BYU maintained its mastery over Wyoming and its dominance in video games on the Delta Center in Salt Lake City on Saturday evening, walloping the Cowboys 68-49 in entrance of 11,217 on the house of the Utah Jazz.
The Cougars jumped out to a fast 9-0 lead and managed the sport from there to win their fifteenth straight contest towards Wyoming (5-5).
BYU (8-2) has received 19 of its final 20 video games on the Delta Center.
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3 takeaways
• Coach Kevin Young needs the Cougars to play in as many video games in NBA arenas as attainable, however not simply because his workforce is among the high 3-point taking pictures groups within the nation.
The Cougars stayed scorching from past the arc, going 9 of 20 from 3-point vary. Overall, BYU shot 52% from the sector and 79% from the free-throw line.
• BYU shouldn’t be the identical workforce offensively with out Richie Saunders on the courtroom. The Cougars’ main lively scorer suffered a lacerated lip lower than three minutes into the sport when he collided with Wyoming’s Jordan Nesbitt and was taken to the locker room for analysis.
He didn’t return.
Little-used wing Mawot Mag received the majority of Saunders’ minutes and performed effectively on each ends of the ground. The defensive specialist made three 3-pointers and compelled a number of turnovers in his greatest recreation as a Cougar since transferring from Rutgers.
Mag, a profession 27% 3-point shooter, was 3 of 4 from deep.
• The Cougars appeared to lose curiosity a bit after constructing a 30-16 with 7:20 remaining within the first half and solely scored 4 factors on their final 10 possessions of the half, permitting Wyoming to scratch again and make it 34-25 at halftime.
Both groups dedicated eight turnovers within the first 20 minutes, with the majority of Wyoming’s coming early and the majority of BYU’s coming late.
BYU took higher care of the ball within the second half, ending with simply 13 turnovers.
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