Scores

Final

Tennessee St 66

(0-1, 0-1 away)

BYU 81

(1-0, 1-0 home)

9:00 PM ET, November 9, 2012

Marriott Center, Provo, UT

1 2 T
TNST 28 3866
BYU 34 4781

Top Performers

Tennessee State: K. Thornton 20 Pts, 8 Reb, 1 Ast, 1 Stl

Brigham Young: B. Davies 16 Pts, 7 Reb, 3 Ast, 2 Stl, 4 Blk

BYU 81, Tennessee St. 66

Associated Press

PROVO, Utah -- Tyler Haws scored 22 points and BYU shot 55 percent from the field en route to an 81-66 victory over Tennessee State on Friday night in both teams' season opener.

Brandon Davies added 16 points for the Cougars, Brock Zylstra had 11 and Matt Carlino finished with nine points and 10 assists.

Kellen Thornton had 20 points and eight rebounds for Tennessee State, which shot 34 percent and lost its season opener for the fifth straight season. Patrick Miller added 12 points and nine assists for the Tigers.

Tennessee State led for most of the first half, taking an 18-13 lead on a 3-pointer by Jordan Cyphers with 12:52 remaining. The Tigers were still ahead 25-23 with 5:37 left before BYU scored nine straight points en route to a 34-28 halftime lead.

The Cougars built their biggest lead, 79-60, on a jumper by Carlino with 2:07 left in the game.

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Team Stat Comparison

 
TNST
BYU
Points 66 81
FG Made-Attempted 23-68 (.338) 30-55 (.545)
3P Made-Attempted 6-21 (.286) 5-14 (.357)
FT Made-Attempted 14-23 (.609) 16-25 (.640)
Fouls (Tech/Flagrant) 24 (0/0) 19 (0/0)
Largest Lead 5 19

Game Leaders

 
TNST
BYU
PointsK. Thornton 20T. Haws 22
ReboundsK. Thornton 8B. Davies 7
AssistsP. Miller 9M. Carlino 10
StealsP. Miller 3B. Davies 2
BlocksR. Covington 2B. Davies 4
Team Stats: Tennessee State | Brigham Young

2012-13 Season

DATEGAMELINKS
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Next 5 Games

TNST
BYU
11/13 @SDST 8:00pm
11/15 @MINN 8:00pm
11/19 @USA 4:00pm
11/20 @GAST 7:00pm
11/21 MONM 12:00pm
 11/13 GAST 9:00pm
11/16 FSU 7:00pm
11/17 @ND 7:00pm
11/21 UTSA 9:00pm
11/24 CSN 9:00pm
Complete Schedule: Tennessee State | Brigham Young