Las Vegas • Jahshire Hardnett drove hard to the basket and scored BYU’s first points in its third West Coast Conference tournament championship game Tuesday night. After Luke Worthington and Elijah Bryant missed open shots they’ve made all season, Yoeli Childs drained a 3-pointer to give the Cougars a 5-0 lead over No. 6 Gonzaga.
It appeared that BYU’s offense, which had scored 85 points in both its quarterfinal win over San Diego and its semifinal win over Saint Mary’s, would click again in front of 8,030 at Orleans Arena. Perhaps the Cougars should have stopped there.