Pacific snaps BYU's 17-game home conference win streak


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PROVO — Just two days after an improbably come-from-behind win over No. 25 Saint Mary's, BYU lost to a team that came into the Marriott Center with six total wins.

T.J. Wallace scored 15 points, including the go-ahead 3-pointer with just over three minutes remaining, to lift Pacific to the upset win at BYU, 77-72, snapping the Cougars' 17-game in-conference winning streak Saturday afternoon at the Marriott Center.

Alec Kobre led the Tigers (7-15, 5-7 WCC) with 17 points and four rebounds, and Pacific's bench outscored the BYU non-starters 22-0.

The Tigers put the game away at the charity stripe, converting on 25-of-29 free throws. The Cougars (17-8, 8-4 WCC) were 27-of-35 from the line, including missing six-straight down the stretch.

"We just didn't execute, didn't play well, and they played well. I think that's pretty much it," said Chase Fischer, who scored a game-high 23 points for BYU. "We had chances where a lot of guys could've made plays to put the game away, or where our comfort zone is. But we didn't make enough plays, and didn't give us a chance.

"They played well, and we didn't deserve to win tonight."

Where BYU missed foul shots down the stretch, the Tigers were money from the line. Pacific made nine free throws in a row in the final three minutes, ending with Wallace's swish to go up 73-68 with 17 seconds remaining.

"You hope that someone will miss one to give you a chance. But they were really consistent," BYU coach Dave Rose said. "They've (Pacific) come close so many times that if you swing enough you are bound to hit something; he got a good one tonight."

BYU guard Chase Fischer (1) drives to the hoop as BYU and Pacific play at the Marriott Center in Provo Utah Saturday, Feb. 6, 2016. (Photo: Scott G Winterton, Deseret News)
BYU guard Chase Fischer (1) drives to the hoop as BYU and Pacific play at the Marriott Center in Provo Utah Saturday, Feb. 6, 2016. (Photo: Scott G Winterton, Deseret News)

Kyle Davis added 21 points and five rebounds, and Nick Emery had 13 points for the Cougars, but also fouled out in the final two minutes.

Pacific took a 59-56 lead on a pair of free throws with just under five minutes remaining, threatening BYU's 17-game home win streak over WCC opponents. But BYU tied the game on Emery's free throws, 59-59 just before the under-4 media timeout.

Wallace gave the Tigers a 62-60 lead on a 3-pointer — Pacific's eighth of the game — with 3:29 left in the game.

The Cougars came out of the half with energy, led by Hartsock's second 3-pointer to go up 39-36 with 18:11 to play. Davis gave BYU a 43-38 lead on a jumper with 16:05 remaining, but the Cougars then missed their next eight attempts from the field, and T.J. Wallace pulled the Tigers within one, 44-43 on a trey with 14:02 on the clock.

But Pacific, which shot just 41 percent from the field, wasn't overwhelming the Cougars in pure offense. The Tigers made only two more field goals than BYU, who assisted on just nine of 20 made shots.

But Pacific out-rebounded the Cougars 41-36. Eric Thompson led the way with eight rebounds along with eight points, and the Tigers scored 10 second-chance points, 18 points in the paint, and held BYU to just six points on the fast break.

"That's what they do: they isolate you and get you to the matchup they want and then attack you," Rose said. "They shot 41 percent from the field, so they didn't run over us. We just had a hard time converting those missed chances into baskets for us.

"If we hit a couple of free throws late, that would've changed things. But it wasn't our night."

Kyle Collinsworth led BYU on the boards with 12, to go along with nine points, four assists, two blocks and three steals. But no other Cougar had more than Corbin Kaufusi's six rebounds.

"They're just big, physical dudes who went in there and took the ball this game," Davis said. "All the credit to them for doing it."

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BYU started strong, getting points from all five starters and using a 7-0 run to take a 16-9 advantage on Davis' dunk just under five minutes into the game.

But the Tigers went to the 3-point line, knocking down five of their first seven 3-point attempts — and using a three-minute scoreless streak from BYU — to take a 26-23 lead. The Tigers' bench then outscored the Cougars 8-0 before the starters came back in.

Fischer got hot from 3-point range late in the half, and his third trey put BYU up 34-32 for the final 92 seconds of the half.

Fischer and Davis each finished with a game-high 11 points in the first half, joining Pacific's Kobre, who shot 4-of-7 from the field and 3-of-6 from deep.

BYU moved to just 2-4 in games decided by five points or less, and lost for the first time when it has had a lead at halftime.

WOMEN'S BASKETBALL

BYU 65, SAINT MARY'S 44 — At Moraga, California, Makenzi Morrison Pulsipher poured in 26 points on 7-of-10 3-point shooting to lift the Cougars to their 12th-straight win in WCC play.

Lexi Eaton Rydalch added 20 points and five rebounds for BYU, which got 11 points, four rebounds and four assists from Kylie Maeda.

The Cougars (20-4, 12-1 WCC) kept a one-game lead on San Diego for the top spot in the conference.

Lauren Nicholson led the Gaels with (18-5, 9-3 WCC) with 12 points, and Devon Brookshire added 11.

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