As a group, I don’t know if we really know what we’re walking into here on Thursday. It will be the first game where the gym is definitely full of more fans that want us to lose than win. It’s an emotional place. —BYU head coach Dave Rose
Thursday, 9 p.m. MST McKeon Pavilion
Moraga, Calif.
MORAGA, Calif. — Only a handful of current BYU players have been to Saint Mary’s McKeon Pavilion.
And only one of them, sophomore forward Eric Mika, has participated in a victory there.
Mika was a freshman three years ago when the Cougars rallied from a 12-point second-half deficit to beat the Gaels for the first time at 3,500-seat McKeon Pavilion.