Washington State’s size and guard play was too much too handle as BYU fell 77-58 in the NIT quarterfinals, ending their season.
BYU cut the lead to three points in the second half, but Wazzu star guard Michael Flowers took over en route to a game-high 27 points.
After scoring over 90 points in their first two NIT games, BYU struggled to hit shots all night and came up with careless turnovers. BYU shot 3-18 from three and lost the turnover battle 13-5. Fousseyni Traore led BYU with 16 points and Alex Barcello was the lone other BYU player in double figures with 12 points.