No. 16 BYU beats Fresno Pacific 93-57
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Stephen Rogers scored 16 points to lead Brigham Young to a 93-57 win over Fresno Pacific on Saturday night.
BYU's reserves came up big as the nonstarters outscored the Sunbirds' reserves 46-10.
Jackson Emery added 12 points off the bench and Chris Collinsworth had 11 points. All-American Jimmer Fredette scored 13 for BYU (14-1).
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Charles Abouo's rebound dunk just before the first-half buzzer capped a 22-4 BYU run that included the last 13 points of the half.
The run pushed the Cougars' lead to 44-24, which was their widest margin in the half.
Brothers Chris and Kyle Collinsworth scored five and four points during the run with Noah Hartsock adding another five.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Jerante Morgan finished with 25 points for Fresno Pacific.
BYU's big run came on the heels of a 7-0 run by the Sunbirds that pulled them within 22-20 with 6:50 remaining.
Morgan capped the run with his 10th and final point of the first half on 5-of-5 shooting from the field.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}BYU outrebounded Fresno Pacific 23-10 in the first half and 48-25 for the game.
There weren't too many rebounds to be had for the Sunbirds with BYU shooting 50 percent to Fresno Pacific's 39 percent.
The Sunbirds were only 1 for 12 from behind the 3-point arc in the first half and 4 for 23 for the game.