Men's Basketball | 2/6/2023 5:09:00 PM
WHAT'S ON THE LINE: A win on Tuesday against EOU would clinch the 2022-23 Cascade Conference regular-season championship – their 11th title in program history. C of I won the Northwest Conference title in 1947, 1955 and 1956 and have claimed CCC crowns in 1996, 2004, 2014, 2015, 2018, 2020 and 2022.
JUST WIN BABY: With 22-straight wins, College of Idaho shares with St. Joseph (Conn.) and Indiana (PA), the longest active winning streak in college men's basketball.
FAST STARTS AT HOME: College of Idaho has outscored its opponents 527 (43.9 ppg) to 345 (28.8) in its 12 home games in the first half. The Yotes have made 69 of 107 free throws compared to just 23 of 33 for its opponents.
CONFERENCE PLAY: The Cascade Collegiate Conference began play with the 1993-94 season. College of Idaho has won seven regular season titles and a league-leading 10 tournament titles. The seven regular season titles are second in the CCC, just behind the 10 won by Oregon Tech. With the exception of the COVID-19 and no full CCC season in 2020-21, College of Idaho has won at least 10 CCC games in all but four seasons en route to an all-time CCC mark of 367-104 (.779). The Yotes have won 57 of their last 59 conference games for a .966 winning percentage.
DOUBLE DOUBLE, DOUBLE DOUBLE (CAREER)
Jake O'Neil: 6 (11; last at Multnomah (2/4/23)
Straton Rogers: 2 (last vs. Multnomah (2/4/23)
Samaje Morgan: 1 (last vs. Oregon Tech (1/20/23)
Drew Wyman: 1 (last vs. Lewis-Clark State (1/27/23)
BENCH PLAY SUCCESS: A key part of the success for the Yotes has been the play of its reserves with the leader among all players in scoring (
Johnny Radford - 14.0 ppg), rebounds (
Straton Rogers - 7.9 rpg) and assists (
Samaje Morgan - 5.0 apg) coming off the bench.
IS THERE AN AREA CODE? College of Idaho has made 212 3-pointers on the 2022-23 season. Nine-different Yotes have hit a three pointer on the season with
Johnny Radford knocking down a team-high 68 of 140 (47.5%) of his attempts. For his career, Radford has made 140 3-pointers which ranks 18th in program history. He is the 32nd different Coyote to make over 100 3-pointers. Against Northwest (Jan. 7), it was the first time in 2022-23 that Radford had been held without a 3-pointer. He made a season-high and career-high six 3 pointers against Walla Walla (Jan. 28) and earlier this season against Corban (Jan. 14).
