Las Vegas • Making their final 12 free throws, the BYU Cougars held off Loyola Marymount 89-81 on Saturday afternoon in a West Coast Conference tournament quarterfinal game at Orleans Arena.
Elijah Bryant, Nick Emery, TJ Haws and Eric Mika were all perfect from the line in the final four minutes as BYU improved to 22-10 overall and avoided LMU's upset bid.
The Cougars will meet the winner of Saturday's late Saint Mary's-Portland game in a semifinal on Monday. Tipoff time for Monday's game has not been set.
BYU led by as many as 15 points in the second half, but an 11-0 LMU run made things interesting down the stretch.