Provo • If BYU has any hope of upsetting No. 16 Saint Mary’s on Thursday at McKeon Pavilion in Moraga, Calif., the Cougars must slow down Gaels big man Jock Landale.
In the Gaels’ 74-64 overtime win on Dec. 30 at the Marriott Center, Landale almost single-handedly beat BYU with 31 points on 13-for-15 shooting. Officials allowed the 6-foot-11, 260-pound Australian to repeatedly drop his shoulder and bull his way to the hoop, and he took advantage to the dismay of more than 16,000 fans who screamed for offensive fouls.
BYU’s best interior defender, 6-10, 230-pound Luke Worthington, started in that game and the two after it.