.1% 2nd Half: 3-6 50.0% Game: 55.0% 3 ## Player fg fga fg fga ft fta of de tot pf tp a to blk s min HOME TEAM: University of San Diego 0-1 30 Hull, Mark f 9 17 2 6 3 5 0 6 6 1 23 2 1 0 2 31 HOME TEAM: BRIGHAM YOUNG Cougars 3-2 tot-fg 3-pt rebounds 40 Vukovich, Mike f 1 5 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 17 tot-fg 3-pt rebounds ## Player fg fga fg fga ft fta of de tot pf tp a to blk s min 45 Ndiaye, Adama c 2 5 0 0 3 3 1 10 11 2 7 3 2 3 1 33 ## Player fg fga fg fga ft fta of de tot pf tp a to blk s min 24 LIPPOLD, Tom f 3 9 0 0 4 6 0 3 3 3 10 0 0 0 1 26 05 Atako, Jacoby g 1 3 0 1 2 2 0 1 1 3 4 3 4 0 0 26 03 BIGELOW, Mark f 5 12 2 6 2 2 3 4 7 3 14 3 2 0 0 31 53 HANSON, Kevin c 0 1 0 0 2 4 0 1 1 4 2 1 0 0 0 12 33 Fullove, Branduinn g 1 12 0 5 10 10 2 2 4 1 12 2 1 0 0 32 25 NIELSEN, Eric f 6 10 1 1 1 2 0 8 8 3 14 2 2 0 0 35 12 LAWS, Andre g 2 10 0 3 5 8 1 0 1 1 9 2 1 0 0 31 03 Jones, Nick 4 8 1 4 0 0 1 4 5 1 9 1 3 0 3 26 52 JENSEN, Jared c 3 7 0 0 1 1 0 2 2 1 7 0 1 1 1 20 20 McGRAIN, Mike g 0 2 0 1 2 4 0 1 1 5 2 3 5 0 2 26 32 Cook, Casey 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 02 HANSEN, Travis g 3 7 1 2 0 0 2 4 6 4 7 1 3 0 0 23 25 ADAMO, Sam g 5 15 1 5 0 0 3 6 9 3 11 0 2 1 1 35 35 Ward, B.J. 2 2 0 0 5 6 0 2 2 3 9 4 0 0 3 20 31 MONTAGUE, Matt g 3 7 0 1 2 2 1 1 2 2 8 7 1 0 1 39 14 DELZELL, Matt 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 2 0 0 0 14 50 Whitehead, Bryan 0 1 0 0 2 2 1 2 3 2 2 0 0 0 0 11 10 NASHIF, Terry 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 21 BOARDMAN, Scott 1 3 0 2 1 2 0 0 0 4 3 3 2 0 1 14 TEAM 1 1 20 BOBIK, Daniel 4 10 1 4 0 0 1 1 2 1 9 2 0 1 2 26 32 BELSER, Corey 0 1 0 1 1 2 1 2 3 2 1 1 1 0 1 11 Totals...... 20 53 3 16 25 28 7 28 35 16 68 15 11 3 9 200 22 BALDERSON, J. 2 4 0 1 2 2 1 1 2 1 6 2 2 0 1 13 34 BLAIR, Jason 5 8 2 3 3 4 2 2 4 4 15 1 0 0 0 21 32 JEPSEN, Bart 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 42 LEWIS, Nick 0 1 0 1 1 2 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 3 TOTALFG% 1st Half: 10-27 37.0% 2nd Half: 10-26 38.5% Game: 37.7% DEADBALL 40 HOWARD, Dan 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 4 54 HEGARTY, Ryan 1 1 0 0 0 3 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 1 7 3-Pt. FG% 1st Half: 2-7 28.6% 2nd Half: 1-9 11.1% Game: 18.8% REBOUNDS 42 CARLISLE, Jon 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 TEAM 4 3 7 F Throw % 1st Half: 7-8 87.5% 2nd Half: 18-20 90.0% Game: 89.3% 1 TEAM 1 3 4 Totals...... 18 52 4 17 19 35 12 19 31 28 59 13 11 2 7 200 Totals...... 26 57 5 15 8 9 11 26 37 20 65 17 12 3 5 200 ------TOTALFG% 1st Half: 6-25 24.0% 2nd Half: 12-27 44.4% Game: 34.6% DEADBALL Officials: Mike Scyphers, Bill Vinovich, Duane Allen TOTALFG% 1st Half: 17-30 56.7%2nd Half: 9-27 33.3%Game: 45.6% DEADBALL 3-Pt. FG% 1st Half: 1-11 9.1% 2nd Half: 3-6 50.0% Game: 23.5% REBOUNDS Technical fouls: BYU-HANSEN, Travis; TEAM. UC Santa Barbara-None. 3-Pt. FG% 1st Half: 4-8 50.0% 2nd Half: 1-7 14.3% Game: 33.3% REBOUNDS F Throw % 1st Half: 10-15 66.7% 2nd Half: 9-20 45.0% Game: 54.3% 9 Attendance: 3608 F Throw % 1st Half: 5-6 83.3% 2nd Half: 3-3 100% Game: 88.9% 0 Score by Periods 1st 2nd Total ------BYU 34 24 58 ------Officials: Fred Carbone, Andy Rios, Sam Haddad UC Santa Barbara 29 39 68 Officials: Bill Gracey, Verne Harris, Jim Danner Technical fouls: Brigham Young University-None. University of San Technical fouls: Weber State Wildcats-None. BRIGHAM YOUNG Cougars-None. Diego-None. Attendance: 5948 Attendance: 2315 Score by Periods 1st 2nd Total Score by Periods 1st2nd Total Weber State Wildcats 29 18 47 Brigham Young University 27 43 70 BRIGHAM YOUNG Cougars 43 22 65 University of San Diego 23 36 59

BYU vs. Arizona State – Game #2 BYU at Utah State – Game #4 BYU vs. Creighton – Game #6 Arizona State vs BRIGHAM YOUNG Cougars Brigham Young vs Utah State CREIGHTON vs BRIGHAM YOUNG Cougars 11/24/12 4:07 at Provo, Utah 12/1/01 8:05 p.m. at Logan, Utah (Dee Glen Smith Spectrum) 12/8/01 8:07 at Provo, Utah VISITORS: Arizona State 1-2 VISITORS: Brigham Young 2-2 VISITORS: CREIGHTON 3-2 tot-fg 3-pt rebounds tot-fg 3-pt rebounds tot-fg 3-pt rebounds ## Player fg fga fg fga ft fta of de tot pf tp a to blk s min ## Player fg fga fg fga ft fta of de tot pf tp a to blk s min ## Player fg fga fg fga ft fta of de tot pf tp a to blk s min 04 SMITH, Tommy f 5 12 0 1 9 11 2 7 9 5 19 0 3 0 3 27 03 BIGELOW, Mark f 5 12 3 7 8 9 2 0 2 5 21 1 2 0 2 28 20 HOUSE, Larry f 3 5 0 1 2 4 1 3 4 2 8 2 1 0 3 23 52 PREWITT, Chad c 7 10 2 3 4 6 3 1 4 4 20 2 3 0 0 29 25 NIELSEN, Eric f 5 8 0 0 4 4 1 3 4 4 14 0 1 0 0 30 22 LINDEMAN, M. f 2 4 0 0 0 1 0 2 2 4 4 0 2 0 0 26 03 DODD, Kyle g 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 17 52 JENSEN, Jared c 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 4 0 1 0 1 26 25 KORVER, Kyle f 1 10 1 8 1 3 2 3 5 3 4 2 1 0 1 34 14 MILLAGE, Curtis g 6 14 0 3 0 0 1 0 1 3 12 3 0 0 3 32 02 HANSEN, Travis g 10 15 3 5 3 4 2 3 5 4 26 1 1 0 0 38 21 DABBERT, Joe c 3 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 6 0 0 1 2 11 15 SHELL, Tanner g 0 1 0 1 1 2 0 1 1 2 1 1 2 0 0 16 31 MONTAGUE, Matt g 1 5 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 3 2 10 2 0 1 42 03 BOWDEN, D. g 4 8 1 3 2 2 1 0 1 0 11 0 2 0 2 28 01 BRAXTON, Jason 2 5 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 3 4 1 4 1 2 22 12 OPUNUI, Shawn 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 12 CARO, Ismael 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 4 02 KNIGHT, Donnell 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 2 2 0 1 0 1 10 20 BOBIK, Daniel 5 12 3 6 0 0 1 3 4 4 13 3 2 0 0 25 23 TAYLOR, Terrell 3 14 1 4 4 4 2 1 3 3 11 2 1 0 0 16 11 STOREY,Awvee 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 22 BALDERSON, J. 0 2 0 2 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 9 24 McKINNEY, Tyler 2 2 1 1 0 0 1 1 2 2 5 1 0 0 1 22 12 CRANDALL, Kenny 2 4 1 2 0 0 0 1 1 4 5 0 1 0 0 13 32 JEPSEN, Bart 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 2 3 2 0 0 1 1 0 22 34 GRIMES, Mike 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 20 NAHRA, Brad 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 40 HOWARD, Dan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 43 DEREN, Brody 1 5 0 0 1 2 1 5 6 1 3 0 4 3 1 29 22 JOHNSTON, Tyson 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 TM 3 1 4 44 COLLIER, Austin 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 6 23 HOWARD, Jonathan 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 2 4 0 0 0 9 Totals...... 28 58 9 20 16 19 10 14 24 24 81 16 10 1 4 225 TEAM 2 2 4 24 ALLEN, Justin 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 Totals...... 19 55 4 17 10 16 10 19 29 21 52 7 11 4 10 200 42 REDHAGE, Shawn 1 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 2 1 0 10 TEAM 1 1 2 TOTALFG% 1st Half: 14-25 56.0% 2nd Half: 12-25 48.0% Game: 48.3% DEADBALL TOTALFG% 1st Half: 9-28 32.1% 2nd Half: 10-27 37.0% Game: 34.5% DEADBALL Totals...... 26 56 4 11 14 20 7 19 26 26 70 11 16 2 9 200 3-Pt. FG% 1st Half: 3-9 33.3% 2nd Half: 5-6 83.3% Game: 45.0% REBOUNDS 3-Pt. FG% 1st Half: 1-6 16.7% 2nd Half: 3-11 27.3% Game: 23.5% REBOUNDS F Throw % 1st Half: 6-7 85.7% 2nd Half: 9-10 90.0% Game: 84.2% 2 F Throw % 1st Half: 4-6 66.7% 2nd Half: 6-10 60.0% Game: 62.5% 1,1 TOTALFG% 1st Half: 10-21 47.6% 2nd Half: 16-35 45.7% Game: 46.4% DEADBALL 3-Pt. FG% 1st Half: 1-3 33.3% 2nd Half: 3-8 37.5% Game: 36.4% REBOUNDS HOME TEAM: BRIGHAM YOUNG Cougars 4-2 F Throw % 1st Half: 8-12 66.7% 2nd Half: 6-8 75.0% Game: 70.0% 1 HOME TEAM: Utah State 4-0 tot-fg 3-pt rebounds tot-fg 3-pt rebounds ## Player fg fga fg fga ft fta of de tot pf tp a to blk s min HOME TEAM: BRIGHAM YOUNG Cougars 2-0 ## Player fg fga fg fga ft fta of de tot pf tp a to blk s min 03 BIGELOW, Mark f 5 11 2 4 5 6 0 0 0 3 17 1 3 3 2 35 tot-fg 3-pt rebounds 02 Penigar, Desmond f 11 20 2 3 10 10 2 7 9 2 34 2 1 0 1 37 25 NIELSEN, Eric f 4 8 0 0 1 3 1 4 5 1 9 2 2 0 0 36 ## Player fg fga fg fga ft fta of de tot pf tp a to blk s min 44 Evans, Chad f 3 5 0 0 4 5 5 0 5 3 10 3 0 0 0 38 52 JENSEN, Jared c 2 4 0 0 0 0 1 9 10 4 4 2 0 1 0 18 03 BIGELOW, Mark f 9 17 4 8 9 10 1 2 3 2 31 4 2 0 0 37 42 Ahmad, Mike c 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 9 02 HANSEN, Travis g 5 7 1 1 7 9 1 4 5 1 18 1 4 1 0 34 25 NIELSEN, Eric f 8 11 0 0 3 5 4 2 6 3 19 1 2 0 2 38 01 Ross, Ronnie g 3 6 2 2 3 4 0 1 1 0 11 6 1 0 0 36 31 MONTAGUE, Matt g 0 4 0 2 4 4 1 3 4 0 4 5 5 0 4 40 52 JENSEN, Jared c 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 3 4 1 0 0 0 15 31 Brown, Tony g 5 10 2 6 8 8 0 2 2 2 20 10 2 0 2 42 20 BOBIK, Daniel 2 4 0 0 3 3 0 8 8 2 7 1 1 0 0 25 02 HANSEN, Travis g 5 16 2 6 6 6 5 10 15 4 18 0 5 0 0 31 03 Vincent, Thomas 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 8 32 JEPSEN, Bart 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 4 2 0 1 0 0 11 31 MONTAGUE, Matt g 0 2 0 1 2 2 0 4 4 2 2 6 5 0 0 40 04 Vague, Jeremy 4 4 0 0 1 1 2 4 6 1 9 1 1 1 1 23 40 HOWARD, Dan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 20 BOBIK, Daniel 1 2 1 2 4 6 0 2 2 2 7 1 2 1 1 19 13 Stowell, Mike 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 8 TEAM 2 2 32 JEPSEN, Bart 0 4 0 0 1 2 1 5 6 5 1 0 3 0 0 20 15 Williams, Kevin 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 Totals...... 19 40 3 7 20 25 5 31 36 16 61 12 16 5 6 200 TEAM 4 4 24 Ray, Brennan 2 6 0 0 2 2 2 3 5 5 6 0 0 0 0 22 Totals...... 25 55 7 17 25 31 15 27 42 21 82 13 19 1 3 200 TEAM 3 3 6 TOTALFG% 1st Half: 8-20 40.0% 2nd Half: 11-20 55.0% Game: 47.5% DEADBALL Totals...... 28 55 6 13 28 30 14 21 35 16 90 23 7 1 4 225 3-Pt. FG% 1st Half: 2-4 50.0% 2nd Half: 1-3 33.3% Game: 42.9% REBOUNDS TOTALFG% 1st Half: 12-31 38.7% 2nd Half: 13-24 54.2% Game: 45.5% DEADBALL F Throw % 1st Half: 8-8 100% 2nd Half: 12-17 70.6% Game: 80.0% 1 3-Pt. FG% 1st Half: 5-12 41.7% 2nd Half: 2-5 40.0% Game: 41.2% REBOUNDS F Throw % 1st Half: 8-11 72.7% 2nd Half: 17-20 85.0% Game: 80.6% 3 TOTALFG% 1st Half: 10-22 45.5% 2nd Half: 16-29 55.2% Game: 50.9% DEADBALL ------3-Pt. FG% 1st Half: 0-4 0.0% 2nd Half: 6-9 66.7% Game: 46.2% REBOUNDS Officials: Scott Thornley, Lonnie Dixon, Greg Burks ------F Throw % 1st Half: 14-14 100% 2nd Half: 3-4 75.0% Game: 93.3% 1 Technical fouls: CREIGHTON-None. BRIGHAM YOUNG Cougars-None. Officials: Bill Gracey, Stanley Reynolds, Mark Whitehead Attendance: 6072 Technical fouls: Arizona State-None. BRIGHAM YOUNG Cougars-None. Score by Periods 1st 2nd Total Attendance: 6228 ------CREIGHTON 23 29 52 Score by Periods 1st 2nd Total Officials: Jim Stupin, Randy McCall, Bob Straffen BRIGHAM YOUNG Cougars 26 35 61 Arizona State 29 41 70 Technical fouls: Brigham Young-None. Utah State-TEAM. BRIGHAM YOUNG Cougars 37 45 82 Attendance: 10270 Score by Periods 1st2ndOT Total Brigham Young 37 38 6 81 Utah State 34 41 15 90

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2 3 4 Travis Hansen Mark Bigelow Jesse Pinegar 6-6, Jr., Guard/Forward 6-7, So., Guard/Forward 6-9, Fr., Forward

10 12 20 22 Terry Nashif Shawn Opunui Daniel Bobik Jimmy Balderson 5-10, Fr., Guard 5-11, Fr., Guard 6-6, So., Guard 6-6, Fr., Guard

25 31 32 34 Eric Nielsen Matt Montague Bart Jepsen Jacob Chrisman 6-9, Sr., Forward 6-0, Sr., Guard 6-9, So., Forward 6-8, So., Forward

40 42 52 Dan Howard Jon Carlisle Jared Jensen Steve Cleveland 7-0, So., Center 6-10, So., Center 6-9, Fr., Forward/Center Head Coach, 5th year

Pronunciation .... Matt Montague ...... MONT-uh-gew Daniel Bobik ...... BAW-bik Terry Nashif ...... NAH-shiff Mark Bigelow ...... BIG-a-low Shawn Opunui ...... OH-pa-new-ee w w w . b y u c o u g a r s . c o m