SERIES HISTORY: College of Idaho heads into the matchup against Southern Oregon with the Yotes holding a 60-25 advantage in the series with victories in seven of the last eight games.
TOURNAMENT HISTORY: College of Idaho heads into the Cascade Collegiate Conference Tournament having won its last 18 tournament games (last loss: semifinal vs. Oregon Tech (75-69, 2/25/17) and the last five conference tournament titles (excluding the 2021 CoVID year).
Previous meetings in the CCC Tournament vs. Southern Oregon:
Record: College of Idaho leads 6-2 | Streak: W5
- 2022 final: College of Idaho 78, Southern Oregon 55
- 2019 final: College of Idaho 70, Southern Oregon 55
- 2018 semis: College of Idaho 67, Southern Oregon 53
- 2015 final: College of Idaho 86, Southern Oregon 79
- 2006 Quarterfinal: Albertson College of Idaho 63, Southern Oregon 47
- 2005 Final: Southern Oregon 50, Albertson College of Idaho 47
- 2002 Quarterfinal: Southern Oregon 103, Albertson College of Idaho 101 (2 OT)
- 1987 NAIA District II: College of Idaho 86, Southern Oregon 79
RECORD BOOK WATCH:
SCORING - 2,565 - 195th (RECORD: 3,192)
FIELD GOALS - 939 - 19th (RECORD: 1,195)
3-POINT FIELD GOALS - 297 - t-8th (RECORD: 368)
REBOUNDS - 1,284 - 17th (RECORD: 1,608)
ASSISTS - 509 - t--22nd (RECORD: 731)
BLOCKS - 98 - 15th (RECORD: 188)
STEALS - 254 - 28th (RECORD: 376)
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 the win over Walla Walla.
Drew Wyman became the third Yote with over 1,000 career points with his 13-point effort at Bushnell. It is the first time in program history that the Yotes have had three 1,000-point scorers on the roster in the same year.
DOUBLE DOUBLE, DOUBLE DOUBLE (CAREER)
Jake O'Neil: 10 (27; last vs. Northwest (2/28/24)
Straton Rogers: 2 (last vs. Multnomah (2/4/23)
Drew Wyman: 2 (last vs. Multnomah (2/10/24)
Samaje Morgan: 1 (last vs. Oregon Tech (1/20/23)
Tyler Robinett: 1 (last at Northwest (2/17/23)
20 Win: With the first 20-win season in 1954-55, College of Idaho has had 26 20-win seasons and seven of the last eight seasons after picking up win No. 20 in a 106-61 rout of Walla Walla.
Colby Blaine has won at least 30 games, four of the last five seasons including a school record 36 in 2022-23.
THE ROUT IS ON: The Yotes have won the last 11 games by an average of 32.5 points with a high of a 67-point rout of Evergreen. Eight of the last 11 games have seen College of Idaho have hit the 100-point mark. In 23 of the 27 wins, College of Idaho has won by at least 10 points.
FOR 3: Johnny Radford has made 66 3-pointers in 2023-24 for 229 in his career to move into third place all-time. Next on the list for Radford is 275 by Josh Owen (2004-08). In the last 10 games, College of Idaho has made at least 10 3-pointers for the first time in program history. Earlier this season against Multnomah, College of Idaho made a season-high 20 3-pointers for the first time since they made 20 triples against Northwest Indian College on Nov. 23, 2018. College of Idaho knocked down 17 3-pointers in the 107-40 win over Walla Walla on Friday, January 5. The most and at home since they drained 18 since they made 18 against Walla Walla on January 28, 2023. The 10.2 made 3-pointers per game ranks seventh in the nation.
BALL SECURITY: In 21 of the 29 games, College of Idaho has had less than 10 turnovers. The 9.7 turnovers per game is the ninth fewest of any team in the NAIA.
BRAINS and BASKETBALL: Caden Handran,
Isaac Mercer,
Jake O'Neil,
Straton Rogers,
Bryan St. Clair,
Paul Wilson and
Drew Wyman earned U.S. Bank / Cascade Collegiate Conference Academic All-Conference honors for their performances in the classroom, Student-athletes from the winter sports of men's and women's basketball and men's and women's wrestling earned the distinction. To earn recognition as an All-CCC Academic honoree, a student-athlete must have a minimum cumulative GPA of 3.2 and sophomore standing.
BOARD WORK: Three players -
Caden Handran (10 vs. Hope International - 11/24/23);
Jake O'Neil (12 at Warner Pacific - 12/16/23; 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.
College of Idaho has outrebounded 27 of its last 29 opponents - dating back to 2022-23, the Yotes have outrebounded its 46 of its last 48 opponents. Oregon Tech has outrebounded the Yotes in both contests in 2023-24.
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 160-16 overall record on their home floor since the start of the 2013-14 season. After a season-opening loss in 2023-24, College of Idaho has won its last 16 in a row at home. 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 382-100 all-time record – with the mark ballooning to
499-109 when accounting the previous decade at O'Connor Fieldhouse.
JAM THE JAAC: College of Idaho leads the NAIA for a second-straight year with an average of a program best 1,492 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.
