BYU Basketball held on to beat a surging Santa Clara team 80-74 on Saturday night, improving to 3-1 in West Coast Conference play. For the Broncos, it’s just their third loss in their last twelve games.
It wasn’t the prettiest of wins, and while the Cougars never trailed in the game, the never could put comfortable distance between themselves and the Broncos either.
Fortunately Yoeli Childs provided the scoring punch and TJ Haws nailed a clutch three-pointer late in the game to keep it out of Santa Clara’s reach.
Here’s what we learned from the win:
Big Childs
Childs had another monster game, scoring 26 points on 9-17 shooting.