Colorado State University Athletics
CSU vs. BYU Postgame Notes
1/20/2007 12:00:00 AM | Men's Basketball
Jan. 20, 2007
CSU TEAM NOTES
- CSU's 4-2 start to league play is the best since joining the Mountain West in 1999-00.
- CSU's 14-4 overall record is the best season start since starting 15-3 in 1997-98.
- CSU's 90 points was the seventh-most points scored by the Rams in MWC play.
- CSU's 90 points was the second-most points scored in regulation in MWC play (102 vs. SDSU, 2003).
- CSU's 90 points was a season high
- CSU hit a season high 34 field goals
- CSU's 22 assists matches a season high.
- CSU's 12 turnovers is a season low.
- BYU's 55.4 shooting percentage was the highest by a Ram opponent this season.
- With a 34-25 rebounding advantage, CSU has gone 11-straight games without being outrebounded. CSU has only been outrebounded once this season (Kansas State).
- CSU has now shot better than 50 percent from the field in 10 of 18 games this season.
- CSU's four conference wins matches last season's MWC win total.
- CSU is now 13-2 when shooting better than its opponent this season.
- CSU is now 10-1 when shooting more free throws than its opponent this season.
- CSU is now 12-0 when committing fewer fouls than its opponent this season.
- CSU is now 6-1 on Saturdays this season.
- All nine of CSU's players that played in the game scored.
- CSU's starting lineup of Lewis, Denson, Gilling, Smith and Creason was used for the second time tonight. They are now 2-0 when using that lineup this year.
CSU PLAYER NOTES
-Dale Layer recorded his 100th career win at CSU. He is the third CSU coach to do so in school history (Jim Williams, 352 and Stew Morrill, 121).
- Jason Smith surpassed Milt Palacio for 13th place in career scoring at CSU. He now has 1,075 career points and is eight points away from tying Chuck Newcomb for 12th.
- Cory Lewis notched his 500th career point at CSU. He now has 505.
- Stuart Creason became the seventh player in school history to record 100 career blocks at CSU. He now has 101.
- Tim Denson tied a career high with 18 points.
- Tim Denson recorded a career high four assists.
- Ronnie Aguilar scored his first career CSU points in the first half.
- Stuart Creason has blocked 11 shots in his last two games.
- Stephan Gilling hit four or more three-pointers for the eighth time in his career.
- Cory Lewis' seven assists matches a season high.
- Jason Smith has gathered four or more rebounds in 36 straight games.
BYU NOTES
- For the seventh time this season, Austin Ainge, Jimmy Balderson, Lee Cummard, Keena Young and Trent Plaisted received the starting nod from BYU head coach Dave Rose. Cummard and Young have started in all 19 games this season while Plaisted has started 18, Balderson 16 and Ainge 11.
- Individual Career Highs: Trent Plaisted - 27 points, 11 field goals made, 16 field goals attempted; Jimmy Balderson - 5 three-pointers made (tied).
- Individual Season Highs: Austin Ainge - 6 assists (tied).
- Team Season Highs: 90 opponent points; .567 opponent shooting; 53 opponent points in a half.
- The Cougars are now 13-3 when scoring at least 70 points with all three losses coming on the road (at Lamar, at UNLV, at CSU). BYU is also 2-6 when allowing opponents to surpass the 70-point threshold. The Cougars have scored at least 70 points in 11 straight games.
- With a .538 (7-for-13) three-point shooting mark at CSU, BYU has now shot above .400 from behind the arc in five straight games and 10 on the season. The Cougars have shot above .500 in six games.
- With a 34-25 rebounding deficit against the Rams, the Cougars are now 1-6 when losing the battle of the boards.
- Leading 39-37 at CSU, BYU went into the locker room with a halftime lead for the 14th time this season. BYU had won 12 straight games when leading at the break prior to the loss at CSU and is now 12-2 when leading at the half.
- Mike Rose did not score for the first time since Dec. 9, ending a streak of 10 straight games with a made three-pointer, which tied his career streak.
- With 18 points against the Rams, Young has now scored in double figures in 17 of 19 games this year.
- The BYU post duo of Plaisted and Young scored 16 of the Cougars' first 19 points of the game as they each recorded eight points in the first 11:32 of the half. Both scored in double figures in the first period of play as Plaisted scored 14 points on 6-for-8 (.750) shooting and Young added 10 points on 5-for-7 (.714) shooting from the field before the break. Plaisted's mark tied his highest point total in a half this season (14 vs. Michigan State).
- Jimmy Balderson became the third Cougar to score in double figures with seven second-half points in the first 3:47, bringing his game total to 10 and marking the eighth time this year he has posted double digit points. Balderson entered the game averaging 5.5 ppg in MWC play but finished with 21 points at CSU.
- Balderson's career-high-tying five three-point makes against the Rams marked just the third time this season he has made multiple three-pointers in a game and the first time since Nov. 29 against Boise State. Balderson was third on the team last year in three-pointers made with 32.
- Plaisted posted four dunks in the game, including three in the first half, to bring his season total to 21 and his career mark to 54. The Cougar big man has recorded a dunk in 13 games this season including multiple throw downs in five contests.
