PROVO, Utah (AP) Caleb Love scored 18 points and Jaden Bradley added 17 – all in the second half – to help no. 20 Arizona pull away for an 85-74 victory over BYU on Tuesday night.
Henri Veesaar also finished with 17 points and Tobe Awaka added 14 to help the Wildcats win their fourth straight game. Arizona (16-6, 10-1 Big 12) has won 11 of its last 12 overall to stay in a first-place tie with Houston atop the Big 12 standings.
Egor Demin scored 16 while Dallin Hall and Richie Saunders added 11 apiece for the Cougars (15-7, 6-5) who saw their four-game winning streak snapped.
BYU made three straight baskets, culminating in a contested corner three from Kanon Catchings to take a 61-60 lead. Back-to-back baskets from Caleb Love and Jaden Bradley quickly put Arizona back in front.
Dallin Hall cut the deficit to a point on a driving layup. Bradley countered with back-to-back baskets and then hit six free throws to fuel a 13-2 run that extended the Wildcats’ lead to 80-68 with 4:02 left.
BYU scored just two baskets over the final 7:46.
Arizona: Love became the 56th Arizona player to score 1,000 career points with the Wildcats. He entered Tuesday’s contest having scored 988 points since transferring to Arizona from North Carolina.
BYU: Hall reached double figures for just the fifth time this season after not making a basket in four of his previous five games.
Bradley scored 11 points over a three-minute stretch that helped Arizona pull away from BYU.
Arizona outrebounded BYU 45-30. The Cougars fell to 0-5 this season when grabbing fewer rebounds than their opponent.
Both teams play again on Saturday. Arizona hosts Texas Tech and BYU is at Cincinnati.
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| STARTERS | PTS | REB | AST | PF |
| C. Love | 18 | 6 | 4 | 0 |
| J. Bradley | 17 | 4 | 1 | 3 |
| T. Awaka | 14 | 9 | 1 | 2 |
| T. Townsend | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| A. Dell’Orso | 2 | 3 | 4 | 1 |
| BENCH | PTS | REB | AST | PF |
| H. Veesaar | 17 | 6 | 1 | 3 |
| K. Lewis | 7 | 5 | 5 | 0 |
| C. Bryant | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| A. Arnold | – | – | – | – |
| L. Lloyd | – | – | – | – |
| W. Menaugh | – | – | – | – |
| L. Champion | – | – | – | – |
| G. Weitman | – | – | – | – |
| J. Francois | – | – | – | – |
| C. Martinez | – | – | – | – |
| J. Cook | – | – | – | – |
| W. Kuykendall | – | – | – | – |
| E. Stephen | – | – | – | – |
| S. Djopmo | – | – | – | – |
| Total | 85 | 38 | 19 | 13 |
| STARTERS | PTS | REB | AST | PF |
| E. Demin | 16 | 3 | 3 | 1 |
| R. Saunders | 11 | 6 | 1 | 2 |
| M. Mag | 8 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| K. Keita | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 |
| T. Knell | 4 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| BENCH | PTS | REB | AST | PF |
| D. Hall | 11 | 4 | 6 | 1 |
| D. Baker | 8 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| F. Traore | 6 | 7 | 0 | 1 |
| K. Catchings | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| T. Stewart | – | – | – | – |
| J. McGregor | – | – | – | – |
| B. Kozlowski | – | – | – | – |
| M. Triplett | – | – | – | – |
| E. Crawford | – | – | – | – |
| M. Boskovic | – | – | – | – |
| K. Mboup | – | – | – | – |
| T. Tripple | – | – | – | – |
| Total | 74 | 29 | 14 | 15 |