Just one freshman in historical past scored extra factors of their first NCAA Event recreation than AJ Dybantsa did Thursday. It wasn’t sufficient to maintain No. 6 BYU from dropping to No. 11 Texas, 79-71.
Dybantsa scored 35 factors and grabbed 10 rebounds, accounting for almost half of the Cougars’ 71 factors. However he shot simply 1-for-7 from behind the arc as a part of BYU’s 4-for-22 effort on threes because the Longhorns knocked out the NCAA’s prime scorer and the potential No. 1 choose on this yr’s NBA draft.
BYU Cougars could not give AJ Dybantsa sufficient assist
Dybantsa led the NCAA in scoring with 25.3 factors and put up 20 factors earlier than halftime in Thursday’s loss. However BYU felt the absence of Richie Saunders, the staff’s third-leading scorer (18 PPG) who tore his ACL one month in the past. The Cougars have been 19-6 earlier than the harm and went 4-6 on their closing 10 video games.
Nonetheless, it did not seem like the Longhorns had any reply for Dybantsa. Throughout an interview with Texas coach Sean Miller, he responded to a query about how they may decelerate Dybantsa by acknowledging, “I do not suppose we will.”
