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2003 MWC Co-Champions • 2003 MWCCoach of the Year • 26 Conference Titles • 29 Postseason Invitations • 42 NBA Draft Selections • 81 Winning Seasons BYU COUGAR BASKETBALL Game #7 – BYU vs. USC BYU HOSTS SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA SATURDAY 2003-04 BYU SCHEDULE After improving to 5-1 with its win Wednesday, BYU hosts the University of Southern California (3- 2) of the Pac-10 Conference Saturday at 7 p.m. The game is not being televised. The radio broadcast NOVEMBER TIME/RESULT can be heard on KSL Newsradio 1160 and the Cougar Sports Network, beginning with a one-hour 6 (Thurs.) EA Sports All-Stars (exh.) 75-72 W pregame show. KSL’s Greg Wrubell will call the play-by-play action with Mark Durrant providing 11 (Tues.) Northwest Sports (exh.) 104-58 W analysis. Live audio and stats links are available on the basketball schedule page of the official BYU 21 (Fri.) Southern Utah 88-54 W athletics website, byucougars.com. Live audio is also available on BYU Radio on the Dish Network 26 (Wed.) @ California (SWP-KJZZ) 46-47 L and at byuradio.org. 29 (Sat.) UVSC 84-65 W DECEMBER UP NEXT 2 (Tues.) @ Boise State (SWP-KSL) 75-69 W BYU hosts instate foe Weber State Saturday, Dec. 20, at 7 p.m. (SportsWest Productions - KSL-TV) 6 (Sat.) Oklahoma St. @ Delta Center 76-71 W 10 (Wed.) Western Oregon 92-56 W ARAUJO EARNS NATIONAL, CONFERENCE PLAYER OF THE WEEK HONORS 13 (Sat.) Southern California 7:05 p.m. BYU senior center Rafael Araujo has been named the National Player of the Week by The Sporting 20 (Sat.) Weber State (SWP-KSL) 7:05 p.m. News and the Mountain West Conference Player of the Week after recording two double-doubles in 23 (Tues.) @ Utah State (KJZZ) 8:05 p.m. victories at Boise State (75-69) and against 25th-ranked Oklahoma State (76-71). It is Araujo's sec- 29-30 @ Cable Car Classic, Santa Clara, Calif. ond career player of the week honor. Araujo collected his second and third double-doubles (11th 29 (Mon.)vs. Idaho State 8 p.m. career) of the season last week. He averaged 31.5 points and 15.5 rebounds, while shooting 71.4 30 (Tues.) vs. Wisconsin-Milwaukee or Santa Clara percent from the floor and 76.7 percent from the free throw line. In the win at Boise State, Araujo JANUARY scored 31 points and pulled down 14 rebounds. He made 10-of-13 attempts from the field and 2 (Fri.) Saint Mary's (SWP-KSL) 7 p.m. earned 14 trips to the free throw line, knocking down 11. In the victory over Oklahoma State at the 7 (Wed.) @ North Carolina State (ESPN2) 8 p.m. Delta Center in Salt Lake City, Araujo scored a career-high 32 points and grabbed 17 rebounds. He 12 (Mon.)*@ San Diego State (SWP-KSL)^7 p.m. made 10-of-15 field goals and 12-of-16 free throws on the day and scored 26 of the Cougars' 40 sec- 17 (Sat.) *Colorado State (SWP-KSL)^ 7 p.m. ond half points. His 17 rebounds, one shy of the entire OSU team, led the way for BYU as it domi- 19 (Mon.)*Wyoming (SWP-KSL)^ 8:30 p.m. nated the boards against the Cowboys, 44-18. 24 (Sat.) *@ Air Force(SWP-KSL)^ 4 p.m. 26 (Mon.)*@ New Mexico (ESPN) 10 p.m. 31 (Sat.) *@ Utah (ESPN+)^ 1 p.m. GAME #7 FAST FAC T S FEBRUARY BYU COUGARS (5-1, 0-0 MWC) vs. USC (3-2, 0-0 Pac-10) 7 (Sat.) *UNLV (ESPN+)^ 1 p.m. SAT U R D A Y, DEC. 13, 2003 9 (Mon.) *San Diego State ( ESPN) 10 p.m. MA R R I O T T CENTER (22,700) 14 (Sat.) *@ Wyoming (ESPN+)^ 1 p.m. PR O V O , UTAH 16 (Mon.)*@ Colorado State (ESPN) 10 p.m. 7:05 p.m. MST 21 (Sat.) *New Mexico (SWP-KSL)^ 7 p.m. 23 (Mon.)*Air Force (SWP-TBA)^ 8:30 p.m. Coaches: .BYU, Steve Cleveland (113-79 in seventh year; same overall) MARCH USC, Henry Bibby (122-96 in eighth year; same overall college division I) 1 (Mon.) *Utah (ESPN) 10 p.m. Series: . .USC leads, 4-2. Last: USC won 70-67 on Dec. 23, 2000 at Yahoo Invitational in Laie, Hawaii) 6 (Sat.) *@ UNLV (ABC)^ 12:30 p.m. TV: . .None 11-13 MWC Tournament @ Pepsi Center, Denver, Colo. Radio: . .KSL Newsradio 1160 AM (Cougar Sports Network) ESPN, ESPN+ Pregame Air Time: 6 p.m. MST -------------- Play-by-Play: Greg Wrubell Times are local to site and subject to change Game Analyst: Mark Durrant ESPN+Plus games broadcast in Utah on KJZZ-TV Web: . .Live stats and live audio links available at byucougars.com/basketball_m/ (select 2003-04 schedule) ^Game available via ESPN Full Court and audio available via BYU Radio on Dish Network and byuradio.org. BYU’S PROJECTED STARTERS (BASED ON L AST GAME): POS. # NAME HT. WT. YR. HOMETOWN (LAST TEAM) PPG RPG NOTE F 3 Mark Bigelow 6-7 200 Sr. Olympia, WA/Olympia HS 11 . 7 4. 0 Four-year starter is team’s top returning scorer (13.9) C 55 Rafael Araujo 6-11 280 Sr. Sao Paulo, Brazil /Arizona Western College 20.5 11.5 Two-year starter has four straight double-double games G 1 Mike Hall 6-3 205 Jr. San Bernardino, CA / Dixie State College 13.7 4.5 Started last 4 games; NJCAA All-American at Dixie State G 0 Kevin Woodberry 6-0 170 Sr. Phoenix, AZ / Dixie State College 7. 5 1. 3 Has four starts, shooting 45 percent on threes G 4 Luiz Lemes 6-3 180 Sr. Sao Paulo, Brazil / E. Okla. St. College 6. 2 2. 7 First-year starter adds team-best 4.7 assists per game BYU OFF THE BENCH: POS. # NAME HT. WT. YR. HOMETOWN (LAST TEAM) PPG RPG NOTE G 2 Mike Rose 6-2 180 Fr. Houston, TX/Spring Woods HS 8. 4 1. 6 Set BYU record of 8 treys vs. SUU in first college game F 5 Jake Shoff 6-9 265 Sr. Alpine, UT / Weber State 1.3 0.8 Missed two games due to injury, averaging 8 minutes G 10 Terry Nashif 5-10 165 Jr.Vancouver, WA / Evergreen HS 1. 5 1. 7 Led the MWC in assist/TO ratio in league games last year G 12 Marc Roberts 6-3 200 Jr.Provo, UT / Timpview HS 1.6 1.4 Appeared in five games, averaging 8.6 minutes F 41 Garner Meads 6-8 230 Fr. Salt Lake City, UT / Brighton HS 3.2 3.0 McDonald’s All-American back from two-year mission F 52 Jared Jensen 6-9 250 Jr.West Haven, UT / Fremont HS 4. 0 1. 2 Two-year starter has two starts, off bench last four games G 13 Austin Ainge 6-2 180 Fr. Gilbert, AZ / Highland HS -- -- Out 2-4 weeks (hand) G 14 Ricky Bower 6-4 185 Sr. Meridian, ID / Wisconsin -- -- Last year’s top reserve out with injury (back) F 34 Joshua Burgess 6-8 230 So. Irvine, CA / Irvine Valley College -- -- Transfer from Irvine Valley must sit out this season C 43 Derek Dawes 6-11 265 So. Salt Lake City, UT / Cottonwood HS -- -- Returned in August from two-year mission; likely redshirt www.byucougars.com Opponent Information 2003-04 BYU Men’s Basketball USC TROJANS USC coach Henry Bibby returns all five starters and six of his top scorers among the eight lettermen back BYU-USC SERIES BREAKDOWN from last year’s Pac-10 Tournament finalists. The Trojans also add three highly touted freshman to a pro- Overall Series Record: USC leads 4-2 gram that has been the Pac-10 Tournament runner-up the past two seasons and has been to the NCAA BYU Record in Provo: 1-0 Tournament two of the past three years. The Trojans enter Saturday’s game in the Marriott Center with a 3- BYU Record at Southern California:1-2 2 record coming off back-to-back overtime wins over at upcoming BYU opponent St. Mary’s (84-83) and BYU Record at Neutral Sites: 0-2 against Cal-State Fullerton (96-90). Including its 92-83 overtime loss to the Mountain West’s UNLV in Los BYU Record Under Steve Cleveland: 0-1 Angeles on Dec. 3, the Trojans have gone to an extra period in each of their last three games. USC opened BYU Record in Overtime Games: N/A the year with a loss at Western Michigan (83-65) before downing Cal-State Northridge (75-69) at home. Longest BYU Win Streak: 2 (1963-68) The Trojans are led in scoring by senior guard Desmon Farmer (6-5, 220) at 17.4 points. Farmer, who came Longest USC Win Streak: 2 (1933-59 and 1970-present) off the bench for the first time in the last game, is the Trojan's top returning scorer from last season when he Largest BYU Margin of Victor y: 9, 95-86 in 1968 averaged 18.7 points per outing. Joining Farmer are three other Trojans averaging double figures with jun- Largest USC Margin of Victory: 36, 101-65 in 1970 ior forward Jeff McMillan (6-8, 260) totaling 15.8, junior center Rory O’Neil (6-11, 240) contributing 12.4 Most Points Scored by BYU: 95 in 1968 and junior guard Errick Craven (6-2, 205) adding 10.4 points.