Add Jake Retzlaff to the ever-growing list of Egor Demin fans. BYU’s star quarterback couldn’t stop complimenting the Cougars’ freshman basketball phenom during an interview on ESPN’s SportsCenter Wednesday night.

Quarterback Jake Retzlaff — a California kid who grew up outside of Los Angeles — is getting his first taste of it. He was raised in a college football household — watching USC-UCLA and Washington-Washington State — but he never dove into this one before.

Through just a few games, no player has done more for his stock than BYU guard Egor Demin. A 6-foot-8 guard-forward hybrid who came into the class as a jumbo creator, he’s done just that, averaging 19 points and nine assists on 63% shooting coming into Wednesday’s game.

BYU will attempt to win its third straight game in first-year coach Kevin Young's tenure when Queens University of Charlotte visits Provo, Utah, on Wednesday night. Freshman Egor Demin, a