BYU's Tyler Haws, shown here in the Cougars' game against Virginia Tech in December, scored 24 points to led BYU to a conference win over Santa Clara on Saturday.
Scott G Winterton, Deseret News
SANTA CLARA, Calif. — One minute, it looked like Santa Clara might make its home game against BYU on Saturday a close contest.
The next minute, those hopes faded.
The Cougars used an 18-0 run over a seven-minute span in the middle of the second half to secure an 82-64 victory over the Broncos. Six different BYU players scored during the run, led by six points from Tyler Haws.
Haws paced the Cougar offense, scoring 24 points on 10-of-14 shooting from the field. He added five rebounds and three steals.
Santa Clara overcame a 41-32 halftime deficit, outscoring the Cougars 12-4 in the first four minutes of the second half to narrow the gap to one point. With 13:37 remaining, a Kevin Foster free throw tied the game at 50-50.
But BYU (14-4, 4-0 West Coast Conference) took over the game from there, holding Santa Clara without a field goal for 7:56, until a Marc Trasolini layup with 6:33 remaining ended the Broncos' skid.
Brock Zylstra scored 13 points in the first half for BYU, including hitting all three of his 3-point attempts. Zylstra finished as the Cougars' second-leading scorer with 15 points and BYU hit 6-of-12 3-pointers.
Anson Winder came off the bench for the Cougars and added 10 points, four rebounds, a steal and a blocked shot.
Santa Clara (12-6, 1-3 WCC) was led by Kevin Foster, who scored 22 points and had three assists. Trasolini had a double-double with 17 points and 14 rebounds.
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Congrats Cougars on a great team win; BYU is learning how to play as a team, spreading the wealth with FIVE players scoring in double figures on 54% shooting (50% for 3pt); 18 assists on 30 made FGs. Haws had a monster game 10-14 for 24 pts, 5 reb, 1 More..
Did anyone else notice the 41-32 scored in both the 1st and 2nd? How often does that happen? I bet it will be a while before we see it again. :)
I really enjoyed watching this game, I thought BYU had great passing and ball movement. SC is a big team and moving the ball like they did helped to get open shots which guys did a good job of putting in the basket. This team is becoming quite a bit More..