BYU Basketball fell to USC 79-53 in their opener of the Roman Legends Classic at the Mohegan Sun in Connecticut.
Both teams traded makes early in the half before USC went on a 11-2 run to lead the Cougars 15-9. BYU responded with a 7-0 and took a one point lead at 16-15. The Cougars struggled from that point and shot poorly the rest of the first half. BYU went 9-37 from the field and just 2-16 from three in the half. BYU ended the half with just one field goal on nineteen attempts and did not score in the last 4:49 of the half.