LOS ANGELES - LMU is 1-0 in the West Coast Conference for the first time since the 2013-14 season. That year, the Lions beat BYU and San Diego to open WCC action at 2-0. This year's LMU men's basketball team (7-8, 1-0 WCC) has an opportunity to beat the same two teams to hit that mark, as they take on BYU (11-4, 0-0 WCC) in Provo on Saturday night at 7 p.m. MTN (6 p.m. PST).
 
The Lions are coming off a come-from-behind win over University of San Diego on Thursday night, after erasing a seven-point deficit with under 12 minutes to play. LMU's keys to victory were a season-low six turnovers and 14 fouls committed to make up for an off-shooting night. All nine players to see the court for the Lions played at least 13 points and knocked down a field goal.
 
 The Cougars have not played a conference game yet, but closed out the non-conference portion of their schedule with five consecutive wins. BYU has posted a 6-1 record at home this year, with their lone loss coming to currently undefeated San Diego State, the nation's 13th-ranked team.
 
BYU ranks in the top-10 nationally in a number of statistical categories, including total three-point field goals (4th), total assists (6th), assist-to-turnover ratio (8th), and three-point field goal percentage (8th).
 
The WCC leads all Division I conferences in total field goal percentage with these two teams being a large part of that stat. BYU ranks 14th nationally at 49.2 percent from the field, and LMU ranks 21st after hitting 48.4 percent of their shots. LMU's Eli Scott leads the conference individually in that category (among players with five makes per game) after shooting 56.1 percent to date this season.
 
The game will air on BYUtv and stream live on BYU Sports Network. Live Stats will be run through Statbroadcast. Jesse Kass can be heard on KXLU 88.9 FM and TuneIN Radio.