Men's Basketball | 1/11/2024 10:34:00 AM
SERIES HISTORY: College of Idaho holds a 63-29 advantage in the all-time series between the Yotes and Corban. College of Idaho enters Friday's tilt with an eight-game winning streak in the series that dates back to 1977. College of Idaho has won all five meetings against Bushnell University and prior to its name change, the Yotes posted a 24-9 mark in the all-time series. WIth the name change, College of Idaho has won the last eight meetings.The two teams met for the first time in 1981.
BY THE NUMBERS:
• Familiar starting five: - 56 for
Drew Wyman and 47 for
Jake O'Neil...a stretch of 71-consecutive starts for
Caden Handran against Oregon Tech and
Tyler Robinett ended against Montana Western.
• 1,139-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 1,202 games; followed by Duke (1,201), East Tennessee State (1,132) and CCC foe, Corban (1,192).
• 43-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.
1,000-POINT PLATEAU: Jake O'Neil became the 31st player in program history to reach the 1,000-point mark in the 79-51 win over Multnomah in program history. He was joined in the 1,000-point club by
Johnny Radford, who reached the mark with his second 3-pointer in last Friday's win over Walla Walla. Next in line for 1,000 career points is
Drew Wyman, who has 977. It will be the first time in program history that the Yotes have had three 1,000-point scorers on the roster in the same year.
FAST START: College of Idaho racked up 55 points in the first half, last week against Walla
Walla. The 55 points are the most since a 76-point outpouring against Walla Walla on January 28, 2023.
STIFLING DEFENSE: The College of Idaho held Walla Walla to 15 first half points. It is the second time in 2023-24 that C of I has held an opponent under 20 points in the first 20 minutes. The 15 points by an opponent is the fewest by an opponent since Northwest scored 12 on January 7, 2023. Since 2019-20, five times C of I has stifled an opponent to under 20 points in a half.
GRAND THEFT YOTE: Three times, most recently against Walla Walla, College of Idaho racked up 14 steals in a contest. For the season, the Yotes have recorded 8.6 steals per contest. Only 24 times in school history has a College of Idaho team averaged 8.3 steals or higher in a season.
DOUBLE DOUBLE, DOUBLE DOUBLE (CAREER)
Jake O'Neil: 14 (23; last vs. Eastern Oregon (12/9/23)
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)
