BYU notebook: Carlino looks solid in his BYU debut

REBOUNDING AND TURNOVERS: BYU outrebounded Baylor, 44-31, and in the first half, the Cougars had 26 rebounds, including 11 offensive boards, compared to just 11 for the Bears.

"That was one of the main keys going into this game — beating them on the glass," Davies said. "I thought we did a pretty good job of that. We tried to be physical on the glass and get all of the rebounds that we could because they're a great rebounding team. That was part of the game plan."

On the other hand, the Cougars had 16 turnovers.

"They scored 26 points off our turnovers," Rose said. "That's a big part of what they do. They play to turn you over. They recruit to turn you over. Their personnel is long, athletic, quick and they're deep, so they can take a lot of chances … They'll be really physical and try to turn you over. It's something we had to overcome."

OFFICIATING: There were several questionable calls by the Big 12 officials, and the fans expressed their displeasure.

But Rose liked his team's composure.

"That's all part of the experience of the game. There are calls that you get a break from and there are calls that you think are tough calls on you," he said. "You have to play through everything. I thought we did a good job of that. I thought our players left the players alone and worried about their execution and the challenge at hand. In an environment like that, sometimes it's difficult because you lose your cool and we stayed within ourselves pretty well."

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