From Deseret News archives:
BYU, Weber State basketball: Cougars shoot down Wildcats
Wednesday night it was extra generous, especially for the BYU Cougars who pulled away from the Weber State Wildcats for a 92-62 victory by shooting a torrid 57 percent from the floor. More important in BYU's seventh straight win and third straight road win, was the 63 percent second-half shooting that allowed the Cougars to turn a close game into a blowout.
"I don't think we had too many (shots) that were forced," said Cougar captain Lee Cummard, who made 12-of-13 shots for a game-high 30 points. "Most of the time our feet were set, and we made the extra pass, so we had good shots."
There wasn't really anyone on BYU's team, or even Weber State's team, that was having trouble honing in on the basket Wednesday night.
"They were looking pretty big tonight for all of us," Cougar guard Jimmer Fredette said of the Dee Events Center baskets. Fredette added 18 points to BYU's cause and dished out a career-high eight assists.
But the baskets were looking extremely large to Cummard, who had his second blistering shooting game and 30-point game of the year.
The Cougars looked like they were going to run away from the Wildcats early on as they raced out to a 15-4 lead behind eight points from Cummard, a dunk by Chris Miles and 3-pointers by Fredette and Jackson Emery.
But before BYU could even enjoy the momentum Weber State stole it, and went on a 20-5 run to jump ahead 24-20. Kyle Bullinger's hot hand from outside did most of the damage as he scored 11 of his 16 points (a career high) during the stretch which included three straight 3-pointers.
"At one point it looked like he was going to go off for 60," Rose said.
Actually, both teams shot lights-out for the first six minutes, with Weber State sinking 67 percent during the stretch and BYU 57 percent. Even though shooting did cool off some on both sides for the remainder of the opening half, the game tightened and became a back-and-forth battle for the next 10 minutes with the lead changing hands at one point on five straight possessions.
Rose said the Wildcats were switching up defenses a lot and that was confusing the Cougars.
"Some of the things they were running were really causing us problems," he said.
Still, when Fredette drilled a trey from up top with 3:43 left before intermission the Cougars went up 35-32 and never trailed again. By finishing the half from there on an 11-7 run BYU led 46-39 at the break.
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