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Men's Basketball | 11/23/2023 8:29:00 PM

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BULLDOGS BECOME YOTES: Both College of Idaho head men's and women's basketball coaches, Colby Blaine and Kyle Erickson played college basketball under Steve Keller, who's now the head coach at Rocky Mountain.

BY THE NUMBERS:
• Familiar starting five:
 - 70-consecutive starts for Tyler Robinett, 68 for Caden Handran , 48 for Drew Wyman and 39 for Jake O'Neil

• 1,127-consecutive games with a 3-pointer
 - Just four programs in college basketball have a streak at or longer than the Yotes. UNLV has made a 3-pointer in 1,192 games; followed by Duke (1,190) and Western Kentucky (1,131). East Tennessee State, like the Yotes, have made a 3-pointer in 1,127 consecutive games.

• 39-straight wins when they lead at half.

MO' POINTS FOR MORGAN: Sophomore Samaje Morgan has started his second season with the Yotes with four-straight games in double figures. Dating back to season, it is the last six games. The last Yote to have five-straight games in double figures is teammate Drew Wyman, who reached double digits in six contests (Feb. 4, 2023-Feb. 18, 2023). 

UNCHARTERED TERRITORY: The last time that College of Idaho lost back-to-back games was during the 2021-22 season when they dropped back-to-back games against Carroll (Nov. 13, 2021; 59-51) and NNU (Nov. 17, 2021; 80-70). The last time that they lost back-to-back home games was in 2015-16 against Northwest Christian (Jan. 23, 2016; 72-62) and Warner Pacific (Feb. 5, 2016; 101-75).

HITTING THE AREA CODE JUMPER: College of Idaho knocked down 14 3-pointers in the 100-80 win over Antelope Valley, last Saturday. The most since they drained 16 at Multnomah on February 4, 2023, the most at home since they made 18 against Walla Walla on January 28, 2023. Last season, College of Idaho made 320 3-pointers, the most since a school record 368 in 2018-19.

HOME COURT EDGE: The J.A. Albertson Activities Center is arguably one of the toughest venues in all of NAIA Basketball, as the Coyotes posted a perfect 20-0 mark in 2022-23 and have posted a staggering 153-16 overall record on their home floor since the start of the 2013-14 season. The 20 home wins were just one win shy of  a new school record held by the 2021-22 team. Since the Activities Center opened in 1991, the Yotes have recorded a 370-100 all-time record – with the mark ballooning to 487-109 when accounting the previous decade at O'Connor Fieldhouse.

BOARD TALK: College of Idaho has outrebounded all four of its opponents - dating back to 2022-23, the Yotes have outrebounded its last 23  opponents.

STIFLING DEFENSE: In holding Providence to 53 points in the season opener, it was the Argos lowest output in a game since February 21, 2018 in a 63-51 loss to Montana State-Northern.

HOME OPENERS: College of Idaho has won its last 10 home openers including two against NNU in the 2018-19 contest, 86-82 in double overtime and 2013-14 by a 93-83 margin over the Nighthawks. C of I is 72-28 all-time in home opening games (the Yotes did not play "home" games during the 1921-22, 1922-23, 1931-32 and 1935-36 seasons).

25-WIN SEASONS: The win over Bushnell last season on Feb. 11 secured the Coyotes their 14th 25-win season in program history. C of I has recorded 28 20-win season in program history and the eighth 20-win season in the last decade, while recording six 30-win seasons (1996, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2022 and 2023). 

UNIFORM TALK: Johnny Radford has changed from #5 to #10 for his senior season and most recently, Dougie Peoples has changed from #20 to #5. Last season, Drew Wyman changed from #20 to #22. 

JAM THE JAAC: College of Idaho led the NAIA with an average of a program best 1,494 fans at its home games in 2022-23. Since 2013-14, with the exception of the CoVID year of 2020-21, College of Idaho has averaged over 1,000 fans per home game.

DOUBLE DOUBLE, DOUBLE DOUBLE (CAREER)
Jake O'Neil: 12 (21; last vs. Vanguard (11/17/23)
Straton Rogers: 2 (last vs. Multnomah (2/4/23)
Samaje Morgan: 1 (last vs. Oregon Tech (1/20/23)
Tyler Robinett: 1 (last at Northwest (2/17/23)
Drew Wyman: 1 (last vs. Lewis-Clark State (1/27/23)

UNDER 60 POINTS / OVER 95 POINTS: C of I has a dominating 217-14 mark when holding teams under 60 points over the last 40+ years. During the stretch, the Coyotes are 54-1 when opponents fail to score 50. In addition, the Yotes have won 60 of their last 61 contests (dating back to 2006) when scoring 95 points per game.

BLAINE SUCCESS: Colby Blaine became the first coach in program history to be named the Cascade Collegiate Conference Men's Basketball Coach of the Year on three occasions. He has led College of Idaho to 30 wins in the last five seasons with the exception of the CoVID season of 2020-21.