BYU’s offense wasn’t very pretty, but defense and rebounding carried them as they beat South Florida 54-39 in the first round of the Diamond Head Classic.
South Florida game into the game great defensively and atrocious on the offensive end, and continued that versus BYU. BYU shot 36% from the field compared to USF’s 26% and out-rebounded the Bulls 48-30. Caleb Lohner was the main man on the glass with 14 boards to go along with 9 points. Fousseyni Traore and Gideon George were the high scorers off the bench with 11 points apiece while Alex Barcello added 10 points.