It’s been a strange season as far as scheduling is concerned with Covid cancellations and games being played in a different cadence than originally scheduled. After taking care of Portland at home, BYU hoops had the unique challenge of playing Pepperdine in back to back games, besting the Waves in Provo before coming up short in Malibu and dropping their first game to a non Quadrant 1 team this season. Take a look at a few things that tripped up the Cougars in Malibu and what helped them succeed in Provo.

Beating the Zone

Portland went to a zone look to try and hamper some of BYU’s inside play, the first time BYU had seen a zone for a while.