Provo • Jimmer Fredette was more amused than annoyed back in January 2011 when UNLV guard Tre’Von Willis said that BYU’s star guard was just an average player and would be shut down at the Thomas & Mack Center in what was then the Mountain West Conference opener.
“He’s got all of those [All-America] accolades, but he’s gotta come in and prove it,” Willis said.
Fredette erupted for 39 points, including seven 3-pointers, as BYU beat UNLV (89-77) in Las Vegas for the first time in eight tries, a stretch that included three Mountain West tournament losses on the Rebels’ home floor.