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- 9 Cougars and homestanding Utes.“The last time I played Utah there were no fans here,” the Baylor transfer told the BYU Sports Radio Network after scoring 23 points and dishing out six assists in BYU’s 89-84 win in front of 15,558 nerve-wracked fans. AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementWelcome to the rivalry, Rob, where records and statistics and all those things can really be thrown out the window, as the saying goes. As 14-point underdogs and spurred by the biggest showing of Utah students in recent memory, the Utes (0-3, 8-8) pushed the No.
- 9 Cougars to the bitter end, rallying from a 13-point deficit to within a point with 3:15 remaining.“I usually get into stats, this and that, but stats don’t matter in a game like this,” said BYU coach Kevin Young.
- “I thought it was a good, hard-fought win.”Young said he knew it would be a tough place to get a win, regardless of the Utes’ so-so record and now four-game losing streak, because of what happened last year. AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementA similarly talented BYU team lost 73-72 in overtime in Young’s first taste of the rivalry at the Huntsman Center.“Rivalry games are like that for a reason,” Young said.
- “It makes it super fun.
- I agree with AJ (Dybantsa), that it was just a fun environment.“There is nothing better as a competitor to go into somebody else’s building and beat them in their building, especially when it is against someone you have a long-standing rivalry with.”It was a ‘welcome to the Big 12’ moment for meBYU star AJ Dybantsa on atmosphere at UtahThe rematch is on Jan.