by PROVO, Utah — BYU closed its preseason with a 120-36 exhibition rout of Western Colorado on Tuesday night at the Marriott Center.
Sydney Benally led the Cougars with a career-high 12 assists and hit a second-quarter 3-pointer.
BYU opened the night with a 20-0 run and never let up, leading by as many as 87 points with 2:23 left in the fourth. The Cougars shot 59.8 percent from the floor and turned 37 Western Colorado turnovers into 57 points.
Bolanle Yussuf and Brinley Cannon led BYU with 15 points apiece, and seven Cougars scored in double figures, with Olivia Hamlin, Delaney Gibb, Liza Astakhova and Stella Sakalas adding 13 each and Mariam Traore scoring 12. Prasayus Notoa tied Yussuf with a team-high 8 rebounds.
All but one BYU player scored in the win, a depth head coach Lee Cummard praised afterward, saying the team shared the ball the way he wants it to look.
BYU opens the regular season against Idaho State on Tuesday, Nov. 3, at 8 p.m. CT on ESPN+.
