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BYU Basketball: Takeaways from the first road win of the year…finally

It wasn’t pretty, but BYU Basketball finally has a road win.

The Cougars built an early 21 point lead, then saw it completely vanish in the second half, but still held on to beat Pacific 90-87 on Thursday night.

BYU coupled a hot shooting start and decent defense to build their early lead, then the defense crumbled in the second half, allowing the Tigers to score 49 points after the break.

Here are the biggest takeaways from the game:

Shifting Starters

Head coach Dave Rose switched up the starting lineup, with decent results.