Back to the BYU Cougars Newsfeed

San Francisco's War Memorial Gymnasium: BYU basketball's home away from home

As the final moments of BYU's 25-point pounding of San Francisco ticked away on Thursday evening, several fans on Twitter remarked at the incredible comfort that the Cougars seem to feel in the allegedly unfriendly confines of the Dons' War Memorial Gymnasium.

After all, we had just witnessed the Cougars score an eye-popping 114 points as a team while shooting 63 percent from deep in the 5,300-seat venue, headlined by an incendiary individual performance from freshman guard Nick Emery, who erupted for 37 points on a school record-tying 10 made threes.

But it was also more than just one good showing.