Sam Merrill had to wait a while, but eventually he heard his name called at the 2020 NBA Draft, going 60th to the New Orleans Pelicans. Merrill was taken with the final pick of this year’s draft and it was announced that he would be dealt to the Milwaukee Bucks. […]
OVERLAND PARK, Kan.-Tuesday, former Utah college basketball stars Yoeli Childs and Sam Merrill were named to the Senior CLASS Award All-American Team. Merrill, one of the brightest stars in Utah State men’s basketball history, made the first team and Childs checked in on the second team. Merrill, a former Bountiful […]
PROVO, Utah-Monday, as the sports calendar has virtually ground to a halt, a pair of BYU basketball standouts in 2019-20 were honored by making the All-District IX team Monday. Former Cougars star forward Yoeli Childs made the first-team squad. This season, Childs netted 22.2 points and 9 rebounds per game […]
SAN BRUNO, Calif.-Monday, BYU men’s basketball senior forward Yoeli Childs was named as the West Coast Conference’s player of the week for the second consecutive week. In Saturday’s 81-64 win over Pepperdine, Childs amassed a career-best 38 points and tied his season-high on the glass with 14 rebounds. Childs made […]
MALIBU, Calif. (AP) — Yoeli Childs scored a career-high 38 points and No. 17 BYU completed a perfect February as it rallied for a 81-64 victory over Pepperdine. The Cougars trailed 37-32 before they went on an 11-3 run to seize control and extend their winning streak to nine. Childs […]
PROVO, Utah-Sunday, upon the release of the new weekly college basketball polls, BYU rose to No. 17 in The Associated Press Top 25 and is currently ranked No. 18 in the USA Today coaches poll. The Cougars, who bested No. 2 Gonzaga 91-78 Saturday, are ranked in the AP poll […]
Yoeli Childs had a season-high 32 points as BYU topped San Francisco 90-76. TJ Haws had 13 points and seven assists for BYU, which earned its fourth straight victory. Jake Toolson added 13 points, seven assists and six rebounds. Jimbo Lull had 22 points for San Francisco. Khalil Shabazz added […]
Yoeli Childs and Jake Toolson scored 22 points apiece and BYU overwhelmed Portland 85-54. Childs sank 8 of 14 shots from the floor and added eight rebounds for the Cougars (18-7, 7-3 West Coast Conference). Toolson knocked down 8 of 10 shots, including 6 of 8 from 3-point range. JoJo […]
SPRINGFIELD, Mass.-Thursday, the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame announced BYU men’s basketball senior forward Yoeli Childs is one of 10 candidates for the 2020 Karl Malone Power Forward of the year award. This award is in its sixth year of existence and it recognizes the top power forwards in […]
Jake Toolson scored a career-high 28 points with six 3-pointers and Yoeli Childs returned from injury to add 26 points and nine rebounds in a 74-60 victory over Pacific. The Cougars used a 21-0 run over more than six minutes of the second half to grab the lead, with Toolson […]
