Overview
- Houston beat BYU 77-66 in Provo after a 54-54 tie with under 10 minutes left, pulling away on a 14-5 run and winning the glass 40-36 with 17 second-chance points.
- The loss drops BYU to 17-6 (5-5 Big 12) with a season-low 66 points, while Houston improves to 21-2 (9-1) and rises to No. 3 in the new poll.
- AJ Dybantsa led BYU with 28 points on 9-for-14 shooting plus five rebounds and four assists; Robert Wright III added 17 as no other Cougar reached double figures.
- BYU’s depth issues persisted with five bench points as non-Dybantsa shooters went 12-for-39; centers Keba Keita and Abdullah Ahmed combined to shoot 3-for-10 and 3-for-7 at the line as coach Kevin Young called their finishing “not good enough.”
- Young said he briefly sat Dybantsa late because he was “about to pass out,” a characterization Dybantsa disputed, and BYU now heads to Baylor on Tuesday seeking to halt the skid.