Childs scores 28 points; hot-shooting BYU beats Rice 105-78
PROVO, Utah (AP) Yoeli Childs scored a season-high 28 points and BYU rolled to a 105-78 victory over Rice on Wednesday night.
BYU (5-1) has won five straight, all at home, after losing its opener to then-No. 7 Nevada.
Childs was 13 of 18 from the field and had seven rebounds and five assists. Jahshire Hardnett added a career-high 20 points and TJ Haws had 18 for the Cougars, who shot 39 of 70 (56 percent) and made 10 3-pointers. Hardnett and Haws each made three shots from long range.
Ako Adams had 17 points to lead Rice (3-2).
BYU built a nine-point halftime lead and pulled away early in the second half with a 19-5 run. Childs capped the surge with a dunk and a 3-point play, and the Cougars led 79-57 with nine minutes left.
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30.5 | Min. Per Game | 30.5 |
18.0 | Pts. Per Game | 18.0 |
3.3 | Ast. Per Game | 3.3 |
13.5 | Reb. Per Game | 13.5 |
57.1 | Field Goal % | 54.7 |
57.1 | Three Point % | 11.1 |
100.0 | Free Throw % | 85.0 |
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+ 2 | Drew Peterson made jump shot | 37.0 |
Turnover on Evan Troy | 39.0 |
Defensive rebound by Gavin Baxter | 39.0 |
Trey Murphy III missed layup | 41.0 |
Offensive rebound by Trey Murphy III | 45.0 |
Payton Moore missed 2nd of 2 free throws | 45.0 |
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+ 1 | Payton Moore made 1st of 2 free throws | 45.0 |
Shooting foul on Kolby Lee | 45.0 |
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+ 1 | Kolby Lee made 2nd of 2 free throws | 53.0 |
Kolby Lee missed 1st of 2 free throws | 53.0 |
Shooting foul on Chris Mullins | 53.0 |
Team Stats | ||
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Points | 78 | 105 |
Field Goals | 29-64 (45.3%) | 39-70 (55.7%) |
3-Pointers | 8-22 (36.4%) | 10-28 (35.7%) |
Free Throws | 12-18 (66.7%) | 17-20 (85.0%) |
Total Rebounds | 35 | 38 |
Offensive | 6 | 7 |
Defensive | 24 | 30 |
Team | 5 | 1 |
Assists | 12 | 23 |
Steals | 3 | 5 |
Blocks | 2 | 4 |
Turnovers | 13 | 6 |
Fouls | 23 | 20 |
Technicals | 0 | 0 |
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Team Stats | |||
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74.1 PPG | 41 RPG | 13.3 APG |
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80.1 PPG | 37.8 RPG | 15.6 APG |
Starters | PTS | REB | AST | FG | 3PT | FT | PF | STL | BLK | TO | OREB | DREB |
A. Adams | 17 | 4 | 1 | 5/7 | 3/5 | 4/4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
D. Peterson | 11 | 4 | 1 | 4/6 | 1/2 | 2/2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
J. Williams | 7 | 7 | 0 | 3/8 | 0/1 | 1/2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
J. Parrish | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2/8 | 0/3 | 3/3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
Q. Millora-Brown | 2 | 4 | 3 | 1/3 | 0/0 | 0/2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
Starters | PTS | REB | AST | FG | 3PT | FT | PF | STL | BLK | TO | OREB | DREB |
A. Adams | 17 | 4 | 1 | 5/7 | 3/5 | 4/4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
D. Peterson | 11 | 4 | 1 | 4/6 | 1/2 | 2/2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
J. Williams | 7 | 7 | 0 | 3/8 | 0/1 | 1/2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
J. Parrish | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2/8 | 0/3 | 3/3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
Q. Millora-Brown | 2 | 4 | 3 | 1/3 | 0/0 | 0/2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
Bench | PTS | REB | AST | FG | 3PT | FT | PF | STL | BLK | TO | OREB | DREB |
R. Martin | 12 | 3 | 3 | 5/13 | 1/5 | 1/1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
P. Moore | 9 | 0 | 0 | 4/6 | 0/0 | 1/4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
C. Mullins | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3/8 | 1/2 | 0/0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
T. Murphy III | 6 | 2 | 1 | 2/4 | 2/3 | 0/0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
T. Harrison | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0/1 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
D. Jones | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
O. Xu | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
A. Owen | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Total | 78 | 30 | 12 | 29/64 | 8/22 | 12/18 | 23 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 6 | 24 |
Starters | PTS | REB | AST | FG | 3PT | FT | PF | STL | BLK | TO | OREB | DREB |
Y. Childs | 28 | 7 | 5 | 13/18 | 1/2 | 1/1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
J. Hardnett | 20 | 3 | 1 | 6/7 | 3/4 | 5/5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
T. Haws | 18 | 4 | 8 | 6/9 | 3/5 | 3/3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
Z. Seljaas | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2/8 | 1/5 | 2/3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
D. Nixon | 2 | 5 | 1 | 1/5 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
Starters | PTS | REB | AST | FG | 3PT | FT | PF | STL | BLK | TO | OREB | DREB |
Y. Childs | 28 | 7 | 5 | 13/18 | 1/2 | 1/1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
J. Hardnett | 20 | 3 | 1 | 6/7 | 3/4 | 5/5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
T. Haws | 18 | 4 | 8 | 6/9 | 3/5 | 3/3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
Z. Seljaas | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2/8 | 1/5 | 2/3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
D. Nixon | 2 | 5 | 1 | 1/5 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
Bench | PTS | REB | AST | FG | 3PT | FT | PF | STL | BLK | TO | OREB | DREB |
C. Harding | 9 | 7 | 2 | 3/8 | 1/6 | 2/3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
M. Cannon | 8 | 1 | 1 | 3/3 | 1/1 | 1/1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
R. Bergersen | 6 | 3 | 3 | 2/5 | 0/3 | 2/2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
K. Lee | 5 | 1 | 0 | 2/3 | 0/0 | 1/2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
G. Baxter | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1/3 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
L. Worthington | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
E. Troy | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
T. Maughan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
N. Emery | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
J. Wade | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Total | 105 | 37 | 23 | 39/70 | 10/28 | 17/20 | 20 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 30 |