Men's Basketball | 11/30/2023 1:00:00 PM
at Southern Oregon
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at Oregon Tech
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BY THE NUMBERS:
• Familiar starting five:
 - 70 for
Caden Handran , 50 for
Drew Wyman and 41 for
Jake O'Neil...a stretch of 71-consecutive starts for
Tyler Robinett ended last Saturday against Montana Western.Â
• 1,129-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 1,197 games; followed by Duke (1,195), East Tennessee State (1,130) and CCC foe, Corban (1,184).Â
• 40-straight when they lead at half...twice in 2023-24, the Yotes have overcame a halftime deficit to win. They trailed just twice in 2022-23 at halftime on its way to a 1-1 record in the two contests.Â
DOUBLE DOUBLE, DOUBLE DOUBLE (CAREER)
BOARD WORK: Three players -
Caden Handran (10 vs. Hope International - 11/24/23);
Jake O'Neil (10 vs. Montana Western - 11/25/23) and
Paul Wilson (10 vs. Montana Western - 11/25/23) - have had double-digit rebounds in a game in 2022-23. With O'Neil and Wilson each grabbing double-digit rebounds against Montana Western, the last time that C of I had two players with double-digit rebounds was at Multnomah on Feb. 4, 2023. Furthermore, the last HOME game with two players with double-digit rebounds was on December 7, 2019 against Multnomah when Talon Galloway had 10 boards and Connor Desaulniers had 16 against the Lions.Â
THANKSGIVING DISH: Samaje Morgan handed out six assists in back-to-back games against Antelope Valley (Nov. 18) and Hope International (Nov. 13). In his freshman season, he dished out six assists or more in 13 games en route to averaging 4.8 assists per game (18th all-time) / 183 assists (ninth all-time). His 206 assists for his career is already 26th in program history. Brother and assistant coach
Emanuel Morgan is tied for second all-time with 560 along with Talon Pinckney.Â
MO' POINTS FOR MORGAN: Sophomore
Samaje Morgan had his stretch of double figure scoring games snapped at five games after being limited to five points by Montana Western on Saturday (Nov. 25). 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).Â
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 on November 18. 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.
POLL CHATTER: With the loss to Vanguard, College of Idaho moved to the No. 2 spot after spending four weeks at the top spot including the final three polls of 2022-23. Â The eight weeks at No. 1 by the Yotes ranks 24th among NAIA programs and among CCC teams, it is second to Oregon Tech, who has spent 15 weeks at the top spot.
BOARD TALK
College of Idaho has outrebounded all six of its opponents - dating back to 2022-23, the Yotes have outrebounded its last 25 opponents.
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 372-100 all-time record – with the mark ballooning to 489-109 when accounting the previous decade at O'Connor Fieldhouse.
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.
CHARITY STRIPE CONVERSATION: College of Idaho went to the free-throw line 27 times against Montana Western, the last time out. The Yotes went to the free throw line on 39 occasions in the NAIA National Tournament semifinals in the 73-72 win over OUAZ.Â
BLOCKED SHOTS BRIEFING: Twice, in 2023-24, College of Idaho has blocked eight shots in a game to lead the CCC. Currently, the Yotes lead the CCC with 5.3 blocked shots per game and ranks fifth nationally.
UNPRECEDENTED SUCCESS: All six College of Idaho fall sports teams (men's and women's cross country; men's and women's soccer; football and volleyball) secured spots in the postseason to go along with the 2022-23 NAIA Men's Basketball national champion team started the season at No. 1 for the first two polls before falling to No. 2 in Wednesday's ranking. The only other team in the NAIA with this similar feat is Indiana Wesleyan. Most recently, last month, the College of Idaho women's cross country team became the fourth team in school history to win a national title.Â
DREW WYMAN: Junior guard
Drew Wyman scored a career-best 25 points in the win over Montana Western, making 8 of 13 shots from the field and 6 of 7 free-throw attempts in 79 games. Wyman is 84 points shy of the 1,000 mark in his career. Just 29 players in program history have reached the 1,000-point mark, the last was Richardo Time, who did it from 2019-22. Just six players in program history have done it in fewer games than Wyman.Â
STATISTICAL RANKINGS in 2022-23 (as of 11/29):
+10.5 - 1st in the CCC - Scoring Margin
11.2 - 17th in the NAIA / 1st in the CCC - Rebound margin per game
67.8 - 39th in the NAIA / 2nd in the CCC - Points per game allowed
78.3 - 92nd in the NAIA / 5th in the CCC - Points per game
43.8% - 134th in the NAIA / 4th in the CCC - Field goal percentage
42.6% - 90th in the NAIAÂ / 4th in the CCC - Opponents' Field goal percentage
9.5 - 1st in the CCC - Assists per game
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).Â
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.Â
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.
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