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Big second half lifts BYU over Nebraska in exhibition
Collin Chandler scored a game-high 19 points in BYU's 72-61 victory over the Cornhuskers.
PROVO, Utah – Collin Chandler scored a game-high 19 points as BYU defeated Nebraska in front of 15,864 fans on Friday evening at the Marriott Center.
A 19-10 run to open the second half, following a slow first half, propelled the Cougars to the win. After shooting just 3-for-19 from deep in the first half, BYU knocked down five 3-pointers in the opening minutes of the second half to regain a lead it never relinquished.
"We’re gonna be a high volume three point shooting team. Based on tonight I think that was pretty obvious with this with the group that we've assembled," head coach Kevin Young said. "I thought in the fisrt half Nebraska did a really good job of rotating on our first drive. In the second half, we started breaking them down a little bit more with the 2nd drive and the extra pass. We have a really dynamic shooting team. So if we can move the ball like it did in the second half, we are able to see stats like what we saw tonight with 12 assists in the second half alone. When we're playing like that it’s clear that's what we want our identity to look like."
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3 takeaways from BYU’s exhibition win over Nebraska
The Cougars opened Year 3 of the Kevin Young era with a Friday exhibition against a reigning Sweet 16 squad in Nebraska, defeating the Cornuskers 72-61 at the Marriott Center.
BYU will play another exhibition at UNLV on Oct. 24 before opening the regular season against Ohio State on Nov. 3 in Salt Lake City.
BYU let the 3-pointers fly. â3-Y-Uâ is back in full force, with the Cougars attempting 36 shots from beyond the arc against Nebraska.
The efficiency can be improved upon, as BYU shot just 3 of 19 (16%) from deep in the first half and a collective 28% on the night.
But the Cougars still drained 10 total triples, and the fact that nine different players attempted 3s â and four different players made more than one â is promising for the depth and potential of BYUâs perimeter operation.
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