Santa Clara vs. Brigham Young: Full Game Preview
By on February 2, 2013
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| Points | Rebounds | Assists | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Santa Clara | K Foster 19.0 | M Trasolini 8.4 | E Roguemore 6.2 |
| Brigham Young | T Haws 20.5 | B Davies 7.6 | M Carlino 4.4 |
Santa Clara visits Marriott Center on Saturday to take on Brigham Young. Tip-off is at 9:00 EST and you can see it on BYUtv. The Broncos fell to the Cougars 82-64 on January 12th and are 0-3 against them over the last four years.
Brigham Young and Santa Clara are close together in the conference, holding down the 3rd and 4th spots, respectively.
In a 70-46 dismantling of Portland on January 31st, Marc Trasolini put up 23 points and 13 rebounds for the Broncos. He contributes a team-high 8.4 rebounds per game and 1.8 blocks per game. For the Cougars, Brandon Davies put up 20 points and 12 rebounds in the 63-61 win over Pepperdine on January 31st. He leads the team in rebounds with 7.6 per game and blocks with 1.2 per game. Areas of strength for Brigham Young include: turnover percentage at 17.3 and defensive rebounding percentage at 73.3.
Brigham Young StatSmack
- The Santa Clara rebounding leader (Marc Trasolini) has more rebounds than the Brigham Young rebounding leader (Brandon Davies).
- Santa Clara is bigger. The average weight of the top 8 players on Santa Clara is 215 lbs compared to 205 lbs for Brigham Young.
- Better not leave your building. Santa Clara has a better record on the road than Brigham Young this season (6-2 vs 4-3).
- Raymond Cowels III is ranked 4th in the West Coast in three-pointers and 6th in the West Coast in steals.
- Robert Garrett is ranked 3rd in the West Coast in blocks.
- Marc Trasolini is ranked 6th in the West Coast in points, 48th nationally in rebounds, and 1st in the West Coast in blocks.
- Santa Clara is a better three-point shooting team (37.5% vs 33.4%) than Brigham Young this season.
- The Santa Clara assist leader (Evan Roguemore) has more assists than the Brigham Young assist leader (Matt Carlino).
- The Santa Clara blocks leader (Marc Trasolini) has more blocks than the Brigham Young blocks leader (Brandon Davies).
- Santa Clara players are more experienced than Brigham Young players (19,320 minutes played vs 11,171 minutes played).
| SCU Players | Mins | Pts | Reb | Ast | Stl | Blk | TO | |
| B | Kevin Foster | 32 | 19 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| B | Marc Trasolini | 31 | 16 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| B | Evan Roguemore | 32 | 13 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| C+ | R. Cowels III | 26 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| C | Brandon Clark | 18 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| C- | Yannick Atanga | 17 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| D+ | Robert Garrett | 13 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| D | John McArthur | 13 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| D | Denzel Johnson | 10 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| D | Niyi Harrison | 9 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| D | Kyle Perricone | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| D | Julian Clarke | 10 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| BYU Players | Mins | Pts | Reb | Ast | Stl | Blk | TO | |
| A- | Tyler Haws | 33 | 21 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| B+ | Brandon Davies | 28 | 18 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| B | Matt Carlino | 27 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| C+ | Brock Zylstra | 24 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| C | Josh Sharp | 21 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| C | Nate Austin | 16 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| C | Craig Cusick | 19 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| D+ | Anson Winder | 9 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| D+ | Bronson Kaufusi | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| D+ | Raul Delgado | 8 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| D | Ian Harward | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| D | A. Ambrosino | 7 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| D | Cory Calvert | 8 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
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