KANSAS CITY, Mo. — — Kingston Fleming scored 17 factors as No. 5 Houston held off AJ Dybantsa and defeated BYU 73-66 within the Big 12 quarterfinals Thursday evening.
Dybantsa performed all 40 minutes, ending with 26 factors, however he was held to 3-of-10 capturing within the second half. He got here into the sport simply 25 factors shy of Kevin Durant’s report of 92, set within the 2007 Big 12 match. His 3-pointer with 4 seconds left gave him the report.
BYU was enjoying in its third recreation in as many days, whereas Houston was enjoying in its first since Saturday.
Emanuel Sharp scored 13 factors for Houston (27-5), Joseph Tugler added 12 and Chris Cenac Jr. had 10.
BYU (23-11) additionally bought 15 factors from Robert Wright.
Houston struggled to place away BYU. Flemings picked up his third foul within the first minute of the second half. Sharp then picked up his third on the 17:28 mark, giving Houston critical foul bother in its again courtroom. Flemings bought his fourth foul with 6:52 left and Houston clinging to a 59-58 lead.
But BYU could not capitalize.
Houston led many of the first half, however BYU by no means let the sport get out of attain. Houston led by as many as 9 factors, however BYU responded with a 10-2 run to trim the deficit. BYU took its first lead on a free throw by Kennard Davis Jr., after which a pair of 3-pointers by Aleksej Kostic and a dunk by Dominique Diomande gave BYU a 41-37 at halftime.
Houston superior to Friday’s semifinals in opposition to both TCU or No. 14 Kansas.
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