2017-18 BYU men’s basketball preview
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2017-18 BYU Season Preview
BYU coach Dave Rose returns 10 starters and welcomes a group of talented newcomers heading into the 2017-18 season.
Sophomore guard TJ Haws (Alpine, Utah) headlines the four returning starters from last season. The 6-foot-4 guard played in and started all 34 games while averaging 13.8 points, 2.9 rebounds, 3.2 assists and 1.0 steal in 2016-17. Haws also hit a team-high 76 3-pointers, second all-time among BYU freshman. At the end of the regular season, Haws was named to the All-WCC First and All-WCC Freshman Teams.
Two-year starter and junior guard Nick Emery also returns after posting averages of 13.1 points, 3.0 rebounds, 2.4 assists and 1.6 steals. Emery was second on the team with 75 3-point field goals. When BYU defeated Loyola Marymount in the West Coast Conference Tournament, Emery became the 50th BYU player to reach 1,000 career points. He also joined Danny Ainge, Tyler Haws and Eric Mika as the only BYU players to reach 1,000 points as sophomores.
Forward Yoeli Childs returns for his sophomore season after posting one of the best freshman seasons in BYU history. Childs averaged 9.3 points, 8.2 rebounds and 1.4 blocks while starting 26 games. He finished the season first all-time among BYU freshmen in rebounds and second in rebounds per game, blocks, blocks per game and field goal percentage. Childs was named to the All-WCC Freshman Team.
Despite struggling with injury issues throughout the season, Elijah Bryant turned in a successful sophomore year in his first season with the Cougars. The Gwinnett, Georgia, native played in 23 games and started nine and posted averages of 11.7 points, 3.6 rebounds and 2.2 assists. Bryant’s best game came at Portland when he scored a team season-high 39 points, leading him to earn conference and national player of the week honors.
Other returnees from last season’s roster include Payton Dastrup and Braiden Shaw. Dastrup …
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