BYU’s offense really likes the NIT. After dropping 93 points in the NIT first round Wednesday, BYU beat Northern Iowa 90-71 Saturday night in Provo to advance to the Quarterfinals.
Gideon George had a career high 27 points — including five made three pointers — to lead the attack. Trevin Knell nailed five threes pointers off the bench to finish with 15 points while Lucas had 14 and Barcello had 11 to lead BYU.
BYU shot a scorching 16-37 (43%) from three and had 22 assists to just 6 turnovers. UNI made 11 threes of their own, but 12 turnovers and and lack of size weren’t enough to keep up with BYU’s attack.