From: jsnow@moons.sim.es.com (John Snow)
Subject: BYU Report: Cougar Classic
Keywords: BYU basketball
Organization: Evans & Sutherland Computer Corp.
Date: Sun, 13 Dec 1992 17:31:59 GMT

BYU Report: Cougar Classic

BYU hosted the 19th annual Cougar Classic in the Marriot Center Friday
and Saturday. The first round matched Georgia and Santa Clara in the
first game and BYU and Southern Utah in the second round.

FIRST ROUND
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Georgia had an easy time against Santa Clara. They lead by 20 at
halftime and coasted to a 80-67 victory.

BYU hadn't played Southern Utah University in 57 years. In fact, the
last time they played, SUU was called the Branch Agricultural College.
SUU moved up to Division I basketball five years ago. They had a very
good team last year - winning 20 games - but are rebuilding this year.

Nick Sanderson started out hot against the Thunderbirds, hitting two
3-pointers in a row to move the Cougars out to a 6-0 lead. However,
Sanderson had to sit on the bench just 3 minutes into the game after
picking up his 2nd personal. SUU made five straight points to pull
within 1 at 6-5 then BYU went on a 16-0 run to bury the T-birds. The
Cougars never looked back from then on and posted a 48-25 halftime
lead and finally a 108-62 victory.

The T-birds were clearly outmatched, but BYU was also playing with a
lot of determination after the loss earlier in the week to Weber
State.

Sanderson lead the scoring for BYU with 18, but the load was pretty
evenly distributed as six Cougars scored in double figures. BYU
obviously worked on free throws since Tuesday as they shot a
repectible 82%. Trost, who missed 5 free throws in a row at the end of
regulation and in overtime against Weber, was a perfect 3 for 3 from
the stripe against SUU.

BYU also shot very well from the field, averaging almost 61% from the
field and a blistering 70% from 3-point range.

BYU		FG	FT	R	A 	PF	TP
Knight		6-9	3-6	7	4	2	16
Miller		6-9	1-1	7	2	2	13
Trost		5-9	3-3	3	4	4	13
Sanderson	6-8	2-2	2	4	2	18
Reid		1-4	0-0	1	4	1	2
Christensen	2-3	2-3	3	3	0	6
Larson		6-6	3-4	3	1	3	15
Lindquist	0-0	1-2	2	0	0	1
Cuff		3-5	7-7	6	3	3	15
Durrant		0-3	0-0	2	0	4	0
Astle		1-3	2-2	0	0	2	4
Woods		1-2	1-1	4	1	2	3
Fish		0-0	2-2	3	0	1	2
TOTALS		37-61	27-33	45	26	25	108

SUU		FG	FT	R	A	PF	TP
Squire		1-2	0-1	2	0	2	2
Christensen	0-2	0-0	2	1	4	0
Koster		1-2	0-0	0	0	1	2
Ward		1-6	3-4	2	3	0	6
Lewis		3-8	3-8	2	1	1	10
Ingram		1-3	1-2	1	4	4	4
Jones		1-2	0-0	1	0	2	2
Blackner	0-3	0-0	1	0	3	0
Johnson		1-4	0-0	3	1	1	2
Loyd		5-15	2-4	1	0	2	12
Bailey		0-1	0-2	1	0	2	0
Jensen		0-0	0-0	0	0	1	0
Barton		7-14	8-12	10	2	3	22
TOTALS		21-62	17-33	30	12	26	62

Shooting Percentages - Field Goals: SUU 33.9, BYU 60.7. 
		       Free Throws: SUU 51.5, BYU 81.8.

Three-point shooting - SUU 3-12 (Ingram 1-1, Ward 1-2, Lewis 1-2,
Blackner 0-2, Johnson 0-2, Christensen 0-2, Barton 0-1). 
BYU 7-10 ( Cuff 2-2, Knight 1-1, Sanderson 4-6, Reid 0-1).

Steals - SUU 9 (Lewis 4), BYU 6 (Miller 4).

Blocked Shots - SUU 1 (Squire), BYU 6 (Miller 3, Larson 2, Woods).

Attendance - 20,114.


SECOND ROUND
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Santa Clara posted a 85-76 victory over Souther Utah to take third
place in the Cougar Classic.

The Georgia Bulldogs are a big strong team anchored by their 7'0" 260
lb center Claxton. They are picked to finish third in the SEC's
eastern division behind Kentucky and Florida. BYU recruits heavily in
Georgia due to assistant coach Tony Ingle being from Georgia. BYU
freshman Tony Woods came from Georgia. BYU, in fact, recruited many of
the young players on the Georgia team.

BYU and Georgia hadn't met on the basketball court since 1969 when BYU
won in double overtime.

The game started off as a three-point shooting contest with both teams
lighting it up from outside. Georgia started things with a 3 then
Sanderson answered right back with a 3 of his own. Sanderson then got
a layin off of a Trost steal to take the 5-3 lead. Georgia hit another
3 then Reid answered with a 3. Sanderson then got a slam off of a
steal by Miller. Reid then hit another 3 and BYU was out to a quick
15-7 lead.

Randy Reid was letting the ball fly for a change. In previous games,
he had played his part in the designed offense - a part which didn't
include much shooting. Coach Reid said "Randy's tried to do what his
dad wants - run the team and hang back. Finally, I said, `Just play
like you can play.'" The younger Reid responded with 15 of his 18
points in the first half.

Georgia went cold at the end of the first half and didn't make a field
goal in the last 5:00 of the half as BYU pulled out to a 42-26
halftime lead.

Things started out in the second half just the opposite of the way the
first half ended. Georgia was red-hot scoring three straight
3-pointers to start things off. Meanwhile, BYU started out the half
with five straight turnovers. Both Miller and Trost picked up their
4th personals in the first few minutes of the second half and had to
sit down.

Georgia scored 11 unanswered points as BYU went scorless for the first
five minutes of the half. BYU's only points in the first 6 minutes
came from a goal tending call as Georgia pulled to within 7 points at
44-37.

BYU finally got the lid off the basket as Sanderson nailed a three.
Not to be outdone, Reid hit a three and BYU was back out to a 50-37
lead which they stretched to a 16 point lead with 2:30 left in the
game.  BYU nursed their lead and ran the four corners offense to pull
out a 10 point 74-64 victory.

BYU's starting guard line, Sanderson and Reid, played great in this
game and definitely provided the spark the Cougars needed. BYU's big
guys inside also played great, out rebounding the equally big Georgia
team 43-29.

Both Reid and Sanderson were named to the all tournament team with
Sanderson taking the trophy for tournament MVP which he game to his
mother who was visiting from California. Its been a great two weeks
for Sanderson - WAC MVP last week and tournament MVP this week. Let's
hope he can keep up the pace.

Russell Larson also played a very good game, especially when Trost and
Miller went out in the second half.

BYU continued to improve their free throw shooting, moving up to 85%
for the game. If they could have shot 85% from the stripe on Tuesday,
they would have beaten Weber State (who, by the way, continued to make
their case for best team in the state by beating Utah State on
Saturday).


Georgia		FG	FT	R	A	PF	TP
Rhine		9-17	3-4	4	2	1	25
Strong		1-4	0-2	3	0	4	2
Claxton		1-1	0-2	0	0	3	2
Wilson		2-11	4-4	5	0	2	10
Davis		4-9	0-0	2	4	3	11
Golden		0-0	0-0	0	0	2	0
Brown		1-4	0-0	4	0	1	2
Bennett		0-3	3-5	3	0	3	3
Anderson	1-5	5-10	6	1	4	7
Bell		1-1	0-0	1	0	0	2
TOTALS		20-55	15-27	28	7	23	64

BYU		FG	FT	R	A	PF	TP
Knight		2-7	0-0	3	1	3	4
Miller		1-4	4-5	6	3	5	6
Trost		2-3	3-4	11	1	4	7
Sanderson	5-13	0-0	8	1	0	12
Reid		6-9	3-3	3	1	0	18
Larson		4-8	4-4	4	1	3	12
Cuff		1-4	0-0	3	2	0	2
Durrant		1-4	7-8	5	2	4	9
Woods		1-3	0-1	2	0	3	2
TOTALS		23-55	23-27	48	12	22	74

Shooting Percentages - Field Goals: Georgia 36.4, BYU 41.8.
		       Free Throws: Georgia 55.6, BYU 85.2.

3-point Shooting - Georgia 9-22 (Rhine 4-9, Wilson 2-7, Davis 3-5,
Anderson 0-1), BYU 5-12 (Sanderson 2-4, Reid 3-5, Cuff 0-1, Knight 0-2).

Steals - Georgia 9 (Wilson 2, Benett 2), BYU 7 (Miller 2, Cuff 2).

Blocked Shots - Georgia 4 (Rhine, Claxton, Wilson, Bennett), BYU 3
(Durrant 2, Trost).

Turnovers - Georgia 17 (Brown 4), BYU 20 (Cuff 5).

Attendance - 20,012.


NEXT WEEK
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BYU has a rematch with Utah State as the only game on the slate for
next week. This time the game is in Provo and Utah State will be
trying not only to make up for last week's loss to BYU and this week's
loss to Weber State, but also to beat BYU for the first time since
1985.

After that, BYU heads to the islands for the holidays, along with the
football team, to take on a loaded field in the Maui Invitational.

1992-93 Schedule

Nov. 21		Slovenian National Team	(exhib)	Provo  (BYU 98-46)
Nov. 25		Athletes In Action	(exhib)	Provo  (BYU 90-70)
Dec. 1		Arizona State			Provo  (BYU 108-98)
Dec. 4		Utah State			Logan  (BYU 93-83)
Dec. 8		Weber State			Ogden  (Weber 83-77 OT)
Dec. 11		Cougar Classic			Provo  
		  Southern Utah vs. BYU                (BYU 108-62)
Dec. 12		  BYU vs. Georgia                      (BYU 74-64)
Dec. 18		Utah State			Provo
Dec. 21		Maui Invitational		Lahaina, HI
		  BYU vs. Oklahoma		
Dec. 22		  Memphis State or Chaminade
Dec. 23		  Duke, LSU, Stanford, or DePaul
Dec. 28		Far West Classic		Portland, OR
		  BYU vs. Oregon
Dec. 29		  BYU vs. ?
Jan. 2		UTEP				Provo
Jan. 4		New Mexico			Provo
Jan. 9		Utah				Provo
Jan. 14		Fresno State			Fresno, CA
Jan. 16		Air Force			Colorado Springs
Jan. 21		San Diego State			Provo
Jan. 23		Hawaii				Provo
Jan. 28		Colorado State			Fort Collins
Jan. 30		Wyoming				Laramie
Feb. 4		Colorado State			Provo
Feb. 6		Wyoming				Provo
Feb. 11		Hawaii				Honolulu
Feb. 13		San Diego State			San Diego
Feb. 18		Fresno State			Provo
Feb. 20		Air Force			Provo
Feb. 25		Sacramento State		Provo
Feb. 27		Utah				Salt Lake City
Mar. 4		UTEP				El Paso
Mar. 6		New Mexico			Albuquerque
Mar. 10-13	WAC Tournament			Delta Center, Salt
Lake City
 


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John F. Snow                                         jsnow@moons.sim.es.com
Evans & Sutherland Computer Corp.    
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