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| Posted: 8 Dec 2012 | Updated: 8 Nov 2020
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PROVO, Utah – After trailing the majority of the game, the BYU men’s basketball team captured a 61-58 win over the University of Utah in the final minutes of the Deseret First Duel Saturday at the Marriott Center. BYU, now 6-3 on the year, has won the Deseret First Duel trophy in men's basketball every year since the Duel began in 2007-08.
The Cougars took their first lead since early in the first half at 55-53 with 4:21 remaining in the game on a corner three by Craig Cusick. After a series of Utah free throws put the Utes back ahead by two, sophomore Tyler Haws completed a three-point play to push BYU back in front at 59-58 with 2:47 to play.
The Utes failed to convert with 26 seconds remaining and Josh Sharp secured the rebound for the Cougars. Utah sent Haws to the line where he hit both attempts to extend BYU’s lead to three, its largest of the night. With 16 seconds remaining, Utah failed on a three-point attempt to give the Cougars the 61-58 win.
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Coming off the bench for BYU, sophomore Matt Carlino led the Cougars with 19 points, five assists and three steals. Joining Carlino in double-figures were Haws and senior Brandon Davies, with 14 and 11 points, respectively. Haws pulled down six boards and went 10 for 10 at the line while Davies contributed six rebounds, three blocks and two steals. Josh Sharp led BYU in rebounds with nine.
Utah opened the scoring two minutes into the game and Davies quickly followed with a jump shot to tie the score at 2-all. The Utes answered with back-to-back baskets to take a 6-2 lead while BYU struggled from beyond the arc shooting 0 of 5. Craig Cusick sunk a trey after five minutes of play to break the trend and cut Utah's lead to 6-5.
Carlino gave the Cougars their first lead, 7-6, at 14:11 and then stripped the ball from Dallin Bachynski to set up a Haws jumper that tied the score at 9-all. After Sharp snuck in a basket off an in-bound pass, Utah and Carlino exchanged shots from beyond the arc to move the score to 22-17 in the Utes' favor with 6:30 remaining in the first half.
After two minutes of no points, Utah sunk a three-pointer to take a double-digit lead. With just under three minutes to play until halftime, the Utes hit a jumper to take their largest lead of the game at 31-19 with three minutes remaining in the half.
After a BYU bucket and series of free throws by Haws, Ian Harward tipped in a miss to cut Utah’s lead to six with 1:44 on the clock. Utah ended the half with a three-point play to enter the break with a 35-26 lead. The Cougars struggled from the field in the first half, shooting just 9 of 31 (29.0 percent) while the Utes hit 13 of 28 (46.4 percent).
A perfect trip to the charity stripe and a bucket by Davies closed the gap to 36-30 to kick off the second half. Utah silenced BYU with five-straight points before Davies brought the Marriott Center to its feet with a dunk. Carlino kept the momentum with the Cougars on a breakaway layup for a 41-34 Utah lead with 15:44 on the clock.
An Anson Winder layup, assisted by Carlino with a downcourt pass, and two shots from the charity stripe from Haws cut Utah’s lead to three (43-40) with 13:09 remaining in the second. After falling behind by six, Carlino tied the game at 52 with back-to-back shots from beyond the arc with 4:45 to play. With under four minutes to go, Cusick contributed another trey to give BYU its first lead since the initial minutes of the game. The Cougars would go on to win the game 61-58.
BYU returns to action next Saturday, Dec. 15, at 7 p.m. MST at Weber State. The game will be televised live on BYUtv and broadcast live on KSL Newsradio 102.7 FM and 1160 AM.
Kyle Chilton
| Posted: 6 Dec 2012 | Updated: 8 Nov 2020
BYU basketball returns to the Marriott Center this week and will host Utah in a Deseret First Duel matchup on Saturday at 7 p.m. MST. The game will be broadcast on KSL Newsradio 102.7 FM and 1160 AM and televised on BYUtv.
BYU Cougars (5-3, 0-0 WCC)
- Head Coach: Dave Rose
- Alma Mater: Houston, 1983
- Division I Career Record: 190-57 (8th)
- Record at BYU: Same
Utah Utes (6-2, 0-0 Pac 12)
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Head Coach: Larry Krystkowiak
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Alma Mater: Montana, 1996
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Division I Career Record: 54-47 (4th)
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Record at Utah: 12-27 (2nd)
Game Information
- TV: BYUtv
- TV Talent: Dave McCann (play-by-play), Steve Cleveland (analyst), Robbie Bullough (reporter)
- Live Video: byutvsports.com
- Radio: KSL 102.7 FM / 1160 AM, BYU Radio - Sirius XM 143
- Radio Talent: Greg Wrubell (play-by-play), Mark Durrant (analyst)
- Live Audio: KSL.com
- Live Stats: BYUcougars.com
Series Information
- Series Record: BYU leads 128-125
- Last Meeting: BYU won 61-42, 12/10/11
- H/A/N: 71-47/51-73/6-5
Projected starters
| Utah Utes (6-2, 0-0 Pac 12) | |||||
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| No. | Name | Ht. | Pos. | Ppg | Rpg |
| 21 | Jordan Loveridge | 6-6 | F | 12.3 | 8.6 |
| 31 | Dallin Bachynski | 7-0 | C | 9.9 | 8.4 |
| 1 | Glen Dean | 5-10 | G | 9.3 | 1.6 |
| 5 | Jared DuBois | 6-3 | G | 15.7 | 3.8 |
| 43 | Cedric Martin | 6-4 | G | 4.6 | 3.3 |
| BYU Cougars (5-3, 0-0 WCC) | |||||
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| No. | Name | Ht. | Pos. | Ppg | Rpg |
| 2 | Craig Cusick | 6-2 | G | 5.3 | 3.1 |
| 13 | Brock Zylstra | 6-6 | G | 9.3 | 4.1 |
| 3 | Tyler Haws | 6-5 | G | 20.9 | 5.5 |
| 12 | Josh Sharp | 6-7 | F | 6.0 | 4.8 |
| 0 | Brandon Davies | 6-9 | F | 18.8 | 7.5 |
Player notes
- Tyler Haws is ranked in the top 15 in nine of the 13 statistical categories tracked by the West Coast Conference. He is the only player in the WCC among the top 15 in all of the following categories: scoring, rebounding, assists, assist/turnover ratio, steals, field goal percentage, free throw percentage, 3-point field goal percentage.
- Craig Cusick and Agustin Ambrosino made their first starts of the season against Cal State Northridge, replacing Matt Carlino and Josh Sharp in the starting five. For Cusick it was his fourth career start and for Ambrosino his first. Cusick has remained a starter while Sharp has returned to the lineup.
- Josh Sharp had his best game as a Cougar against Montana, posting a season-high 13 points on 6 of 8 shooting and adding 8 rebounds.
- Tyler Haws’s 32 points against Cal State Northridge are the most points by a BYU player since Jimmer Fredette scored 32 vs. Florida in the NCAA Tournament on March 24, 2011. The only other Cougar to score 30 or more since Fredette was Matt Carlino, who scored 30 at San Francisco last season on Feb. 16, 2012.
- The Cougars played one of their best all-around games against Montana, posting a season-low seven turnovers and season highs of 85 points, nine threes and 27 free throw attempts. The .517 shooting percentage and 11 steals were the second-best marks in their respective categories this season.
Rose vs. the state
BYU basketball coach Dave Rose has compiled a record of 24-6 vs. instate opponents since taking over in 2005-06. He has the best winning percentage (.800) of any coach vs. instate teams during that time and the second-most wins (Utah State’s Stew Morrill is 25-8 vs. instate teams since 2005-06 for a .758 winning percentage). BYU hosts Utah State and Utah on Dec. 5 and 8, respectively, and plays at Weber State on Dec. 15.
Fast start for Tyler Haws
Tyler Haws is off to one of the best starts to a season in the history of BYU basketball. He started the season with six-straight 20-point games, the second best such streak in program history. Only Devin Durrant started a season with more consecutive 20-point games, seven in 1983-84. Haws’s streak ended when he scored 18 against Montana in the seventh game of the season. What makes Haws’s start even more impressive is that he’s the only sophomore on the list and he returned in April from a two-year mission for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in the Philippines.
| Name | Class | Season | Consecutive 20-Point Games (point totals) |
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| Devin Durrant | Senior | 1983-84 | 7 (28, 35, 20, 35, 23, 33, 27) |
| Tyler Haws | Sophomore | 2012-13 | 6 (22, 22, 23, 21, 32) |
| Danny Ainge | Senior | 1980-81 | 5 (24, 22, 22, 29, 29) |
| Kresimir Cosic | Junior | 1971-72 | 5 (30, 31, 33, 23, 30) |
| Michael Smith | Senior | 1988-89 | 5 (24, 29, 30, 33, 20) |
Davies does it all
Brandon Davies stuffed the stat sheet in the opener against Tennessee State, tallying 16 points, 7 rebounds, 3 assists, 4 blocks and 2 steals while drawing 3 charges. He did it again vs. Georgia State with 28 points, 9 rebounds, 3 assists, 3 blocks and 2 steals. Davies had maybe his most complete game against Montana with 21 points, 10 rebounds, 6 assists, 2 blocks and 4 steals. Through eight games he is averaging 18.8 points, 7.5 rebounds, 3.1 assists, 1.8 blocks and 1.4 steals. Last season he became the second Cougar in history to average at least one of everything (points, rebounds, assists, steals and blocks). Russell Larson is the only other BYU player to produce a ‘one of everything’ season and did so twice, in 1993-94 and 1994-95 (blocks and steals were not tracked until the 1977-78 season).
Dave Rose
BYU head coach Dave Rose has led BYU to its most successful eight-year run since taking over in 2005. His career record of 190-57 ranks him second in BYU history in total victories and first in winning percentage (.769). Rose has been named conference coach of the year three times, district coach of the year twice and has guided the Cougars to four conference titles, six NCAA Tournament appearances and six 25-win seasons. In 2010 he led BYU to its first NCAA Tournament win in 17 years and the Cougars have also won at least one tournament game in the two seasons since, including a trip to the Sweet 16 in 2011.
