December 11, 1999

BB Post-game: BYU wins Cougar Classic!

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Game Recap

Michael Vranes and Nathan Cooper scored 15 points each to lead Brigham Young to a 66-53 victory over Weber State in the championship game of the Cougar Classic Saturday night.

With Weber State (4-3) holding top scorer Mekeli Wesley to 12 points, about half his average of 23, shooting duties for BYU (6-1) fell to Vranes and Cooper, who both came into the game averaging eight points.

Each contributed four points in a 10-2 run that pushed the Cougars ahead 53-37 with 11:03 to go.

Harold Arceneaux contributed six of his 14 points as the Wildcats closed to the gap to ten, topped of with an Eddie Gill basket with 3:33 remaining to put the score at 61-53.  But BYU finished off the scoring with five free throws.

Eight of Vranes' points came early in the first half, when the Cougars went on a 15-3 run to take a 22-10 lead.

Wesley, who came through with 10 of his 12 points in the second half, grabbed eight rebounds and was named tournament MVP. Terrell Lyday added 12 points for BYU.

Stephan Bachmann led Weber with 15 points, and Arceneaux added 10 rebounds.

Earlier in the consolation game, Texas Southern beat Western Oregon 82-77 in overtime.

Lyday and Arceneaux were named to the all-tournament team along with Mike Vanderhoff of Western Oregon and Chris Miller of Texas Southern.

For quotes from players and coaches, see:
http://cougarfan.com/teams/basketball_m/news/1999/12-11b.html
 
 

Box Score

 

	1st Half	2nd Half	Final Score
BYU	35	31	66
Weber	24	29	53

 

Statistics

WEBER ST (53)
                      fg    ft    rb
               min   m-a   m-a   o-t  a pf   tp
Arceneaux       38  6-18   1-3  2-10  2  1   14
Gatto           29   2-4   1-1   2-6  2  3    5
Bachmann        37  7-13   1-4   3-5  0  4   15
Gill            40  2-14   4-4   0-5  5  5    8
Moore           30   1-7   0-0   1-2  1  2    3
Thurig           3   0-0   0-0   0-0  0  0    0
King             5   0-0   0-0   0-0  0  0    0
Woods            8   2-2   0-0   0-1  0  1    4
Morrison        10   1-1   2-2   0-0  0  1    4
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TOTALS         200 21-59  9-14  8-29 10 17   53
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Percentages: FG-.356, FT-.643. 3-Point Goals:
2-11, .182 (Arceneaux 1-3, Gill 0-5, Moore 1-3).
Team rebounds: 5. Blocked shots: 3 (Arceneaux,
Bachmann, Gill). Turnovers: 12 (Arceneaux 4,
Bachmann 2, Gill 2, Thurig 2, Gatto, Morrison).
Steals: 8 (Gill 4, Arceneaux 3, Bachmann).

BYU (66)
                      fg    ft    rb
               min   m-a   m-a   o-t  a pf   tp
Wesley          40  6-14   0-1   2-8  1  1   12
E Nielsen       23   1-5   2-3   3-6  0  3    4
Montague        34   0-6   1-2   1-6  9  2    1
Lyday           36   5-8   1-1   0-4  1  1   12
Christensen      8   2-4   0-0   0-2  0  0    5
Cooper          22   3-4   7-8   0-4  2  1   15
Vranes          29  6-14   1-2   2-5  3  2   15
Rivers           8   1-1   0-0   1-1  2  4    2
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TOTALS         200 24-56 12-17  9-36 18 14   66
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Percentages: FG-.429, FT-.706. 3-Point Goals:
6-16, .375 (Wesley 0-1, Montague 0-2, Lyday 1-3,
Christensen 1-3, Cooper 2-3, Vranes 2-4). Team
rebounds: 5. Blocked shots: 3 (Wesley, Lyday,
Christensen). Turnovers: 15 (Vranes 3, Wesley 3,
Cooper 2, Lyday 2, Montague 2, Christensen, E
Nielsen, Rivers). Steals: 6 (Wesley 3,
Christensen, Cooper, Montague).
 

Other Scores of Interest

#25 Utah 78, Washington St. 66
#2 Arizona 79, #5 Michigan St. 68
New Mexico 62, Southern Utah 57
Wyoming 90, Montana St. 86
Portland St. 72, Air Force 71
 

Looking Ahead

Dec. 18: South Carolina St. (Provo, UT), 7pm MST
 
 

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