BYU vs. San Francisco Box Score
BYU vs. San Francisco Game Recap
Player Notes
TJ Haws led the offense with a season-high 26 points, seven assists, four rebounds, one block and one steal. This was the 11th game this season he has had five or more assists. Haws scored eight of the Cougars' 10 points in overtime, including the game-winning pair of free throws.
Yoeli Childs had 20 points, extending his streak to 25 games with double-figures. He grabbed nine rebounds, while adding two assists and one block.
Elijah Bryant had a double-double for the third time this season. He contributed 14 points and 11 rebounds. He had three treys, including the basket to send the game into overtime. Bryant also tallied four steals and one assist.
Team Notes
Collectively, the Cougars shot 46.3 percent from the field, 36.8 percent from beyond the arc and 78.3 percent from the charity strip. In overtime, BYU went 6 of 6 from the free-throw line. The Cougars out-rebounded San Francisco 39 to 31.
Defensively, BYU held the Dons to 43.5 percent shooting from the field and forced 16 turnovers down the stretch.
Postgame Quotes
BYU guard Elijah Bryant
On his 3-point shot to force overtime
“I just stuck with it and believed in myself. TJ was able to find me, Yoeli set a great screen and I was able to get it off.”
BYU guard TJ Haws
On Elijah Bryant’s 3-point shot to force overtime
“I knew it was good. Coach Schroyer drew up the play and said Eli was going to be wide open. He was open and when Eli is wide open like that there is a pretty good chance that it is going in.”
On overtime
“We caught a break at the end of regulation, so our mentality was we’re going to win this game in overtime. We got down a little bit early, but our resilience was awesome. I thought we fought hard tonight and it showed who this team really is.”
BYU head coach Dave Rose
On today's win
"I'm really happy for our guys. We made enough plays to get it into overtime and one more play to win it, so good for us."
"It was a good game. And that's how you expect these games to be the second time around. We've played each other already and everybody knows each other and has seen each other."
On Bryant's 3-pointer
"Hopefully [Elijah's basket] more than just affects this game and the outcome, but can help us down the stretch and execute when we get ourselves in tough situations. We can fight our way out of them and we can kind of bank that as something guys can go back to later on."
On moving forward
"We're just doing our best to try to get better. There was an absolute feeling in that locker room that we haven't had in a while - where the guys were genuinely really happy. And that's how I want to play. I want to play with that feeling the rest of the season and into the post-season."