Jan 16, 2024; Provo, Utah, USA; Iowa State Cyclones guard Jackson Paveletzke (1) brings the ball up the court defended by Brigham Young Cougars guard Jared McGregor (51) during the second half at Marriott Center. Mandatory Credit: Rob Gray-USA TODAY Sports

On Tuesday night, no. 20 BYU ball set up a hostile masterclass in a predominant 87-72 triumph over no. 24 Iowa State. Iowa State came into this came positioned second broadly in protective proficiency as per KenPom. It didn’t make any difference – BYU scored freely over the course of the evening, hitting 13 threes and shooting 47% from the floor. At the point when Iowa State would pick up some speed, BYU replied with a run and gradually expanded their lead over the course of the evening.

The Cougars seemed to be the prevailing group that they were in non-meeting play. With the success, BYU improves to 2-2 in gathering play and 14-3 in general.

Spencer Johnson scored a lifelong high 28 focuses against the Typhoons. Johnson was fantastic in the main half, scoring 19 focuses and assisting BYU with taking a 39-35 lead into the halftime break.

Despite the fact that Spencer Johnson scored a profession high, Dallin Corridor could have been the MVP. Lobby was marvelous in the manner he ran the offense and set up amazing open doors for his partners. Corridor got done with 11 focuses on 4/4 shooting, 8 helps, and 5 bounce back. Corridor seems to be something else entirely from the principal seven day stretch of gathering play. He looks experienced, mature, and his capacity to get into the paint and find the open man gave Iowa State inconvenience throughout the evening. The Typhoons positioned second broadly in take rate coming into this game – they are first class at removing the b-ball. Lobby just had two turnovers and one came toward the finish of the game in trash time.

Noah Waterman played his best game in gathering play. Waterman wrapped up with 18 places, 4 bounce back, and 3 helps. At the point when Waterman can hit open threes, it opens up all that for BYU’s offense. Waterman was a group high +19 on the evening.

Aly Khalifa, as usual, changed the game with his passing skill. Khalifa had 2 focuses, 9 bounce back, and 4 helps. His help all out doesn’t do his ability to pass equity. He had a couple of hockey helps on Tuesday night that were basically exceptional.

BYU will hope to proceed with its series of wins on Saturday at Texas Tech. The Red Looters are positioned 25th in the AP survey.

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