I was happy to be sitting near the MUSS (courtesy of tickets from a friend that works at the U).
This was an historic event to behold – one of the best basketball games I’ve seen. Jimmer couldn’t miss.
Some of the things I heard from Ute fans sitting behind me:
Can someone just foul him? Oh wait, he’ll make those [shots] too…
What do you know, Jimmer passed the ball…Ah SH#&, Hartsock can hit the three too?
What did you think of the game?
PROVO — BYU guard Jimmer Fredette announced Saturday he has decided to withdraw his name from the NBA Draft and return to BYU for his senior season.
“I had a great experience going through the whole process,” Fredette said. “I met some great people and learned a lot. I was able to impresses a lot of people and I think they will be interested to see how I do this coming season. I hope to play extremely well my senior year and achieve our team goals and my personal goals and get drafted next year.”
The 6-foot-2 junior declared for the NBA Draft on April 19 but did not hire an agent to maintain his eligibility. Fredette earned numerous honors in 2009-10 while leading BYU to a 30-6 record and the second round of the NCAA Tournament. He was named to five All-America teams, the All-Mountain West Conference First Team and All-District by the United States Basketball Writers Association (USBWA) and the National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC). Fredette was also named the USBWA Player of the Year.
In 2009-10, Fredette averaged 22.1 points, 4.7 assists and 1.2 steals and eclipsed 20 points 22 times and 30 points eight times. Fredette had several notable games, setting BYU records with 49 points and nine threes at Arizona and an MWC Tournament record with 45 points against TCU. He tied the Cougar record for points in an NCAA Tournament game with 37 against Florida.
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PROVO, Utah — Jonathan Tavernari scored 14 of his 17 points in the second half and No. 25 BYU pulled away with a late rally then held off UNLV 77-73 on Wednesday night in the Mountain West Conference opener for both teams.
The Cougars (15-1) won their eighth straight with an 11-2 run over the final 5 minutes to regain the lead and then hung on at the free throw line.BYU ended a three-game losing streak against UNLV (12-3).Cougars’ leading scorer Jimmer Fredette, who has been out sick, finished with seven points — 14.6 below his average…
BYU made 19 of 24 from the free throw line while holding the Rebels to just 12 foul shots.After shooting 27 percent in the first half with just two 3-pointers, the Cougars regained their touch in the second, going 14 of 27 and making 6 of 11 from beyond the arc.UNLV had an early run to take the lead in the second half, then after BYU rallied to get back in it, the Rebels used their quickness and outside shooting to go up again 69-64 with about 5 minutes left, but that’s when BYU took over with an 11-2 run.
Emery started it with two free throws, Michael Loyd Jr. leaped over everybody for a layup and then Tavernari hit a 3-poitner to put BYU up 71-69 with about 2:45 left.Willis tied it with two free throws, the Loyd sped through the lane for another layup to put the Cougars back ahead.
Willis saved the Rebels from a turnover on the next possession by running down a loose ball, but couldn’t get to it after losing control with about a minute left as he and the ball went out of bounds.
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