NCAAB

Arizona Wildcats at BYU Cougars

· NCAA Men's Basketball
16-6, 5-2 Away
Final
85 - 74
15-7, 11-2 Home

No. 20 Arizona pulls away for 85-74 victory over BYU

Arizona Wildcats vs. BYU Cougars: Game Highlights

Henri Veesaar also finished with 17 points and Tobe Awaka added 14 to help the Wildcats win their fourth straight game. Arizona (16-6, 10-1 Big 12) has won 11 of its last 12 overall to stay in a first-place tie with Houston atop the Big 12 standings.

Egor Demin scored 16 while Dallin Hall and Richie Saunders added 11 apiece for the Cougars (15-7, 6-5) who saw their four-game winning streak snapped.

BYU made three straight baskets, culminating in a contested corner three from Kanon Catchings to take a 61-60 lead. Back-to-back baskets from Caleb Love and Jaden Bradley quickly put Arizona back in front.

Dallin Hall cut the deficit to a point on a driving layup. Bradley countered with back-to-back baskets and then hit six free throws to fuel a 13-2 run that extended the Wildcats’ lead to 80-68 with 4:02 left.

BYU scored just two baskets over the final 7:46.

Takeaways Arizona: Love became the 56th Arizona player to score 1,000 career points with the Wildcats. He entered Tuesday’s contest having scored 988 points since transferring to Arizona from North Carolina.

BYU: Hall reached double figures for just the fifth time this season after not making a basket in four of his previous five games.

Key moment Bradley scored 11 points over a three-minute stretch that helped Arizona pull away from BYU.

Key stats Arizona outrebounded BYU 45-30. The Cougars fell to 0-5 this season when grabbing fewer rebounds than their opponent.

Up next Both teams play again on Saturday. Arizona hosts Texas Tech and BYU is at Cincinnati.

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Recent Plays

2nd 0:00 End of Game 85 - 74
2nd 0:00 End of 2nd half 85 - 74
2nd 0:00 Richie Saunders Offensive Rebound. 85 - 74
2nd 0:01 Egor Demin made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Richie Saunders. 85 - 74
2nd 0:03 Dallin Hall missed Three Point Jumper. 85 - 71

Statistics

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31-63 FG 28-67
49.2 Field Goal % 41.8
8-21 3PT 10-34
38.1 Three Point % 29.4
15-17 FT 8-14
88.2 Free Throw % 57.1
45 Rebounds 30
12 Offensive Rebounds 10
33 Defensive Rebounds 20
19 Assists 14
6 Steals 7
3 Blocks 3
12 Turnovers 10
0 Team Turnovers 0
12 Total Turnovers 10
0 Technical Fouls 0
0 Total Technical Fouls 0
0 Flagrant Fouls 0
13 Points Off Turnovers 11
10 Fast Break Points 6
42 Points in Paint 36
12 Fouls 15
15 Largest Lead 4

Game Information

Venue: Marriott Center

Location: Provo, UT
Attendance: 17,274 | 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