Provo • For the first 20 minutes, the BYU men’s basketball team looked as though it didn’t want to be in the Marriott Center. Like it didn’t want to be playing Long Beach State. Like it didn’t want to be playing for a National Invitation Tournament championship.
The team turned the ball over too much, fouled too much. Senior guard Alex Barcello went scoreless.
But that all changed after halftime. The Cougars stopped turning the ball over and stopped fouling. They started playing defense and making shots.
And before one could say “Cougar Tail,” BYU was on its way to a 93-72 win over Long Beach to advance to the second round of the NIT, where the Cougars will play Northern Iowa at home on Saturday at 7 p.m.
Sophomore forward Caleb Lohner scored 20 points — a career high.
This story will be updated.
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