No. 20 BYU squandered a big early lead before pulling away late for an 87-73 victory over UCF in the second round of the Big 12 Tournament on Wednesday.
Fousseyni Traore had 14 points and 10 rebounds, Richie Saunders scored 11 of his 13 points in the second half and
Darius Johnson did everything he could to keep UCF alive, hitting six 3-pointers and scoring 32 points. But he didn't have much help in the second half, when the Knights briefly trimmed an early 18-point lead to just three midway through.The Knights made their Big 12 tourney debut Tuesday, when they ran roughshod through Oklahoma State. And they still might have been catching their breath when their second-round game tipped off, because the Cougars ran right over them.
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