BYU Basketball opened its season in Reno Tuesday night against the no. 7-ranked Nevada Wolf Pack. It ended up being an 86-70 loss for the BYU Cougars, but we have rarely ever felt so hopeful after a loss.
It was definitely not a perfect night for the Cougars, but they managed to be tied at 34 at halftime, and were in the game until very late against a very long, athletic, deep, and experienced Nevada team. BYU made a solid effort defensively, and bounced back after being down 9-0 to start the game. All of BYU’s freshmen made contributions to the game, Yoeli Childs looked great (EXCEPT FOR THAT DANG FOUL TROUBLE WHICH WE CERTAINLY WILL PARTIALLY BLAME THE REFS FOR), Jahshire straight up put the team on his back a few times, and score 17 points.