Trevin Knell scored 18 points and Dallin Hall added 14 to lead BYU to an 85-69 victory over Oklahoma State in a Big 12 game in Provo, Utah, on Tuesday night.
Knell and Hall combined to make seven 3-pointers for the Cougars. Richie Saunders scored 12 points, while Egor Demin and Keba Keita added 10 apiece. Demin also dished out eight assists with two blocks and two steals, while Keita collected nine rebounds. BYU (11-5, 2-3 Big 12) snapped a three-game losing streak.
Jamyron Keller and Bryce Thompson led Oklahoma State with 15 points apiece, while Abou Ousmane added 13. The Cowboys (9-7, 1-4) suffered their fourth double-digit loss in league play.
The Cowboys used a 22-2 run fueled by three perimeter baskets from Keller to cut a 23-point deficit early in the second half to 51-48 with 13:23 left.
Turnovers plagued the Cougars, who went nearly seven minutes without a basket while allowing Oklahoma State to get back into the game.
Hall and Fousseyni Traore combined for five points to stop BYU’s bleeding. Demin then capped an 11-2 run with a steal and a layup to put the Cougars up 67-52 with 9:39 left.
The Cougars took control early after shooting 60 percent from the field in the first half. On the other hand, BYU allowed the Cowboys to shoot just 25.8 percent.
BYU went on a 10-0 run fueled by 3-pointers from Knell to take a 17-6 lead. The Cougars shut down defensively while building a double-digit turnover, holding Oklahoma State without a field goal for nearly five minutes.
When BYU took the lead, the Cougars used an 18-0 run to put the game out of reach before halftime. Hall and Knell capped the run with back-to-back 3-pointers and each sank free throws to put the Cougars up 42-15 with 3:23 left in the first half.
Oklahoma State started 4-of-24 from the floor before Tyler Caron and Connor Dow combined for three straight baskets to finally get the Cowboys offense going just before halftime.
–Field Level Media