No. 22 All-Time Victories NCAA Division I • 2 National Titles (NIT 1951, 1966) • 26 Conference Titles • 21 NCAA Tournaments • 10 NIT Appearances 1 National Player of the Year • 2 Basketball Hall of Fame Inductees • 41 All-America Citations • 43 NBA Draft Selections • 100 All-Conference Citations BYU COUGAR BASKETBALL Game 23 — BYU vs. UNLV BYU HOSTS NO. 25 UNLV SATURDAY 2006-07 BYU SCHEDULE/RESULTS BYU (16-6, 6-2 MWC) starts the second half of Mountain West Conference play hosting 25th-ranked UNLV (19-4, NOVEMBER 6-2 MWC) at 3:30 p.m. in the Marriott Center Saturday. The game will be televised on the MountainWest Sports 2 (Thurs.) Brock Univ./Canada (Exh.) 90-49 W Network (the mtn.) and can be heard live on the radio beginning with the pregame show at 2:30 p.m. on KSL 8 (Wed.) Univ. of Montevallo (Exh.) 92-63 W Newsradio 102.7 FM and 1160 AM out of Salt Lake City or via the Internet at KSL.com. The Cougars are coming off 15 (Wed.) @ UCLA (FSN-Prime Ticket LA) 69-82 L a home win over nationally ranked Air Force and a league road win at Utah to end the first half of conference play 18 (Sat.) Idaho State (OT) 84-78 W while winning 11 of their last 13 games. The Rebels are coming off a road win at Colorado State and have won their 22 (Wed.) Portland 79-50 W last five games. Both UNLV and BYU are tied with No. 16 Air Force for first place in the league standings. 24 (Fri.) Southern Utah (the mtn.) 80-61 W 29 (Wed.) @ Boise State (KTVB) 68-72 L UP NEXT DECEMBER BYU plays at Wyoming Tuesday at 7 p.m. (televised on the mtn.) 2 (Sat.) @ Weber State (KJZZ-TV) (OT) 73-69 W 6 (Wed.) San Jose State (the mtn.) 81-69 W COUGAR QUICK HITS 9 (Sat.) vs. Michigan State (ESPN2) 61-76 L — 2006 All-MWC Third Team forward Keena Young leads BYU this year in scoring (16.3) and is second on the team 13 (Wed.) @ Lamar (OT) 77-86 L in rebounding (6.4). 2006 Freshman All-American Trent Plaisted leads the Cougars on the boards (6.5) and is sec- 16 (Sat.) Utah State (the mtn.) 75-62 W ond in scoring (12.5), while senior Austin Ainge leads BYU with 4.2 assists per game. 22 (Fri.) Western Oregon 102-40 W — The Cougars currently lead the MWC in scoring (76.8), field-goal percentage defense (.425), rebounding average 28-30 BYU Holiday Classic, Provo, Utah (38.4) and assists (16.05) in overall play. In league action, BYU paces the conference in scoring (77.2), scoring mar- 28 (Thurs.) Oral Roberts 76, Seton Hall 74 gin (+9.2), three-point shooting (.469), assists (16.88), three-pointers made (8.63) and assist/turnover ratio (1.30). BYU vs. Liberty 73-59 W — With 27 straight wins in the Marriott Center, the Cougars are currently tied with Air Force for the nation’s sec- 29 (Fri.) Seton Hall 85, Liberty 81 ond-longest active home winning streak. BYU is 13-0 at home this season, 3-5 on the road and 0-1 on a neutral BYU vs. Oral Roberts 72-62 W court. 30 (Sat.) Oral Roberts 90, Liberty 58 — BYU was picked to finish second in the Mountain West Conference in the preseason MWC media poll behind BYU vs. Seton Hall 77-68 W reigning champion San Diego State. JANUARY 6 (Sat.) San Diego State* (VERSUS) 80-58 W BYU GAME #23 FAST FACTS 10 (Wed.) TCU* (the mtn.) 89-65 W 13 (Sat.) @ UNLV* (the mtn.) 75-83 L BYU COUGARS (16-6, 6-2 MWC) 16 (Tues.) Wyoming* (the mtn.) 89-81 W 20 (Sat.) @ Colorado State* (the mtn.) 78-90 L vs. 24 (Wed.) @ New Mexico* (the mtn.) 70-49 W 27 (Sat.) Air Force* (the mtn.) 61-52 W UNLV REBELS (19-4, 6-2 MWC) 31 (Wed.) @ Utah* (the mtn.) 76-66 W Saturday, Feb. 3, 2007 FEBRUARY Marriott Center (22,700) 3 (Sat.) UNLV* (the mtn.) 3:30 p.m. MT Provo, Utah 6 (Tues.) @ Wyoming* (the mtn.) 7 p.m. MT 3:30 p.m. MT 10 (Sat.) @ TCU* 7 p.m. CT 14 (Wed.) New Mexico* (the mtn.) 7 p.m. MT Coaches: . BYU, Dave Rose (36-15 in second season; same overall) 21 (Wed.) Colorado State* (the mtn.) 8 p.m. MT UNLV, Lon Kruger (53-31 in third season; 371-264 in 21st year overall) 24 (Sat.) @ San Diego State* (CSTV) 3 p.m. PT Series: . Series tied, 11-11, after UNLV won the first meeting this season in Las Vegas 27 (Tues.) @ Air Force* (CSTV) 7 p.m. MT TV: . The MountainWest Sports Network (the mtn.) (Dave Benz, play-by-play; Blaine Fowler, color) MARCH Radio: . KSL Newsradio (102.7 FM/1160 AM) and the Cougar Sports Network (2:30 p.m. MT pregame show — 3 (Sat.) Utah* (CSTV) 5:30 p.m. MT Greg Wrubell, play-by-play; Mark Durrant, game analysis) 6-10 MWC Tournament (mtn, CSTV, VS.) Las Vegas Web: . Live audio and live stats links are available on the basketball schedule page at *denotes Mountain West Conference game www.byucougars.com/basketball_m/ BYU’S PROBABLE STARTERS: POS. # NAME HT. WT. YR. HOMETOWN / LAST TEAM PPG RPG NOTE F 3 Keena Young 6-6 215 Sr. Beaumont, TX / South Plains College 16.3 6.4 Scored 21 points at Utah, the fifth time this year he has scored 20+ F/C 44 Trent Plaisted 6-11 245 So. San Antonio, TX / Clark HS 12.5 6.5 Named MWC Co-Player/Week after averaging 16.5 ppg on .778 shooting G 30 Lee Cummard 6-6 180 So. Mesa, AZ / Mesa HS 9.2 5.7 Shooting .541 from the floor, .517 on threes (31-of-60), and .806 at line G 23 Jimmy Balderson 6-6 205 Sr. Magrath, Alberta / Magrath HS 9.3 3.5 Co-captain has scored in double figures 10 times, including 21 at CSU G 13 Austin Ainge 6-2 180 Sr. Gilbert, AZ / Highland HS 6.3 2.8 Second-year captain avg. 5.25 apg (2nd), 2.21 A/TO ratio (2nd) in MWC games BYU OFF THE BENCH: POS. # NAME HT. WT. YR. HOMETOWN / LAST TEAM PPG RPG NOTE G 2 Mike Rose 6-3 185 Sr. Houston, TX / Spring Woods HS 5.0 1.2 After scoring 11 points in first eight games, he has scored 89 in last 14 F/C 10 Vuk Ivanovic 6-10 250 Jr. Pancevo, Serbia / Seton Hill Univ. 2.6 2.6 05-06 redshirt; is averaging 9.2 minutes in 16 games; 5 rebounds at Utah F 15 Fernando Malaman 6-9 220 Sr. Limeira, Brazil / Arizona Western College 2.2 2.7 Only DNP of season vs. AFA; had career-high 10 rebounds at Lamar G 20 Sam Burgess 6-3 190 Jr. Alpine, Utah / Snow College 3.7 1.3 05-06 redshirt; shooting .575 from floor, .542 on threes (13-of-24) G 24 Ben Murdock 6-2 185 Jr. Bountiful, Utah / Dixie State College 1.5 0.7 Transfer point has played in 19 games; averaging 6.5 minutes F 45 Jonathan Tavernari 6-6 215 Fr. Sao Bernardo, Brazil / Bishop Gorman HS 6.8 2.4 Shooting .536 from three-point range in MWC play; 17 points at Utah F/C 50 Gavin MacGregor 6-9 235 So. Ridgecrest, Calif. / Burroughs HS 1.9 0.6 Newcomer has played in seven games, logging 4.6 minutes per game www.byucougars.com Opponent Information 2006-07 BYU Men’s Basketball LOOKING AT UNLV BYU SERIES RECORD VS. UNLV BYU vs. UNLV STATS COMPARISONS The 25th-ranked Rebels are 19-4 overall and 6- Overall Series Record: Series tied 11-11 Season Averages Overall (MWC rank overall) 2 in the Mountain West Conference and are BYU Record in Provo: 7-3 (7-3 in the Marriott Center) BYU UNLV ranked for the first time in 14 years. UNLV has BYU Record in Las Vegas: 4-8 (3-8 in the Thomas & Mack Points Scored/Game 76.8 (1st) 76.3 (3rd) won its last five contests and is the only MWC Center) Points Allowed/Game 67.2 (4th) 66.8 (3rd) team besides BYU to have faced three ranked Rebounds/Game 38.4 (1st) 35.6 (5th) BYU Record at Neutral Sites: 0-0 teams this year, going 1-2 in those games with Rebounds Allowed/Game 32.6 (5th) 35.6 (9th) BYU Record under Dave Rose: 1-2 losses at then-No. 16 Arizona and then-No. 16 Assists/Game 16.1 (1st) 15.1 (4th) BYU Record in Overtime Games: 2-0 Air Force and a win at then-No. 19 Nevada. The Steals/Game 6.4 (6th) 8.3 (1st) Last Overtime Game: 2005, won in OT in Las Vegas, 82-72 Blocks/Game 3.6 (5th) 5.0 (2nd) Rebels are led by senior guard Wendell White, Longest BYU Win Streak: 3 (2004-2005) Turnovers 13.9 (5th) 11.4 (2nd) who averages 16.1 points and 6.7 rebounds Longest UNLV Win Streak: 4 (1981-98) FG Percentage .477 (5th) .443 (8th) per game - both team bests. The 6-foot-6 MWC Largest BYU Margin of Victory: 28, 91-63 in 2001 FG Percentage Defense .425 (1st) .430 (5th) Player of the Week honoree (Dec. 11) is shoot- Largest UNLV Margin of Victory: 23, 79-56 in 2000 3FG Percentage .403 (3rd) .349 (8th) ing a team-best .530 from the floor.