Moraga, Calif. • As if the first West Coast Conference road game of the season — in a place the Cougars have failed to win in since 2014 — wasn’t daunting enough, BYU had to do it without its leading scorer.
But even with the hostile environment in Saint Mary’s University Credit Union Pavilion and Yoeli Childs’ absence from the court, BYU kept the game close, and sent the game to overtime with TJ Haws’ game-tying dunk and a key block from Dalton Nixon to prevent the Gaels from scoring at the last second.
However, BYU was unable to close out the game and fell to Saint Mary's, 87-84, Thursday night.