BYU 66, at Houston 73

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (Interstat) — In a gritty, defensive-heavy Big 12 Conference tournament quarterfinal defined by pressure and missed opportunities, the Houston Cougars used a trademark suffocating performance to outlast the BYU Cougars 73-66 on Thursday night at T-Mobile Center. Houston, the tournament’s top seed, advanced to the semifinals and improved its record to 27-5, while BYU’s season ended at 22-11. The game was a rematch of a Feb. 7 meeting in Provo, Utah, which Houston also won. The most important part of the game was Houston’s relentless defensive pressure, which systematically dismantled BYU’s offensive flow and created a decisive… Read more...