No. 4 Houston escaped BYU with massive road win

UH was able to stifle BYU on the road for a massive Big 12 win. | Anh Le/The CougarThe No. 4 Houston Cougars grabbed a massive conference win Tuesday night, outlasting BYU on the road for a 75-68 win.

Houston, ranked 4th in the nation was searching for their third straight conference win and first Big 12 road win.

UH and BYU went back and forth in the first half trading buckets.

From the jump, BYU started off hot even going on a stretch of hitting eight of nine shots. But the Cougars were able to keep up and eventually go on a 6-0 run into halftime leading 41-34. 34 points is the most UH has allowed in a first half all season.

The Cougars were efficient from the field and on the perimeter,…