No. 17 BYU sets BIG 12 Turner Record with 18 3S, rallies according to No. 12 Iowa ST 96-90 in the quarter-finals

Kansas City, Mo.-Richie Saunders scored 23 points and scored a decisive 3 pointer with less than a minute, and No. 17 BYU overcame a big game by Curtis Jones on Thursday in the quarter-finals of the Big 12 tournament in the quarter-finals of the Big 12 tournament.

Fousseyni Traore added 15 points, and Trevin Knell had 14 for the fourth Cougars (24-8), who went 18 out of 36 from the ARC to set up a tournament record for Made 3-Pointers, and appeared to play No. 2 in Houston or Colorado at half-time.

Jones scored seven 3 and scored 31 points, and Milan Mompilovic had 18 for the Shorthanded Cyclones (24: 9), who had won their last four games at the Big 12 tournament, including their process of the championship a year ago.

No. 5 Saatgut Iowa State played without Keshon Gilbert, her second-leading goal scorer and top distributor, and the Point Guard Tamin Lipsey, who had started all 101 games he had played in his career. Gilbert tried to play a muscle pollution against Cincinnati, but only went 11 minutes, while Lipsey burdened his groin area in the last few minutes of the second round victory.

BYU was without canon Catching, who missed his third game in a row after injuring his knee against West Virginia.

The Cougars and Cyclones still took up where they stopped last week when BYU ruined the Senior Day in Iowa State with a double thriller. They ran up and down the floor and met with 20 3-converter in the first half, and Jones Goss hit 22 points and hit eight recordings at one point to help the cyclone in the break to a lead of 53: 49.

The Cougars were still around 72-64 with 12 1/2 minutes, when they made an 11-0 run, and Mihailo Boskovics 3-point gave them a lead of 75: 72. The state Iowa tied the game again shortly later, but was never able to regain the lead.

BYU ended it from the foul line in the last minute, where it was 18 out of 21 for the game.

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The state of Iowa was careful with its two star guards, hoping that they can be healthy for the NCAA tournament. Gilbert was excluded early and watched in street clothing while Lipsey tried to warm up but never entered the game.

BYU committed 29 sales when it defeated the state Iowa last week. It had only 10 in the quarter -finals.

Key moment

Saunders met his third 3 pointer with a 49.1 second lead to provide BYU a 92-88 lead. Mompilovic missed at the other end and the Cougars were able to control the game the rest of the way.

Key statistics

The teams combined for 31 3 pointers, which also set up a BIG 12 tournament record.

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BYU plays for a place in the championship game on Friday evening.