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No. 22 All-Time Victories NCAA Division I • 2 National Titles (NIT 1951, 1966) • 26 Conference Titles • 21 NCAA Tournaments • 30 Postseason Invitations 1 National Player of the Year • 2 Basketball Hall of Fame Inductees • 40 All-America Citations • 43 NBA Draft Selections • 98 All-Conference Citations BYU COUGAR BASKETBALL Game 20 — BYU vs. Air Force BYU HOSTS AIR FORCE SATURDAY 2005-06 BYU SCHEDULE/RESULTS BYU (13-6, 5-3 MWC) returns home to begin the second half of Mountain West Conference play on Saturday against Air Force (18-3, 6-2 MWC) in the ESPN Regional Game of the Week. The Cougars have won their last three NOVEMBER games while the Falcons have tied the best start in school history through 21 games with an 18-3 record. Air Force 4 (Fri.) Victoria (exhibition) 81-54 W is currently tied for second in the MWC while BYU holds sole possession of fourth place. The 1:05 p.m. tip-off can be 10 (Thu.) Seattle Pacific (exhibition) 86-72 W seen live in Utah on ESPN+ (KJZZ-14), and the radio broadcast can be heard on KSL Newsradio (102.7 FM/1160 18 (Fri.) Loyola Marymount 71-83 L AM) and the Cougar Sports Network. 22 (Tue.) vs. Washington State (Spokane) 76-68 W 26 (Sat.) Southern Utah 86-61 W $1 AT 1 P.M. 30 (Wed.) vs. Lamar (Delta Center, SLC) 97-74 W Tickets to BYU’s game against Air Force on Saturday will be available for just $1 for seats above the concourse level. "Our goal is to pack the Marriott Center by providing our fans an opportunity to come and watch a very good and exciting BYU basketball team,” said BYU Marketing Director Tony Jewkes. “This is a very important conference DECEMBER game against an excellent Air Force team." The game tips off at 1 p.m. 3 (Sat.) @USC 68-74 L 7 (Wed.) Boise State 80-77 W UP NEXT 10 (Sat.) Northern Kentucky 65-46 W BYU faces in-state rival Utah on Wednesday night in Salt Lake City. The 7 p.m. game can be seen live in Utah on 17 (Sat.) Weber State (SWP—KSL) 80-54 W KJZZ-14. The Cougars defeated the Utes, 72-60, in the first meeting this year in Provo. 22 (Thu.) @Utah State (KJZZ-TV) 80-91 L 27 (Tue.) Eastern Washington 97-66 W COUGAR QUICK HITS 30 (Fri.) Tulsa 68-49 W — Cougar head coach Dave Rose is 13-6 in his first year at the helm after eight years as BYU’s lead assistant. — The Cougars were picked to finish ninth in the Mountain West Conference in the league’s preseason media poll. JANUARY BYU is currently fourth in the MWC with a 5-3 conference record. — BYU is 13-6 overall, including 9-1 at home, and has won nine straight in the Marriott Center. The Cougars are 3-5 5 (Thu.) *@Air Force (ESPN2) 59-75 L away and 1-0 at a neutral site. BYU scores an MWC-leading 77.1 ppg and shoots .468 from the field, including .381 7 (Sat.) *Utah (ESPN+, EFC) 72-60 W from long range, third in the league, and .721 from the line, second in the league. Cougar opponents average 71.1 11 (Wed.) *@UNLV (SWP, EFC) 72-82 L points on .442 shooting, .345 from three and .716 from the line. BYU pulls down 35.3 rebounds per game, 2.0 18 (Wed.) *Wyoming (SWP, EFC) 80-67 W more than its opponents. The Cougars dish out an MWC-leading 17.3 assists per game. 21 (Sat.) *@San Diego St. (SWP, EFC) 88-61 L — Redshirt freshman forward/center Trent Plaisted leads BYU in scoring (13.1), followed by senior guard Brock 25 (Wed.) *TCU 89-80 OT-W Reichner (10.9). Junior forward Keena Young is the Cougars’ top rebounder (5.6) followed by Plaisted (5.5). Junior 28 (Sat.) *@Colorado State 86-84 W point guard Rashaun Broadus is second in the MWC in assists (4.22) followed by junior combo guard Austin Ainge (2.95), who is eighth. Ten Cougars are logging 10 minutes or more per game. FEBRUARY 1 (Wed.) *@New Mexico (SWP, EFC) 77-71 W GAME #20 FAST FACTS 4 (Sat.) *Air Force (ESPN+) 1 p.m. 8 (Wed.) *@Utah (KJZZ-TV, EFC) 7 p.m. BYU COUGARS (13-6, 5-3 MWC) 11 (Sat.) *UNLV (ESPN2) 6 p.m. 18 (Sat.) *@Wyoming (SWP) 3 p.m. vs. 22 (Wed.) *San Diego State (SWP) 7 p.m. AIR FORCE FALCONS (18-3, 6-2 MWC) 25 (Sat.) *@TCU 7 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 4, 2006 Marriott Center (22,700) MARCH Provo, Utah 1 (Wed.) *Colorado State 7 p.m. 1:05 p.m. MST 4 (Sat.) *New Mexico (SWP, EFC) 7 p.m. Coaches: . BYU, Dave Rose (13-6 in first year; same overall) 9-11 MWC Tournament in Denver (ESPN, ESPN+) AFA, Jeff Bzdelik (18-3 in first year; 43-34 in third season overall) -------------- Series: . BYU leads 42-12 after dropping the first meeting this season 75-59 at Air Force Game times are local to site and subject to change TV: . ESPN+ (Rich Waltz, play-by-play; Irv Brown, game analysis) SWP denotes SportsWest Productions telecast Radio: . KSL Newsradio (102.7 FM/1160 AM) and the Cougar Sports Network (12 p.m. MST pregame show — EFC denotes game available via ESPN Full Court Greg Wrubell, play-by-play; Mark Durrant, game analysis) *denotes Mountain West Conference game Web: . Live audio and live stats broadcasts are available at www.byucougars.com/basketball_m/ BYU’S PROBABLE STARTERS: POS. # NAME HT. WT. YR. HOMETOWN / LAST TEAM PPG RPG NOTE F 3 Keena Young 6-6 205 Jr. Beaumont, TX / South Plains College 8.6 5.6 Leads the team and is 3rd in the MWC shooting .558 F/C 44 Trent Plaisted 6-11 245 Fr. San Antonio, TX / Clark HS 13.1 5.5 MWC Player of the Week after avg. 18.5 points and 11.5 rebounds G 30 Lee Cummard 6-6 175 Fr. Mesa, AZ / Mesa HS 5.7 2.5 Freshman has started the last 10 games, shooting .475/floor G 1 Rashaun Broadus 6-0 195 Jr. Mililani, HI / Western Nebraska CC 8.5 3.1 Led BYU with 15 points at New Mexico; 2nd in MWC in assists (4.22) G 11 Brock Reichner 6-4 205 Sr. Provo, UT / Salt Lake Community College 10.9 2.5 Averaging 17.0 points over the last two games BYU OFF THE BENCH: POS. # NAME HT. WT. YR. HOMETOWN / LAST TEAM PPG RPG NOTE G 2 Mike Rose 6-2 185 Jr. Houston, TX / Spring Woods HS 4.1 0.8 Logging 10.4 minutes per game; led BYU with 56 treys last year G 4 Jackson Emery 6-3 175 Fr. Alpine, UT / Lone Peak HS 2.8 1.2 Utah HS Mr. Basketball in 2005; solid defender on the perimeter G 13 Austin Ainge 6-2 180 Jr. Gilbert, AZ / Highland HS 3.6 1.6 Season-high 12 points in start vs. Wyo.; 3.0 assists is 8th in MWC F 15 Fernando Malaman 6-9 215 Jr. Limeira, Brazil / Arizona Western College 8.4 4.1 Started the first 15 games; shooting .555, 4th in MWC G 23 Jimmy Balderson 6-6 200 Jr. Magrath, Alberta / Magrath HS 8.8 3.1 Career-high 24 points off the bench at Colorado State, 14 at UNM F 41 Jermaine Odjegba 6-7 190 Fr. West Palm Beach, FL / Palm Beach Gardens HS 0.4 0.4 Returned in June from LDS mission; has appeared in 5 games C 43 Derek Dawes 6-11 275 Jr. Salt Lake City, UT / Cottonwood HS 4.0 1.9 Reserve center shoots .743 from the free-throw line www.byucougars.com Opponent Information 2005-06 BYU Men’s Basketball LOOKING AT AIR FORCE Under first-year coach Jeff Bzdelik, Air Force has BYU VS. AIR FORCE STATISTICAL COMPARISON BYU SERIES RECORD VS. AIR FORCE tied its best start in school history after 21 Season Averages (MWC Rank) games at 18-3. The Falcons are 12-0 at home, 3- BYU AFA Overall Series Record: BYU leads 42-12 3 on the road and 3-0 on a neutral court this sea- Points Scored/Game 77.1 (1st) 66.5 (7th) BYU Record in Provo: 21-4 son with neutral-court wins over Miami (57-53) Points Allowed/Game 71.1 (8th) 53.2 (1st) BYU Record in Colorado Springs: 18-7 and Georgia Tech (54-46) of the Atlantic Coast Rebounds/Game 35.3 (5th) 24.7 (9th) BYU Record at Neutral Sites: 3-1 Conference. Their lone preseason loss came on Assists/Game 17.3 (1st) 15.0 (4th) BYU Record under Dave Rose: 0-1 the road at nationally ranked Washington (85-74) Steals/Game 6.4 (7th) 8.5 (1st) BYU Record in Overtime Games: 2-0 of the Pac-10 Conference. Air Force has since lost Blocks/Game 3.9 (3rd) 2.4 (6th) Last Overtime Game: 1989, won at AFA, 89-88 to MWC-opponents Wyoming and New Mexico on Turnover 14.5 (3rd) 11.0 (1st) Longest BYU Win Streak: 15 (1990-96) the road. Air Force coach Jeff Bzdelik (Illinois- FG Percentage .468 (4th) .494 (1st) Longest Air Force Win Streak: 3 (2005-present) Chicago, 1976) has returned to the college game FG Percentage Defense .442 (7th) .429 (4th) Largest BYU Margin of Victory: 35, 103-68 in 1993 after 15 seasons as a coach and scout in the 3FG Percentage .381 (3rd) .421 (1st) Largest Air Force Margin of Victory: 31, 70-39 in 2005 NBA, most recently as head coach of the Denver 3FG/Game 7.2 (2nd) 9.3 (1st) Nuggets.