BYU Men’s Basketball Game Notes • Game #21 @ the Wyoming Cowboys • Feb. 8, 2003 Cougar Basket b a l l CONTACT INFORMATION GAME #21 FAST FACTS (MWC GAME #6) Basketball Media Relations Contact: Brett Pyne Office Phone: (801) 422-4912 BYU (15-5, 4-1 MWC) vs. WYOMING (16-4, 4-1 MWC) Cell Phone: (801) 367-1631 SAT U R D A Y, FEB. 8, 2003 Home Phone: (801) 796-6867 AR E N A - A UDITORIUM (15,000) Email: [email protected] LAR AMIE, WYOM I N G Assoc. AD/Media Relations Director: Duff Tittle 1:05 p.m. MST Office Phone: (801) 422-8948 Home Phone: (801) 227-0746 Email: [email protected] Coaches: .BYU, Steve Cleveland (100-74 in sixth year; same overall) Media Relations Fax: (801) 422-0633 Wyoming, Steve McClain (95-45 in fifth year; same overall) Pressrow Phone: (801) 378-3675 Series: . .BYUleads, 87-67; Last: Wyoming won 76-60 in Laramie on Feb. 28, 2002 Mailing Address: 30 SFH, Provo, UT 84602-2239 TV: . .ESPN+Plus (KJZZ-TV in Salt Lake City; KLWY-TV in Cheyenne and Casper) Available via ESPN FULL COURT (pay-per-view) Play-by-Play: Rich Waltz 2002-03 BYU SCHEDULE Game Analyst: Irv Brown Radio: . .KSL Newsradio 1160 AM (Cougar Sports Network) NOVEMBER 2002 Pregame Air Times: Noon MST Nov. 22-25Paradise Jam @ U.S. Virgin Islands Play-by-Play: Greg Wrubell Nov 22 v. Toledo 71-56 W Game Analyst: Mark Durrant Web: . .Live audio links are available at byucougars.com/basketball_m/ (select 2002-03 schedule) and Nov 23 v. Kansas State 73-64 W on KSL.com and byuradio.org or via BYU Radio on Dish Network. Noc 25 v. St. Bonaventure 66-57 W Nov. 30 Rice 95-56 W BYU’S PROBABLE STARTERS: POS. # NAME HT. WT. YR. PPG RPG DECEMBER 2002 F 3 Mark Bigelow 6- 7 19 5 Jr . 13 . 2 3. 9 Dec. 4 @ Arizona State (F S N ) 64-60 W F 52 Jared Jensen 6- 9 25 0 So . 8. 3 3. 5 Dec. 7 @ Creighton 64-74 L C 55 Rafael Araujo 6-11 265 Jr. 11.7 9.1 Dec. 11 San Diego 64-49 W G 2 Travis Hansen 6- 6 21 0 Sr . 16 . 0 5. 0 2.7 apg Dec. 14 Utah State (S W P ) 66-56 W G 10 Terry Nashif 5-10 165 So. 2. 7 1. 8 2.2 apg Dec. 21 UC Santa Barbara 69-56 W Dec. 23 @ San Francisco 72-84 L BYU RESERVES: Dec. 28 Southern Utah 93-60 W POS. # NAME HT. WT. YR. PPG RPG G 14 Ricky Bower 6- 4 18 5 Jr . 6. 9 2. 0 JANUARY 2003 G 24 Kevin Woo d b e r ry 6- 0 17 0 Jr . 5. 6 2. 0 2.3 apg Jan. 2 Pepperdine 84-68 W G 12 Marc Rob e r t s 6- 3 20 5 So . 3. 4 1. 8 Jan. 4 Touchstone Energy All-College F 15 John Allen 6-7 215 So. 3.2 1.5 Classic in Oklahoma City F 5 Jake Shoff 6-9 265 Jr. 2.6 1.9 G 4 Luiz Lemes 6-3 180 Jr. 1.7 0.8 v. Oklahoma State (E S P N 2 ) 65-78 L C 40 Dan Howard 7-0 225 Jr. 1.4 0.7 Jan. 8 @ Weber State 69-75 L F 32 Bart Jepsen 6-9 235 Jr. 1.2 0.9 Jan. 11 Idaho State 77-58 W Jan. 16 UNLV (SWP) 85-77 W Jan. 20 @ San Diego State (S W P ) 80-69 W BYU PLAYS AT WYOMING SATURDAY AT 1 P.M. Jan. 25 UTAH (E S P N + P l u s ) 75-79 L After defeating New Mexico and Air Force at home, BYU (15-5, 4-1 MWC) travels to take on fel- FEBRUARY 2003 low-Mountain West Conference leader Wyoming (16-4, 4-1 MWC) Saturday at 1 p.m. MST at Feb. 1 New Mexico (E S P N + P l u s ) 80-64 W Arena-Auditorium in Laramie, Wyo. The game will be televised by ESPN+Plus on KJZZ-TV in Salt Feb. 3 Air Force 65-33 W Lake City. The radio broadcast can be heard on KSL Newsradio 1160 and the Cougar Sports Feb. 8 @ Wyoming (E S P N + P l u s ) 1:00 p.m. Network, beginning with a one-hour pregame show. KSL’s Greg Wrubell will call the play-by-play Feb. 10 @ Colorado State 7:00 p.m. action with Mark Durrant providing analysis. Live audio is available on the basketball page of the Feb. 14 @ UNLV (SWP) 7:30 p.m. official BYU athletics website, byucougars.com, and on KSL.com and via BYU Radio on the Dish Feb. 17 San Diego State (SWP) 9:00 p.m. Network and at byuradio.org. Feb. 24 @ Utah (E S P N ) 10 : 0 0 p.m. BYU is 15-5 and shares the league lead with Wyoming and Utah at 4-1 after defeating New Mexico MARCH 2003 and Air Force. BYU is 7-3 over its last 10 games, going to the road where the Cougars are 5-4, Mar. 1 @ Air Force (SWP) 4:00 p.m. including a 2-3 record on an opponent’s homecourt. Wyoming is 16-4 and 4-1 in MWC play after Mar. 3 @ New Mexico (SWP) 7:00 p.m. suffering its first conference loss at San Diego State Monday. The Cowboys are 8-2 over the last 10 Mar. 6 Wyoming (SWP) 7:00 p.m. games and are 9-0 at home this year. Wyoming now owns the longest homecourt winning streak Mar. 8 Colorado State (SWP) 7:00 p.m. among MWC teams after BYU’s 44-game streak came to an end vs. Utah and the Cowboys ended Mar. 12-15 MWC Tournament @ Las Vegas Colorado State’s 14-game streak at Moby Arena on Jan. 25. *Game times are local to site UP NEXT FOR BYU SWP - SportsWest Productions BYU will stay on the Front Range to face Colorado State Monday evening at 7 p.m. MST at Moby FSA - Fox SportsNet Arizona Arena. CSU enters Saturday’s game with Utah in fourth place at 3-2 in the league standings and 14-6 overall after a loss at UNLV Monday. The Rams split the road trip with a win at San Diego State. The BYU-CSUgame Monday night is not being televised. www.byucougars.com Wyoming Information 2002-03 BYU Men’s Basketball SATURDAY’S MATCHUP SERIES BREAKDOWN BYU is 15-5 and shares the league lead with Wyoming and Utah at 4-1 after defeating New Overall Series Record: BYU leads 87-67 Mexico and Air Force. BYU is ranked fifth nationally in three-point shooting. BYU is 7-3 over BYU Record in Provo: 59-13 its last 10 games, going to the road where the Couars are 5-4, including a 2-3 record on an BYU Record in Laramie: 25-52 opponent’s homecourt. Wyoming is 16-4 and 4-1 in MWC play after suffering its first confer- BYU Record at Neutral Sites: 3-2 ence loss at San Diego State Monday. The Cowboys are 9-2 without preseason MWC Player of BYU Record under Steve Cleveland: 5-4 the Year Marcus Bailey, who is out for the year. The Cowboys are 8-2 over the last 10 games BYU Record in Overtime Games: 1-3* (all in Laramie) and are 9-0 at home this year. Wyoming now owns the longest homecourt winning streak *0-1 in 2OT games (1981 in Laramie, 84-86) among MWC teams after BYU’s 44-game streak came to an end vs. Utah and the Cowboys Last OT Game: 1981, lost in Laramie, 84-86 (2OT) ended Colorado State’s 14-game streak at Moby Arena on Jan. 25. The Cowboys have won 11 Longest BYU Win Streak: 12 (1972-77) straight at home dating back to a victory over BYU last year on Feb. 28, 2002 (76-60). BYU Longest Wyoming Win Streak: 9 (1942-46) and Wyoming have split the season series the last four seasons they have played (didn’t play in Largest BYU Margin of Victory: 35, 78-43 in 1966 1999 in last year of WAC). BYU has won three of the last four games including an MWC Largest Wyoming Margin of Victory: 32, 63-31 in 1931 tournament win in 2001. The Cougars lead the all-time series 87-67, but Wyoming is 52-25 Most Points Scored by BYU: 102 in 1965 vs. BYU in Laramie. Most Points Scored by Wyoming: 107 in 1966 MORE ON WYOMING RECENT SERIES RESULTS Wyoming (16-4, 4-1) is off to one of its best starts in school history this year. In fact, prior to Monday’s loss at San Diego State, the Cowboys had earned the best record (16-3) through 19 Date Opponent Score W/L 1-18-80 Wyoming 53-56 L games since the 1942-43 season when the University of Wyoming captured the NCAA 2-23-80 at Wyoming 39-30 W Championship under Basketball Hall of Fame coach Everett Shelton. The 1942-43 NCAA 1-24-81 Wyoming 84-70 W Championship team of Wyoming posted an 18-1 start through 19 games and went on to post a 2-26-81 at Wyoming (2OT) 84-86 L 26-1 start on way to a 31-2 record.