The Cougars ended the half on a 10-0 run spearheaded by Richie Saunders, who would not be denied. His persistence in attacking the basket wore down West Virginia's defense and helped open up the offense for BYU and give his team a 25-19 advantage at halftime.

On Saturday night, the BYU basketball program hosted West Virginia in front of a sellout crowd. After an ugly first half in which BYU scored only 25 points, the

Egor Demin and Fouss Traore combined to score 35 points and Mawot Mag kept WVU's Javon Small in check again as BYU routed the Mountaineers 77-56 at the Marriott Center