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BYU's Yoeli Childs reacts to a call during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game against UNLV, Saturday, Dec. 15, 2018, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/Isaac Brekken)
PROVO — For the second time this season, the BYU basketball team is suffering through a three-game losing streak.
The Cougars were able to stop the first such slide in early December with a home victory over Utah State. Now they’ll try to turn things around on the road Thursday (9 p.m. MST, ESPNU) in their West Coast Conference opener at Pacific.
BYU’s glaring weakness in those three straight defeats has been a lack of defense.