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Senior guard Tyler Haws scored 30 or more points for the second straight game and third time this season and pushed his streak of double-figure scoring games to 57 on Saturday afternoon at BYU's home away from home, EnergySolutions Arena in Salt Lake City.
Naturally, the Cougar guard everyone was talking about after BYU's 90-70 win over Hawaii was Kyle Collinsworth.
A triple-double — just the fifth in school history — will do that for a guy.
Collinsworth stole the show, as BYU extended its winning streak at the home of the Utah Jazz to nine games, with 19 points, 12 rebounds and 10 assists, the first trifecta since Michael Smith had one in 1988. Kresimir Cosic, Danny Ainge and Fred Roberts also did it wearing BYU uniforms.
"It is a great honor," said Collinsworth, who flirted with triple-doubles several times last year before suffering a season-ending ACL injury last March. "I look forward to getting more, and to continue to get better as a team and as an individual."
The Provo High product picked up his 10th assist after coaches drew up an inbounds play with 2:44 remaining to free up Haws for one of his patented mid-range jumpers.
"Just credit to my teammates," Collinsworth said. "They are such great shooters that it makes it really easy to get assists as the point guard. So, credit to my teammates."
Collinsworth also had a steal and two blocked shots, including a swat in the first half that drew oohs and aahs from the partisan BYU crowd of 13,623.
The Cougars are now 7-2 overall heading into Wednesday's showdown with No. 25 Utah at the Marriott Center, and 14-4 at ESA since 1993.
Utah "reminds me of the teams when we first got here, 17 or 18 years ago," BYU coach Dave Rose said. "They are really talented, really deep, really well-coached. We look forward to a good game."
As for Saturday's game in SLC, the Cougars were sloppy with the ball early and misfired enough to see Hawaii go on a 13-0 run to take a 24-16 lead with seven minutes remaining in the first half.
Then BYU went on a 13-0 run, took a 37-30 lead into halftime, and scored 53 points in the second half. Chase Fischer added 20 points and Anson Winder 11 off the bench, as BYU's guards scored all but six of the team's 90 points.
"In a game like tonight's, it was what we had to do," Rose said of the guard-heavy scoring, which has actually been the case all season. "I think that the way we play, and how we score the ball, the most important thing to me is that it is spread out. And we got a lot of guys who are scoring, so that's a good thing."
A lot of guys are rebounding well, too, despite their size. Haws had seven boards, Fischer five and Winder five as the Cougars won the boarding battle, 49-30 against a Hawaii team that didn't have a starter taller than 6-foot-7.
Aaron Valdes led the Warriors (7-3) with 24 points, but the visitors made just 1 of 8 3-point attempts in the second half after going 4 of 10 from beyond the arc in the first half.
Collinsworth was well on his way to the triple-double early, with 10 points, seven rebounds and six assists in the first half.
"I love the way he plays," Rose said. "He gets more and more confident with the ball in his hands, and he can drive into the lane. He is making really good decisions. … I am happy for him."
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BYU 90, Hawaii 70
R Kyle Collinsworth records his first triple-double with 19 points, 12 rebounds and 10 assists.
• BYU answers a 13-0 Hawaii run with a 13-0 run of its own in the first half.