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National Basketball Association
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Brigham Young 72, Kansas State 66
When: 10:00 PM ET, Saturday, February 10, 2024
Where: Marriott Center, Provo, Utah
Officials: # Chance Moore, # Ray Natili, # Darron George
Attendance: 17446

Fousseyni Traore collected a team-high 14 points and eight rebounds, helping lead No. 21 BYU to a 72-66 win over Kansas State on Saturday in Provo, Utah.

Jaxson Robinson and Spencer Johnson added 12 points apiece for the Cougars (17-6, 5-5 Big 12), who won their third game in the last four tries. Noah Waterman scored 11 for BYU, followed by Trevin Knell's 10.

Arthur Kaluma led Kansas State (15-9, 5-6) with 18 points, while Cam Carter scored 14. Will McNair Jr. grabbed a team-leading 10 boards for the Wildcats, who have dropped five out of their last six games.

Leading by nine at halftime, BYU jumped out to a 45-32 lead with 16:32 left, thanks to a pair of triples from Waterman and Johnson.

From there, Kansas State's Dorian Finister split two free throws, which was followed by Traore's layup, giving the Cougars a 47-33 advantage with 15:15 remaining.

The teams then traded two points at a time for six minutes before Robinson's 3-pointer extended BYU's lead to 58-41 with 9:11 left.

Waterman's triple with 5:58 remaining gave the Cougars a 64-48 lead, but was answered with a 9-0 Wildcats run. Kansas State trailed by just five with 3:43 left.

Dallin Hall's free throw with 2:45 left gave BYU a 65-59 lead, marking the Cougars' first points since Waterman's triple.

Trailing by five, Kaluma's 3-pointer cut BYU's advantage to just two with 1:11 left.

Robinson answered with a triple on the ensuing possession, giving the Cougars a five-point lead. Kaluma's layup then trimmed the deficit to three with 32 seconds left, but Johnson dribbled past Kaluma the next time down the court for an uncontested layup that clinched the BYU victory.

BYU led 21-19 with 7:31 remaining in the first half, before the Cougars went on a 6-0 run, capped with a pair of Traore free throws at the 6:30 mark.

Kaluma's three-point play snapped a scoring drought for Kansas State, cutting the Wildcats' deficit to five with 4:34 remaining.

Once again, Kaluma's layup at the 3:02 mark of the first half shrunk BYU's lead to five points, before buckets from Knell and Johnson grew the Cougars' lead to 36-27 at the half.

The teams meet again Feb. 24 at Kansas State.

--Field Level Media

Top Game Performances
 
Kansas State   Brigham Young
Arthur Kaluma 18 Scoring Fousseyni Traore 14
Tylor Perry 3 Assists Aly Khalifa 6
Will McNair Jr. 10 Rebounds Fousseyni Traore 8
Tylor Perry 4 Free Throws Made Fousseyni Traore 4
Arthur Kaluma 1 Steals Richie Saunders 2
Will McNair Jr. 2 Blocks Fousseyni Traore 2
Team Stats Summary
 
Team Points FG% 3PM-3PA FTM-FTA Assists Rebounds Blocks Steals Turnovers
Kansas State 66 43.1 6-23 10-12 11 39 6 2 16
Brigham Young 72 42.9 8-25 10-21 18 28 2 9 7