BYU basketball erased a 22-point deficit on Tuesday night and came storming back to beat Clemson 67-64 in the Jimmy V Classic in New York City. Robert Wright III made a 3-pointer as time expired after AJ Dybantsa scored 22 of his season-high 28 points in the second half.
The Cougars (8-1) lost a six-point lead in the final 70 seconds but completed the comeback when Wright took an inbounds pass and sank the game-winning three.
BYU was trailing 44-22 with 18 minutes remaining, but ended up pulling off the largest second-half comeback in school history. Dybantsa’s season-high in points this season including shooting 9 for 17 from the field and grabbing nine rebounds to go with six assists.
Wright added 17 points and Keba Keita had 10 points on the night. BYU shot 40.3% and overcame an off night from Richie Saunders, who had his worst game of the season. Saunders was held to five points, while shooting just 2-11 from the floor and missing seven three-point attempts.
No. 10 BYU has four more non-conference games before league play starts. The Cougars will play UC Riverside on December 13th, then Pacific, Abilene Christian and Eastern Washington. Then, BYU will tip off Big 12 play on January 3rd at Kansas State at 12:30 p.m. CT on CBS.
