In the second half, BYU opened with six straight points to go up by 15. But it was all San Francisco from there, as the Cougars shot just 35.5 percent in the second half.
"That's just them. They don't give up," Zylstra said of the Dons. "That's coach (Rex) Walter's mentality and his guys follow how he is. He's a fighter. His guys are fighters. … The flow wasn't the way it was in the first half on offense for us. Their physicality was a big part of that. Our (shooting) percentage went down because the flow wasn't BYU's flow."
"It seemed like they were a step quicker in the second half," Rose said. "We had the momentum in the second half and we let it slip away. We didn't consistently keep scoring and they got on a roll. It shifted quick."
BYU hosts Portland next Saturday (7 p.m. MST, BYUtv).
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It's tough to beat a team that's shooting 90% from 3-point land. BYU has proven themselves to be a decent team this year, but losses like this show that they're not an NCAA tournament caliber team. Hopefully, a win or two in the NIT More..
Losing in the road to a PAC 12 conference of champion and top 25 team in close game is respectable
Losing at home to a nobody from a nobody conference? Embarrassing
Think the big 12 is impressed?
Smells an awful lot like karma in here.