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 16 — BYU @ San Diego St. BYU TRAVELS TO SAN DIEGO STATE SATURDAY 2005-06 BYU SCHEDULE/RESULTS BYU (10-5, 2-2 MWC) hits the road again for a contest at San Diego State (11-6, 4-1 MWC) Saturday at 7 p.m. PST (8 p.m. MST). The game is a SportsWest production available in Utah on KSL-TV, channel 5, in San Diego on Cox, NOVEMBER channel 4 and nationally via ESPN Full Court with Tom Kirkland and Steve Lappas calling the action. The radio broad- 4 (Fri.) Victoria (exhibition) 81-54 W cast can be heard on KSL Newsradio (102.7 FM/1160 AM) and the Cougar Sports Network with Greg Wrubell and 10 (Thu.) Seattle Pacific (exhibition) 86-72 W Mark Durrant calling the play-by-play action. 18 (Fri.) Loyola Marymount 71-83 L 22 (Tue.) vs. Washington State (Spokane) 76-68 W UP NEXT 26 (Sat.) Southern Utah 86-61 W BYU returns home for a Wednesday night matchup against league-newcomer TCU. Tip-off is set for 7 p.m. The 30 (Wed.) vs. Lamar (Delta Center, SLC) 97-74 W game will be tape-delay broadcast Thursday, Jan. 26 on BYU-TV at 10 p.m. MST and on KBYU at 11:30 p.m. MST. DECEMBER COUGAR QUICK HITS — Coming off a disappointing 9-21 season after five straight postseason appearances, BYU looks to return to the 3 (Sat.) @USC 68-74 L ranks of conference contenders and postseason invitees under the direction of new head coach Dave Rose, who 7 (Wed.) Boise State 80-77 W served the past eight seasons as Steve Cleveland's lead assistant. 10 (Sat.) Northern Kentucky 65-46 W — BYU is 10-5 overall, including 8-1 at home, and has won eight straight in the Marriott Center. The Cougars are 1- 17 (Sat.) Weber State (SWP—KSL) 80-54 W 4 away and 1-0 at a neutral site. BYU averages an MWC-leading 76.7 ppg, and shoots .475 from the field (third in 22 (Thu.) @Utah State (KJZZ-TV) 80-91 L the MWC), including .372 from long range and .698 from the line, second in the league. Cougar opponents average 27 (Tue.) Eastern Washington 97-66 W 68.5 points on .425 shooting, .325 from three and .723 from the line. BYU pulls down 35.7 rebounds per game, 30 (Fri.) Tulsa 68-49 W 2.4 more than its opponents. The Cougars dish out an MWC-leading 17.1 assists per game. — Redshirt freshman forward/center Trent Plaisted leads BYU in scoring (12.5), followed by senior guard Brock JANUARY Reichner (10.0). Junior forward Keena Young is the top Cougar rebounder (5.6), followed by Plaisted (4.7). Junior 5 (Thu.) *@Air Force (ESPN2) 59-75 L point guard Rashaun Broadus is the MWC’s top assist maker (4.6), followed by junior combo guard Austin Ainge 7 (Sat.) *Utah (ESPN+, EFC) 72-60 W (3.1), who is sixth. Eleven Cougars are logging 10 minutes or more per game. 11 (Wed.) *@UNLV (SWP, EFC) 72-82 L — Among BYU’s returning players, honorable mention All-MWC guard Austin Ainge was the team’s second-leading 18 (Wed.) *Wyoming (SWP, EFC) 80-67 W scorer and top assist man last year, and forward Keena Young was BYU’s leading rebounder. Other returners with starting experience last year include swingman Jimmy Balderson, who led Canada in scoring at the World University 21 (Sat.) *@San Diego St. (SWP, EFC) 7 p.m. Games this summer; center Derek Dawes, who made 13 starts in the middle last year; and guard Mike Rose, who 25 (Wed.) *TCU 7 p.m. made seven starts last year and averaged 7.7 points while making a team-leading 56 treys. Lone senior Brock 28 (Sat.) *@Colorado State 7 p.m. Reichner made two starts late last year after mostly limited action during the season. FEBRUARY GAME #16 FAST FACTS 1 (Wed.) *@New Mexico (SWP, EFC) 7 p.m. 4 (Sat.) *Air Force (ESPN+) 1 p.m. BYU COUGARS (10-5, 2-2 MWC) 8 (Wed.) *@Utah (KJZZ-TV, EFC) 7 p.m. 11 (Sat.) *UNLV (ESPN2) 6 p.m. vs. 18 (Sat.) *@Wyoming (SWP) 3 p.m. 22 (Wed.) *San Diego State (SWP) 7 p.m. SAN DIEGO STATE AZTECS (11-6, 4-1 MWC) 25 (Sat.) *@TCU 7 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 21, 2006 Cox Arena (12,414) San Diego, Calif. MARCH 7:00 p.m. PST 1 (Wed.) *Colorado State 7 p.m. 4 (Sat.) *New Mexico (SWP, EFC) 7 p.m. Coaches: . BYU, Dave Rose (10-5 in first year; same overall) 9-11 MWC Tournament in Denver (ESPN, ESPN+) SDSU, Steve Fisher (92-103 in seventh year; 276-185 in 15 years overall) -------------- Series: . BYU leads 38-18 after the Aztecs swept the season series last year for the first time since 1985 Game times are local to site and subject to change TV: . SportsWest — KSL, channel 5, in Utah, Cox, channel 4, in San Diego, and ESPN Full Court pay-per-view (Tom Kirkland, play-by-play; Steve Lappas, game analysis) SWP denotes SportsWest Productions telecast Radio: . KSL Newsradio (102.7 FM/1160 AM) and the Cougar Sports Network (6 p.m. PST 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 8.7 4.3 Shooting .563 from the floor (8th in MWC) and .522 from three F/C 44 Trent Plaisted 6-11 245 Fr. San Antonio, TX / Clark HS 12.5 4.7 BYU is 9-2 when he scores in double figures G 30 Lee Cummard 6-6 175 Fr. Mesa, AZ / Mesa HS 6.3 2.5 Freshman has started the last six games, shooting .478/floor G 13 Austin Ainge 6-2 180 Jr. Gilbert, AZ / Highland HS 3.8 1.7 Season-high 12 points in start vs. Wyo.; 3.1 assists is 6th in MWC G 11 Brock Reichner 6-4 205 Sr. Provo, UT / Salt Lake Community College 10.0 2.1 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 1 Rashaun Broadus 6-0 195 Jr. Mililani, HI / Western Nebraska CC 8.4 3.6 Did not play vs. Wyoming, leads MWC with 4.6 assists per game G 2 Mike Rose 6-2 185 Jr. Houston, TX / Spring Woods HS 4.4 0.8 Logging 10.4 minutes per game; led BYU with 56 treys last year F 3 Keena Young 6-6 205 Jr. Beaumont, TX / South Plains College 8.1 5.6 Leads the team and is 7th in the MWC shooting .565 G 4 Jackson Emery 6-3 175 Fr. Alpine, UT / Lone Peak HS 3.3 1.5 Utah HS Mr. Basketball in 2005; solid defender on the perimeter G 23 Jimmy Balderson 6-6 200 Jr. Magrath, Alberta / Magrath HS 7.7 3.1 Started first nine games; shooting 5-of-12 on treys off the bench F 41 Jermaine Odjegba 6-7 190 Fr. West Palm Beach, FL / Palm Beach Gardens HS 0.4 0.4 Returned in June from LDS mission; has appeared in 5 games C 43 Derek Dawes 6-11 275 Jr. Salt Lake City, UT / Cottonwood HS 4.9 2.1 Sat out against Wyoming due to injury; status is probable www.byucougars.com Opponent Information 2005-06 BYU Men’s Basketball LOOKING AT SAN DIEGO STATE BYU SERIES RECORD VS. SDSU San Diego State, the preseason league favorite, is 11-6 overall and tied for first in the Mountain West Conference with a 4-1 record. The Aztecs return four starters and six lettermen from last year’s 11-18 Overall Series Record: BYU leads 38-18 team that finished sixth in the conference standings at 4-10. This year’s team is 7-1 at home and 3-4 away BYU Record in Provo: 23-3 with a 1-1 neutral-court record. SDSU has won its last three games with victories coming at Utah, vs. UNLV BYU Record in San Diego: 15-14 and at TCU. The Aztecs also recorded a win over Colorado State in their league-opener and have only lost at BYU Record at Neutral Sites: 0-1 Air Force in conference play. Junior guard Brandon Heath, who was selected to the preseason All-MWC BYU Record under Dave Rose: 0-0 team, leads the Aztecs and the league in scoring, averaging 17.9 ppg on 42.4 percent shooting from the BYU Record in Overtime Games: 3-2 (1-1 Rd, 2-1 Hm) field in a team-leading 33.5 minutes per game. Heath, a second-team All-MWC selection last season, also Last Overtime Game: 2004, BYU won in Provo, 83-69 adds 2.9 rebounds per game and has recorded 24 steals on the year.