3 keys to No. 25 BYU’s 78-71 win over No. 11 Baylor

BYU held serve at residence in an important Large 12 convention basketball recreation Tuesday evening, holding off Baylor 78-71 on the Marriott Middle in entrance of a sellout crowd of 17,978.

The No. 25 Cougars made 14 3-pointers and bought 16 factors from Jaxson Robinson to avenge an 81-72 loss to the No. 11 Bears in Waco, Texas, final month.

The Cougars improved to 7-6 in league play, 19-7 general, and received their fourth-straight residence recreation.

The Bears fell to 8-5 and 19-7.

Listed below are 3 keys to the Cougars’ win:

• The important thing stat of the sport was second-chance factors. The Cougars grabbed 16 offensive rebounds and turned them into 20 second-chance factors. Baylor had simply 4 second-chance factors.

BYU massive man Aly Khalifa was 4 off 6 from 3-point vary, ending with 14 factors. He additionally added seven rebounds and 7 assists because the Cougars out-rebounded the Bears 39-30.

• Miro Little drew what officers decided to be a flagrant 1 foul — it appeared that Little flopped, no less than just a little — on Richie Saunders and made a pair free throws to provide Baylor a 27-21 lead with seven minutes remaining within the first half.

However the iffy name woke the Cougars up, and so they reeled off an 8-0 run to take their first lead, 29-27, with 5:33 left within the half. BYU bought again in it with second-chance factors, outscoring the guests 13-0 in that class within the first half.

BYU shot 38% from 3-point vary (8 of 21) to additionally assist it bounce out to the 42-37 halftime lead.

• Jalen Bridges lit BYU up for 25 factors — 17 within the second half — within the Bears’ 81-72 win in Waco, however for some purpose the Cougars left the guard on their own for a 3-pointer simply 20 seconds into the sport. Bridges’ shot bought the guests going, and so they raced out to a fast 18-10 lead. 

Baylor made 9 of its first 11 pictures and appeared prefer it was going to blow the Cougars out of the Marriott Middle gymnasium early. They completed the half capturing 54% (13 of 24), cooling down significantly after that sizzling begin.

Bridges led the Bears with 15 factors, however Baylor was simply 5 of 20 from 3-point vary.