NCAAB

UC Riverside Highlanders at BYU Cougars

· NCAA Men's Basketball
Final
80 - 86
2-0, 2-0 Home

Demin scores 20, Keita adds double-double and BYU outlasts UC Riverside 86-80

BYU led by seven points at halftime and pushed the lead to 56-39 on a dunk by Kanon Catchings with 13 1/2 minutes remaining.

The Cougars led by 16 with 8 minutes left, then the Highlanders went on a 9-2 run to get within 71-62 near the 6-minute mark.

UCR got within seven points several times before the final minute, including two free throws by Nate Pickens that made it 81-74 with 1:07 remaining.

BYU went up by eight when Richie Saunders made 1 of 2 from the line with 15 seconds left, then Kaleb Smith hit a 3 for UCR to make it 84-79 with seven seconds left but the Cougars got two free throws from Mihailo Boskovic to deny the comeback.

Fousseyni Traore had 13 points and Richie Saunders 12 for the Cougars (2-0). BYU shot 53% from the field but made only 6 of 22 3-pointers and 14 of 26 free throws.

Smith led UCR (0-2) with 20 points and Pickens added 18. Barrington Hargress and Isaiah Moses scored 16 each.

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Recent Plays

2nd 0:00 End of Game 80 - 86
2nd 0:00 End of 2nd half 80 - 86
2nd 0:00 Nate Pickens made Free Throw. 80 - 86
2nd 0:00 UC Riverside Deadball Team Rebound. 79 - 86
2nd 0:00 Nate Pickens missed Free Throw. 79 - 86

Statistics

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25-58 FG 33-62
43.1 Field Goal % 53.2
11-28 3PT 6-22
39.3 Three Point % 27.3
19-23 FT 14-26
82.6 Free Throw % 53.8
31 Rebounds 39
6 Offensive Rebounds 11
25 Defensive Rebounds 28
13 Assists 15
8 Steals 7
1 Blocks 7
12 Turnovers 10
0 Team Turnovers 0
12 Total Turnovers 10
0 Technical Fouls 0
0 Total Technical Fouls 0
0 Flagrant Fouls 0
12 Points Off Turnovers 15
8 Fast Break Points 7
14 Points in Paint 48
22 Fouls 20
0 Largest Lead 17

Game Information

Venue: Marriott Center

Location: Provo, UT
Attendance: 17,381 | Capacity:

2024-25 Big West Conference Standings

TEAM CONF GB OVER
UC San Diego 18-2 - 30-5
UC Irvine 17-3 1 32-6
Cal State Northridge 14-6 4 22-11
UC Riverside 14-6 4 21-13
UC Santa Barbara 11-9 7 21-13
UC Davis 9-11 9 15-17
Cal Poly 8-12 10 16-19
Cal State Bakersfield 8-12 10 14-19
Hawai'i 7-13 11 15-16
Long Beach State 3-17 15 7-25
Cal State Fullerton 1-19 17 6-26

2024-25 Big 12 Conference Standings

TEAM CONF GB OVER
Houston 19-1 - 34-4
Texas Tech 15-5 4 28-9
BYU 14-6 5 26-10
Arizona 14-6 5 24-13
Iowa State 13-7 6 25-10
Kansas 11-9 8 21-13
West Virginia 10-10 9 19-13
Baylor 10-10 9 20-15
TCU 9-11 10 16-16
Kansas State 9-11 10 16-17
Utah 8-12 11 16-17
Cincinnati 7-13 12 19-15
UCF 7-13 12 18-16
Oklahoma State 7-13 12 17-18
Arizona State 4-16 15 13-20
Colorado 3-17 16 14-21
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