Saint Mary's leads BYU, 40-28, at half

By Jeff Call, Deseret News

Published: Saturday, Jan. 28 2012 8:05 p.m. MST

Summary

BYU's hopes of knocking off No. 21 Saint Mary's aren't looking good at halftime.

PROVO — BYU's hopes of knocking off No. 21 Saint Mary's aren't looking good at halftime.

The Gaels lead the Cougars at intermission, 40-28, at the Marriott Center.

BYU has been plagued by turnovers (10) and poor 3-point shooting (1-for-7), while Saint Mary's is shooting 54 percent from the field, including 5-of-13 from 3-point territory.

While star guard Matthew Dellavedova has been held scoreless in the first half, Clint Steindl has come off the bench to score 14 points, including four 3-pointers.

BYU is being led by Brandon Davies and Noah Hartsock, who each have nine points.

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NevadaCoug

Overton, NV

A) St. Mary's is a really good team. They are clearly the better squad. BYU just can't match up.

B) Despite BYU not being in St. Mary's league, it would be nice if they could still play with the same rule book. It's is infuriating how More..

8:24 p.m. Jan. 28, 2012
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Serenity Now

Highland, UT

A couple of self-evident truths from this game:

1-St. Mary's is the best team in the WCC and possibly even better than UNLV for best team in the west;
2-BYU's student section is loud and can change games, but the students who were More..

9:21 p.m. Jan. 28, 2012
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Jeff Call

Jeff Call has been a sportswriter for the Deseret News since 1997. He is the BYU beat writer and has been covering Cougar sports since 1993, when he served as sports editor at the Daily Universe. Call has written several more ..

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