Brigham Younger Cougars ahead Caleb Lohner (33) falls as he and San Francisco Dons guard Gabe Stefanini (15) combat for the ball within the 2022 West Coast Convention males’s basketball quarterfinals on the Orleans Area in Las Vegas on Saturday, March 5, 2022. Kristin Murphy, Deseret Information
No. 5 seed BYU (22-10) fell to No. 4 San Francisco 75-63 within the quarterfinals of the West Coast Convention Event Saturday evening at Orleans Area in Las Vegas.
The Dons advance to Monday’s semifinals towards top-ranked Gonzaga.
Listed here are three keys from the sport:
- The Cougars had no reply for USF guards Khalil Shabazz and Jamaree Bouyea. Shabazz completed with 22 factors, together with 5 3-pointers, whereas Bouyea added 18.
- BYU’s Alex Barcello scored a team-high 18 and Fousseyni Traore had a double double (16 factors, 12 rebounds), however the Cougars made simply 3 of 20 3-pointers. Within the second half, BYU made solely 11 of 18 free throws.
- BYU led 17-15 with seven minutes left within the first half earlier than the Dons went on an 8-0 run, and so they by no means relinquished the lead.