BYU Men’s Basketball Game Notes – BYU vs. Fort Lewis 2000-01 Mountain West Conference Tournament Champion • 2000-01 MWC Regular Season Co-Champion 25 Conference Championships • 19 NCAA Appearances • 8 NIT Appearances • 2 NIT Titles • 1 Eastman/Wooden Award Winner 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 mak- ing 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 per- cent 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.