NCAAB

BYU Cougars at UCF Knights

· NCAA Men's Basketball
15-6, 2-4 Away
Final
81 - 75
13-8, 10-3 Home

Saunders hits 6 3-pointers, scores 22 points and BYU beats UCF 81-75 for fourth straight win

Keba Keita denies UCF Knights with swat

Mawot Mag added 18 points and matched a career-best with five assists for BYU (15-6, 6-4 Big 12). Trevin Knell chipped in with 15 points. Keba Keita scored 10 points and grabbed seven rebounds.

Keyshawn Hall scored 20 points for UCF (13-8, 4-6). Moustapha Thiam scored 17 points, Darius Johnson added 16 and Jordan Ivy-Curry had 14.

Mag scored six points and Keita's dunk ended an 8-0 surge to open the second half and BYU led 46-40. Consecutive 3s by Ivy-Curry and Hall gave UCF its only lead of the half, 58-55, with 8:42 remaining.

It was tied three more times before Saunders hit a 3 for a 68-65 advantage with 4:04 remaining and the Cougars led the rest of the way.

Johnson scored 12 points and Thiam had 10 to help UCF build a 40-38 halftime advantage. Knell scored 13 first-half points and Saunders added 11 to pace BYU.

BYU hosts Arizona on Tuesday.

UCF plays at home against Cincinnati on Wednesday.

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Recent Plays

2nd 0:00 End of Game 81 - 75
2nd 0:00 End of 2nd half 81 - 75
2nd 0:07 Richie Saunders Defensive Rebound. 81 - 75
2nd 0:12 Keba Keita Block. 81 - 75
2nd 0:12 Darius Johnson missed Layup. 81 - 75

Statistics

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28-58 FG 23-62
48.3 Field Goal % 37.1
14-32 3PT 8-26
43.8 Three Point % 30.8
11-19 FT 21-25
57.9 Free Throw % 84.0
40 Rebounds 34
6 Offensive Rebounds 8
34 Defensive Rebounds 26
22 Assists 10
7 Steals 11
3 Blocks 4
17 Turnovers 10
0 Team Turnovers 0
17 Total Turnovers 10
0 Technical Fouls 2
0 Total Technical Fouls 2
0 Flagrant Fouls 0
8 Points Off Turnovers 18
12 Fast Break Points 16
28 Points in Paint 26
22 Fouls 17
7 Largest Lead 7

Game Information

Venue: Addition Financial Arena

Location: Orlando, FL
Attendance: 9,152 | Capacity:

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
Full Standings