PROVO — The BYU basketball program is expected to add a pair of forwards during the early national letter of intent signing period that began Wednesday.

Noah Hartsock, a 6-foot-8, 200-pound forward from Bartlesville High School in Oklahoma, verbally committed to the Cougars a couple of weeks ago. Hartsock averaged 20 points and 10 rebounds last season for the 6A runner-up state championship team. He is the brother-in-law of BYU's all-American volleyball player, Lindsy Hartsock.

Late last month, Hartsock's coach, Tim Bart, told the Deseret Morning News that Hartsock "is a highly skilled offensive player who can shoot from any position on the floor."

Jordan Cameron, a 6-foot-5, 185-pound small forward from Newbury Park High School in southern California, committed to the Cougars over the summer. He is described by scouts as a good shooter with a solid court presence.

As of Wednesday, BYU coaches could not comment on the recruits, but they will likely do so in the next few days.

Meanwhile, the Cougars play their final exhibition game today (7 p.m.) at the Marriott Center against Seattle Pacific, a Division II program. The Falcons return three players from their 20-9 NCAA Tournament team last season.

Last Friday, BYU earned an 81-54 exhibition victory over the University of Victoria. Freshman Lee Cummard turned in an impressive performance, scoring 23 points on 10-of-16 shooting and adding five rebounds, four assists and two steals in 27 minutes of play.

"We did some things well and found some things we need to work on in our game against Victoria," said coach Dave Rose. "We hope to keep making progress. Seattle Pacific is a much bigger and more physical team than Victoria. It's going to be a lot tougher for us against bigger, stronger guys. Our emphasis is going to be on getting on the offensive boards and getting second shots as well as being stronger on the defensive glass."

Seattle Pacific's team has a local connection. Jared Moultrie, a 6-2 guard, is a native of West Point and graduated from Clearfield High School. A junior, Moultrie played at Salt Lake Community College before transferring to Seattle Pacific.

Two BYU players who did not play last Friday due to injury, Mike Rose and Rashaun Broadus, could be back in the lineup tonight. Rose suffered a laceration to his lip last Wednesday while Broadus was nursing an ankle sprain he sustained during an Oct. 28 practice.

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SCHEDULE CHANGE: BYU announced Wednesday a scheduling change to accommodate academic scheduling conflicts at Lamar University, which was affected by Hurricane Rita. The Cougars' game against Lamar, originally set for Dec. 20 at the Marriott Center, has been changed to Nov. 30 at the Delta Center.

The schools have been working together the past several weeks to find a date that would allow the game to be played. Lamar is located in Beaumont, Texas, one of the areas hardest hit by Hurricane Rita. Because of that, the school had to reschedule its fall academic calendar.

"The effects of the hurricane has put Lamar in a difficult circumstance with the timing of their finals and our game," Rose said. "While the timing of the change is not ideal in many ways, it has given us the opportunity to continue the tradition of playing a game in Salt Lake City at the Delta Center."


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