West Virginia upends No. 19 BYU
Honor Huff scored 19 points, Brenen Lorient added 18 and West Virginia led the entire second half and beat No. 19 BYU 79-71 on Saturday night.
DJ Thomas added 13 points and Jasper Floyd and Chance Moore had 11 apiece for the Mountaineers (17-12, 8-8 Big 12).
Robert Wright III scored 23 points and AJ Dybantsa added 20 for BYU (20-9, 8-8), which couldn’t make up a double-digit halftime deficit for the second straight game. The Cougars have lost two straight and eight of 12.
Keba Keita’s steal and layup brought BYU to 74-71 with 1:11 left. But the Cougars didn’t score again. BYU had two chances to tie it following steals, but turned the ball over on consecutive possessions.
West Virginia made 5 of 6 free throws the final 26 seconds. The Mountaineers broke a three-game losing streak and improved to 2-4 against AP Top 25 opponents.
West Virginia forced nine BYU turnovers in the first half and used a 20-5 run, including 11 points from Moore, to take a 40-26 halftime lead.
Dybantsa, who could be the No. 1 pick in the 2026 NBA draft, was limited to four points on 1-of-4 shooting in the first half. He bounced back to make 6 of 11 shots after halftime. He scored 11 points over a five-minute stretch midway through the second half, but BYU had trouble corralling rebounds and trailed over the final 27 minutes of the game.
Pitt 72, California 56: Pitt controlled the game from start to finish and beat California 72-56 behind big nights from Nojus Indrusaitis and Cameron Corhen. On Saturday, Pitt never trailed and led by eight at halftime. Cal made a push and cut the margin to 47-44 with about 13 minutes left. Indrusaitis answered fast with 10 points in a key run. Barry Dunning Jr. added 15 points and 12 rebounds as Pitt pulled away. Cal got 11 points from Dai Dai Ames and 10 from Lee Dort.
Penn State 71, Iowa 69: Josh Reed scored a career-high 25 points shooting 9 for 12 and Penn State rallied at the end to beat Iowa 71-69. Cooper Koch scored 18 points shooting 6 for 9 for Iowa. Knotted at 69, Dilione was fouled on a drive to the hoop with 1.5 seconds left and promptly made two free throws for the go-ahead points. Iowa failed to get off a shot after a timeout and facing the full length of the floor. Bennett Stirtz’s layup with eight seconds remaining tied the game at 69.
Saint Louis 91, Duquesne 76: Robbie Avila scored 21 of his 23 points in the second half, Quentin Jones added 17 and No. 23 Saint Louis beat Duquesne 91-76 on Saturday night. Avila had all 15 points as the Billikens closed with a 15-2 run. Trey Green had 14 points, and Paul Otieno added 13 points off the bench to help Saint Louis (26-3, 14-2 Atlantic 10) win its 21st consecutive home game. Tarence Guinyard scored 27 points, and Jimmie Williams had 16 for Duquesne (16-13, 8-8). It has lost three in a row after winning five straight contests. Saint Louis converted 27 of 50 shots from the field and hit 16 of 28 shots from 3-point range.