Key Highlights
- 11 BYU turned it around in the second half with a ferocious display of offensive rebounding and held off upset-minded TCU 76-70 in front of 17,983 sleepy fans to improve to 4-0 in Big 12 play. AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisement“This was a gut-check win for our group,” said BYU coach Kevin Young.“Hard to believe we got out-rebounded by 17 in the second half,” said TCU coach Jamie Dixon.
- “… That clearly stood out.
- The second half, we clearly got manhandled.”The Horned Frogs (1-3, 11-6) also got a big dose of one of the country’s best players for an eight-minute stretch at the start of the second half that won’t soon be forgotten among BYU faithful. Said to be ill before the game and looking like a shadow of himself the first 20 minutes, superstar freshman AJ Dybantsa scored 17 of his game-high 25 points eight minutes of the second half to will the Cougars (4-0, 16-1) to their 13th straight win. AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisement“I thought AJ was going to die out there,” Young said. BYU Cougars forward AJ Dybantsa (3) goes at the basket with Texas Christian University Horned Frogs forward Xavier Edmonds (24) defending as they play at the Marriott Center in Provo in Provo, on Wednesday, Jan.
- 14, 2026.
- BYU won 76-70.