Utah made the game closer than expected, but BYU held the lead the entire second half and beat Utah 89-84 Saturday night in Salt Lake City. BYU’s big three carried the scoring once again, led by 24 points and 14 rebounds (6 offensive) from Richie Saunders. Richie was able to get into the lane and […]
Utah made the game closer than expected, but BYU held the lead the entire second half and beat Utah 89-84 Saturday night in Salt Lake City.
BYU’s big three carried the scoring once again, led by 24 points and 14 rebounds (6 offensive) from Richie Saunders. Richie was able to get into the lane and his offensive rebounds in the second half kept Utah from being able to take the lead. BYU had 16 offensive rebounds compared to 10 from Utah.
Rob Wright finished with 23 points and 6 assists, and AJ Dybantsa scored 20 points despite constant double and triple teams the entire night. Keba Keita rounded out BYU’s double figure scorers with 11 points to go along with 6 boards.
BYU led by 45-43 at halftime and looked like they were about to run away with the when they went ahead by 12 points two separate times, but Utah’s high-scoring guard duo of Terrence Brown and Dom McHenry made big shots and BYU missed free throws to keep Utah within striking distance. Brown scored 25 for Utah while McHenry scored 21. Utah shot just 6-22 from three, but they were able to get into the paint and shot 18-21 from the foul line. BYU was 19-29 from the free throw line.
This was BYU’s 12th win in a row and moves BYU to 15-1 on the season. These two teams rematch in two weeks in Provo. BYU next returns to the Marriott Center Wednesday to host TCU in a 9pm MT tip.
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