BYU basketball’s trip to Italy started with a bang Monday with a convincing win over BC Silute, a professional team in Lithuania’s second-tier professional league. The Cougars won 92-64 in a game played in Florence.
Let’s grab some quick context, since it’s hard to know much about international teams. First: professionals, yes, second-tier, also yes. Second: BC Silute is made of mostly Lithuanian players, with 3 Americans, according to Wikipedia: Ky Howard, NJIT alum; Byron Sanford, Trevecca Nazarene (D-II) alum; and Jeffery Perkins, Hawaii-Hilo (D-II) alum.
More context: In the last two weeks, BC Silute has lost to at least four NCAA teams — to Houston by 7, to Illinois State by 9, to Nebraska by 15 and to Miami by 30.