BYU has now won:
23 consecutive games when leading at halftime
24 consecutive games when allowing 69 or fewer points (24-0 in the Kevin Young era)
33 consecutive games when outshooting the opponent
72 consecutive games when leading with 5:00 left in regulation
Final from the Marriott Center:
BYU 79
Iowa State 69
BYU records its first home win over a Top 10 team in six years.
BYU picks up its 20th win of the season (20-7) behind 29 points, 10 rebounds and 9 assists from AJ Dybantsa.
Davis: 17 points
Boskovic: career-high 15 points
My preds: BYU 41 ISU 20; CRYAN=2TDS: TAIII=PICK6; on the drive to the game through River City, Ioway, @gregwrubell and @975Hans conversate:
Greg: "Ever meet a QB by the name of Bear?
Hans: Bear?
G: Bear.
H: Bear?
G: Bear.
H: Never heard of any QB Bear. How's the fellow's O-line?
G: Never has to worry bout his O-line
H: Never worries bout his O-line?!?
G: Or a doggone thing. He's just a bang beat, bell ringing, Big haul, great go, neck or nothin, rip roarin,
every time a bull's eye QB. Thats QB Bear Bachmeier, Bear Bachmeier.
H: Look, whaddayatalk, whaddayatalk, whaddayatalk, whaddayatalk?
G: He's a music man.
H: He's a what?
G: He's a music man and he plays guitar to the old folks in the home with his big brother Tiger and the rat-a-tat, and the
big bad bass, big bad bass, and the Sweet Caroline, so good, so good, and the old Country Roads
with his big thumb strummin.
H: Well, I don't know much about that but I do know you can't run a team as a freshmen QB, no sir.
G: I don't know how he does it but he throws like a king and he dallies
and he gathers and he plucks and shines and when the man runs hard, certainly Hans, what else? The NIL pays him! Yes sir, yes
sir, yes sir, yes sir, when the man runs hard, certainly Hans, what else? The NIL pays him! Yessssir, Yessssir.
H: BUT A FRESHMAN DOESN'T KNOW THE TERRITORY!!!"
What a day for our Cougs! From the national coverage on Big Noon Saturday this morning. To the color, pageantry & performance of the BYU team in the BIG WIN over Utah at LaVell’s House. To the highlights on every media outlet post game. Well done Cougs. Next up…Iowa State!
Listen to the cadence and increasing volume of the crowd as Bear Bachmeier gets closer and closer to the end zone. An electric sequence… and another reminder why an in stadium experience like this is unforgettable.
Near triple-double for Egor Demin in BYU’s Sweet 16 clinching win over Wisconsin: 11 points, 8 boards, 8 assists, and just 1 turnover in 27 mins. He dotted every pass in the book, maneuvered pressure with patience, hit a pair of threes, and used his length on defense.
Any ref who makes a bad call and then compounds it by giving a technical to a player who simply points at the replay on the scoreboard should be replaced at halftime.
Things obviously got dicey at the end, but BYU controlled that game throughout despite getting a really tough whistle at times. There was no question who the better team was. A richly deserved win.