Coming off the bench for BYU, sophomore Matt Carlino led the Cougars with 19 points, five assists and three steals. Joining Carlino in double-figures were Haws and senior Brandon Davies, with 14 and 11 points, respectively. Haws pulled down six boards and went 10 for 10 at the line while Davies contributed six rebounds, three blocks and two steals. Josh Sharp led BYU in rebounds with nine.

Utah opened the scoring two minutes into the game and Davies quickly followed with a jump shot to tie the score at 2-all. The Utes answered with back-to-back baskets to take a 6-2 lead while BYU struggled from beyond the arc shooting 0 of 5. Craig Cusick sunk a trey after five minutes of play to break the trend and cut Utah's lead to 6-5.

Carlino gave the Cougars their first lead, 7-6, at 14:11 and then stripped the ball from Dallin Bachynski to set up a Haws jumper that tied the score at 9-all. After Sharp snuck in a basket off an in-bound pass, Utah and Carlino exchanged shots from beyond the arc to move the score to 22-17 in the Utes' favor with 6:30 remaining in the first half.

After two minutes of no points, Utah sunk a three-pointer to take a double-digit lead. With just under three minutes to play until halftime, the Utes hit a jumper to take their largest lead of the game at 31-19 with three minutes remaining in the half.

After a BYU bucket and series of free throws by Haws, Ian Harward tipped in a miss to cut Utah’s lead to six with 1:44 on the clock. Utah ended the half with a three-point play to enter the break with a 35-26 lead. The Cougars struggled from the field in the first half, shooting just 9 of 31 (29.0 percent) while the Utes hit 13 of 28 (46.4 percent).  

A perfect trip to the charity stripe and a bucket by Davies closed the gap to 36-30 to kick off the second half. Utah silenced BYU with five-straight points before Davies brought the Marriott Center to its feet with a dunk. Carlino kept the momentum with the Cougars on a breakaway layup for a 41-34 Utah lead with 15:44 on the clock.

An Anson Winder layup, assisted by Carlino with a downcourt pass, and two shots from the charity stripe from Haws cut Utah’s lead to three (43-40) with 13:09 remaining in the second. After falling behind by six, Carlino tied the game at 52 with back-to-back shots from beyond the arc with 4:45 to play. With under four minutes to go, Cusick contributed another trey to give BYU its first lead since the initial minutes of the game. The Cougars would go on to win the game 61-58.