In February my parents and my brother, Conor, visited. They planned their visit to coincide with BYU basketball games in Ft. Collins and Laramie. We had a great time together; I was especially glad to see Conor. I've only seen him three times in five years, and two of those visits were in the last 6 months. Conor has a good sense of humor (similar to Caleb's) and has become a thoughtful and considerate guy. He's always been a
great uncle; I love to watch him with my kids. He read books to Isaac and Corbin, took Caleb and Taylor to a ballgame, watched Taylor play a ballgame, and just played. Here he is giving Corbs, Kenna and Isaac a "ride".
Here's an article about the CSU game, written by Jay Drew from the Salt Lake Tribune. I enjoyed his columns; he kept me up-to-date, had reliable information about Jimmer, and was always positive. And notice the coverage we got! I'm not sure if we were noticeable because we were all wearing BYU t-shirts (the kids had Jimmer's name and number on the backs of theirs) or because my dad stood up and did the "wave" every time BYU scored or Jimmer made a play. (I only
thought my mom was the bigger fan.)
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Good thing BYU's Jimmer Fredette brought his own cheering section, because Moby Arena would have been deathly silent a lot on Wednesday night, due to the shooting display the point guard unleashed on the Colorado State Rams.
With Fredette scoring 36 points on 12-for-22 shooting, 6-for-10 from three-point land, the No. 16 Cougars buried CSU for the eighth-straight time, whipping the home team 92-70 to keep pace with No. 15 New Mexico for the Mountain West Conference lead.
"I felt like I needed to score a little bit more tonight," said Fredette, who had just nine in Saturday's blowout of Air Force. "My shot was pretty good, pretty on, and I just kept being aggressive. I shot the ball reall well. ... We knew they were going to come out and fight. It was a good game for us."
The Cougars improved to 24-3 overall, 9-2 in MWC play in front of a disappointing crowd of 3,738, while the Rams (15-10, 6-5) had their three-game winning streak snapped, and their dream dashed of upsetting a nationally ranked team to energize their resurgence under coach Tim Miles.
"They happen to have our number," said CSUs Andy Ogide.
At least it wasn't as bad as the 44-point obliteration the Cougars laid on the Rams in Provo, CSU's worst loss since 1986. At halftime, the Rams trailed by just 10, 38-28, but only after Fredette hit a pull-up jumper to beat the buzzer.
CSU's Miles, famous for his one-liners and his halftime tweets on Twitter, noted that the Rams were feeling good about themselves and the game's pace at that time.
But the Cougars -- and Fredette -- seized control early in the second half, and that was that. It helped that BYU stopped fouling -- or stopped getting called for fouling. The Cougars had 14 personals in the first half, five in the second.
"To go into halftime with a 10-point lead, with all that foul trouble we had, we felt pretty good," said BYU coach Dave Rose. "We just needed to play better in the second half, and I thought we did."
Rose said the big adjustment was a zone defense that had the Rams perplexed and limited their penetration.
Fredette's aunt used to live in Colorado [well, not exactly], so he needed to secure about 20 tickets for an assortment of family members and friends, who were rewarded with the junior's fifth 30-plus scoring night of the season. He added six assists to offset six turnovers, four of which came in the first herky-jerky 10 minutes when little went right for the Cougars offensively.
"We didn't pass well [in the early going]. We didn't catch well. I thought we were a little bit lackadaisical in our approach," said Rose. "I thought we ran out too quick before we secured the ball. But I thought we kind of found ourselves in the second half."
There were some things to pick apart, though, like how the Cougars assisted on only 14 of their 31 baskets, and how they committed 16 turnovers.
They won the rebounding battle 39-29, with sophomore Noah Hartsock posting his first career double-double -- 12 points and 12 rebounds.
Jackson Emery added 16 points and had a steal that gave him the BYU single-season record for steals, 67.
Jonathan Tavernari chipped in 13 points and four steals.
Rose also credited the post play of Chris Miles (eight points, three rebounds), saying he played one of his best games of the season.
drew@sltrib.com
In February my parents and my brother, Conor, visited. They planned their visit to coincide with BYU basketball games in Ft. Collins and Laramie. We had a great time together; I was especially glad to see Conor. I've only seen him three times in five years, and two of those visits were in the last 6 months. Conor has a good sense of humor (similar to Caleb's) and has become a thoughtful and considerate guy. He's always been a great uncle; I love to watch him with my kids. He read books to Isaac and Corbin, took Caleb and Taylor to a ballgame, watched Taylor play a ballgame, and just played. Here he is giving Corbs, Kenna and Isaac a "ride".
Here's an article about the CSU game, written by Jay Drew from the Salt Lake Tribune. I enjoyed his columns; he kept me up-to-date, had reliable information about Jimmer, and was always positive. And notice the coverage we got! I'm not sure if we were noticeable because we were all wearing BYU t-shirts (the kids had Jimmer's name and number on the backs of theirs) or because my dad stood up and did the "wave" every time BYU scored or Jimmer made a play. (I only thought my mom was the bigger fan.)
BYU basketball: Emery sets Y. steals record Fort Collins, Colo. »
Good thing BYU's Jimmer Fredette brought his own cheering section, because Moby Arena would have been deathly silent a lot on Wednesday night, due to the shooting display the point guard unleashed on the Colorado State Rams.
With Fredette scoring 36 points on 12-for-22 shooting, 6-for-10 from three-point land, the No. 16 Cougars buried CSU for the eighth-straight time, whipping the home team 92-70 to keep pace with No. 15 New Mexico for the Mountain West Conference lead.
"I felt like I needed to score a little bit more tonight," said Fredette, who had just nine in Saturday's blowout of Air Force. "My shot was pretty good, pretty on, and I just kept being aggressive. I shot the ball reall well. ... We knew they were going to come out and fight. It was a good game for us."
The Cougars improved to 24-3 overall, 9-2 in MWC play in front of a disappointing crowd of 3,738, while the Rams (15-10, 6-5) had their three-game winning streak snapped, and their dream dashed of upsetting a nationally ranked team to energize their resurgence under coach Tim Miles.
"They happen to have our number," said CSUs Andy Ogide.
At least it wasn't as bad as the 44-point obliteration the Cougars laid on the Rams in Provo, CSU's worst loss since 1986. At halftime, the Rams trailed by just 10, 38-28, but only after Fredette hit a pull-up jumper to beat the buzzer.
CSU's Miles, famous for his one-liners and his halftime tweets on Twitter, noted that the Rams were feeling good about themselves and the game's pace at that time.
But the Cougars -- and Fredette -- seized control early in the second half, and that was that. It helped that BYU stopped fouling -- or stopped getting called for fouling. The Cougars had 14 personals in the first half, five in the second.
"To go into halftime with a 10-point lead, with all that foul trouble we had, we felt pretty good," said BYU coach Dave Rose. "We just needed to play better in the second half, and I thought we did."
Rose said the big adjustment was a zone defense that had the Rams perplexed and limited their penetration.
Fredette's aunt used to live in Colorado [well, not exactly], so he needed to secure about 20 tickets for an assortment of family members and friends, who were rewarded with the junior's fifth 30-plus scoring night of the season. He added six assists to offset six turnovers, four of which came in the first herky-jerky 10 minutes when little went right for the Cougars offensively.
"We didn't pass well [in the early going]. We didn't catch well. I thought we were a little bit lackadaisical in our approach," said Rose. "I thought we ran out too quick before we secured the ball. But I thought we kind of found ourselves in the second half."
There were some things to pick apart, though, like how the Cougars assisted on only 14 of their 31 baskets, and how they committed 16 turnovers.
They won the rebounding battle 39-29, with sophomore Noah Hartsock posting his first career double-double -- 12 points and 12 rebounds.
Jackson Emery added 16 points and had a steal that gave him the BYU single-season record for steals, 67.
Jonathan Tavernari chipped in 13 points and four steals.
Rose also credited the post play of Chris Miles (eight points, three rebounds), saying he played one of his best games of the season.
drew@sltrib.com
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