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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 10 — BYU vs. Eastern Washington BYU HOSTS EASTERN WASHINGTON TUESDAY 2005-06 BYU SCHEDULE/RESULTS BYU (6-3, 0-0 MWC) hosts two games in the Marriott Center this week, facing Eastern Washington (5-5, 0-0 Big Sky) Tuesday and Tulsa (4-6, 0-0 C-USA) Friday. Both games start at 7 p.m. Eastern Washington is coming of home NOVEMBER win over Cal Poly (76-62) after a loss at nationally ranked Gonzaga (75-65). The radio broadcast can be heard on 4 (Fri.) Victoria (exhibition) 81-54 W KSL Newsradio (102.7 FM/1160 AM) and the Cougar Sports Network with Greg Wrubell and Mark Durrant calling 10 (Thu.) Seattle Pacific (exhibition) 86-72 W the action. 18 (Fri.) Loyola Marymount 71-83 L 22 (Tue.) vs. Washington State (Spokane) 76-68 W TUESDAY IS FAMILY NIGHT 26 (Sat.) Southern Utah 86-61 W Tuesday’s BYU-Eastern Washington game includes a family night discount. A family of 5 can attend for $15, with a 30 (Wed.) vs. Lamar (Delta Center, SLC) 97-74 W $3 charge for each additional person. DECEMBER UP NEXT 3 (Sat.) @USC 68-74 L BYU hosts the Tulsa Golden Hurricanes (4-6, 0-0 C-USA) Friday at 7:05 p.m. (No live TV). 7 (Wed.) Boise State 80-77 W COUGAR QUICK HITS 10 (Sat.) Northern Kentucky 65-46 W • Coming off a disappointing 9-21 season after five straight postseason appearances, BYU looks to return to the 17 (Sat.) Weber State (SWP—KSL) 80-54 W ranks of conference contenders and postseason invitees under the direction of new head coach Dave Rose, who 22 (Thu.) @Utah State (KJZZ-TV) 80-91 L served the past eight seasons as Steve Cleveland's lead assistant. 27 (Tue.) Eastern Washington 7 p.m. • Among BYU’s returning players, honorable mention All-MWC guard Austin Ainge was the team’s second-leading 30 (Fri.) Tulsa 7 p.m. scorer and top assist man last year, and junior forward Keena Young was BYU’s leading rebounder. Other return- ers with starting experience include junior swingman Jimmy Balderson, who represented Canada at the World JANUARY University Games this summer; junior center Derek Dawes, who made 13 starts in the middle last year; and junior 5 (Thu.) *@Air Force (ESPN2) 9 p.m. guard Mike Rose, who made seven starts last year and averaged 7.7 points while making a team-leading 56 treys. 7 (Sat.) *Utah (ESPN+, EFC) 1 p.m. Lone senior Brock Reichner has started the last eight games this season after mostly limited action last year. 11 (Wed.) *@UNLV (SWP, EFC) 7 p.m. • Trent Plaisted leads BYU in scoring (13.7), followed by Brock Reichner (10.3). Keena Young is the top Cougar 18 (Wed.) *Wyoming (SWP, EFC) 7 p.m. rebounder (5.1), followed by Plaisted (5.0). Rashaun Broadus is the MWC’s top assist maker (5.0), followed by 21 (Sat.) *@San Diego St. (SWP, EFC) 7 p.m. Austin Ainge (3.9), who ranks third. The Cougars average an MWC-most 78.1 points and shoot .483 as a team, 25 (Wed.) *TCU 7 p.m. .398 from long range and .665 from the line. Cougar opponents average 69.8 points on .432 shooting, .331 from 28 (Sat.) *@Colorado State 7 p.m. three and .718 from the line. BYU pulls down 35.2 rebounds per game, 1.6 more rebounds per contest than its opponents. FEBRUARY 1 (Wed.) *@New Mexico (SWP, EFC) 7 p.m. GAME #10 FAST FACTS 4 (Sat.) *Air Force (ESPN+) 1 p.m. 8 (Wed.) *@Utah (KJZZ-TV, EFC) 7 p.m. BYU COUGARS (6-3, 0-0 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. EASTERN WASHINGTON EAGLES (5-5, 0-0 BIG SKY) 25 (Sat.) *@TCU 7 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 27, 2005 Marriott Center (22,700) MARCH Provo, Utah 1 (Wed.) *Colorado State 7 p.m. 7:05 p.m. MST 4 (Sat.) *New Mexico (SWP, EFC) 7 p.m. 9-11 MWC Tournament in Denver (ESPN, ESPN+) Coaches: . BYU, Dave Rose (6-3 in first year; same overall) EWU, Mike Burns (13-25 in second season; same overall) -------------- Series: . BYU leads, 1-0, with 96-84 win in Provo on Nov. 25, 1989 Game times are local to site and subject to change TV: . None SWP denotes SportsWest Productions telecast Radio: . KSL Newsradio (102,7 FM/1160 AM) and the Cougar Sports Network (6 p.m. pregame show —Greg EFC denotes game available via ESPN Full Court 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 15 Fernando Malaman 6-9 215 Jr. Limeira, Brazil / Arizona Western College 8.1 4.1 Shooting .604 from the floor, including 10-of-13 treys (.767) F/C 44 Trent Plaisted 6-11 245 Fr. San Antonio, TX / Clark HS 13.7 5.0 Redshirt freshman has scored in double figures in seven games G 23 Jimmy Balderson 6-6 200 Jr. Magrath, Alberta / Magrath HS 9.1 3.4 Only projected starter with significant starts in 04-05 (16 starts) G 1 Rashaun Broadus 6-0 195 Jr. Mililani, HI / Western Nebraska CC 9.0 3.6 JC transfer adds MWC-leading 5.0 assists per game G 11 Brock Reichner 6-4 205 Sr. Provo, UT / Salt Lake Community College 10.3 1.4 Lone senior serves as team’s co-captain along with Austin Ainge 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 3.8 0.9 Led BYU in three-point shots made last year with 56 F 3 Keena Young 6-6 205 Jr. Beaumont, TX / South Plains College 6.6 5.1 Last year’s leading rebounder also leads on the boards this year G 4 Jackson Emery 6-3 175 Fr. Alpine, UT / Lone Peak HS 4.7 1.4 Utah HS Mr. Basketball in 2005; shooting .469 from the floor G 13 Austin Ainge 6-2 180 Jr. Gilbert, AZ / Highland HS 3.0 1.8 3.9 assists is third in MWC; 4.1 apg last year as starter was No. 3 G 30 Lee Cummard 6-6 175 Fr. Mesa, AZ / Mesa HS 5.6 2.2 Freshman shooting .472 fro the floor, including .429 on threes F 41 Jermaine Odjegba 6-7 190 Fr. West Palm Beach, FL / Palm Beach Gardens HS 0.7 0.7 Returned in June from LDS mission; has played in 3 games this year C 43 Derek Dawes 6-11 275 Jr. Salt Lake City, UT / Cottonwood HS 5.0 2.1 Missed first two games (injury); started 13 games last year www.byucougars.com Opponent Information 2005-06 BYU Men’s Basketball LOOKING AT EASTERN WASHINGTON After taking a short break for Christmas following a 76-62 home victory over Cal Poly on Dec. 23, the Eagles BYU SERIES RECORD VS. UPCOMING OPPONENTS come to Provo to begin a stretch of playing three games in a six-day span. Eastern plays at Boise State on Thursday and then has a New Year’s Day home game against the University of San Diego. The Eagles are 5- 5 on the year coming of home win over Cal Poly (76-62) after a loss at nationally ranked Gonzaga (75-65). Eastern Washington BYU leads, 1-0 EWU played common opponent USC at the Great Alaska Shootout, falling 69-51. The Trojans downed BYU in Last outing: Nov. 25, 1989 @ BYU Los Angeles, 74-68. Eastern Washington has a pair of returning starters -- guard Deuce Smith and forward Result: BYU 96, EWU 84 Jake Beitinger from last year’s 8-20 team (5-9, 6th in Big Sky). The team’s other two returning letterwinners are Paul Butorac and Henry Bekkering, but the remainder of the team consists of seven first-year players in the Eagle program. Among them, freshman guard Rodney Stuckey has made the biggest contributions with Tulsa BYU leads 6-4 averages of 20.3 points, 4.7 rebounds, 4.1 assists and 2.3 steals per game. In statistics through Dec. 19, Last outing: March 3, 1998 in Las Vegas Stuckey was the top-scoring freshman in NCAA Division I with a 19.9 average through nine games. Starting Result: Tulsa 59, BYU 56 sophomore Kellen Williams is the other Eagle averaging in double figures as he has contributed 11.0 points and 5.1 rebounds per game. Freshman redshirt Matt Penoncello has chipped in 5.5 points per game and outstanding defense off the bench Among the returning players, Beitinger is averaging 9.0 points, 3.8 Air Force BYU leads, 42-11 rebounds and nearly two blocked shots per game, and Butorac is averaging a team-leading 7.3 rebounds, 7.5 Last year: AFA swept the season series points and 2.2 blocks. Bekkering has come off the bench to contribute 6.6 points per game and Smith has averaged 6.5 points and 1.3 steals per game thus far.