PROVO, Utah (Interstat) — AJ Dybantsa scored 29 points and dished nine assists to lead BYU to a 79-69 victory over Iowa State in a Big 12 men’s basketball game Saturday at a sold-out Marriott Center.

The Cougars (19-7) took a 39-30 lead into halftime and maintained control throughout the second half before an announced crowd of 18,046. Dybantsa, a freshman from Brockton, Massachusetts, was the catalyst, falling just shy of a double-double.

Tamin Lipsey led the 23-4 Cyclones with 19 points. Joshua Jefferson added 13 points and seven assists, and Jamarion Batemon scored 14 points off the bench. Iowa State could not overcome BYU’s balanced attack, which saw Kennard Davis add 17 points and Mihailo Boskovic score 13.