Alex Barcello had 17 points and Te'Jon Lucas added 14 points and six assists to lead BYU to an 82-71 win Wednesday over Utah State at Provo, Utah.

The Cougars (8-1) were also led by Fousseyni Traore's 14 points and Trevin Knell's 13 points.

Despite a 0-of-6 stretch from the field late in the second half, BYU shot 50 percent from the field. The Cougars tallied 19 assists on their 26 successful field goals.

Utah State (6-3) was led by Justin Bean's 20 points and seven rebounds.

Brandon Horvath made his last four shots from the field and finished with 14 points and seven rebounds. Sean Bairstow added 11 points for the Aggies.

A 12-0 run by BYU put the Cougars ahead 29-17 with 7:27 left in the first half.

Knell and Lucas combined for 24 points on 9-of-12 shooting from the field to lead BYU to a 45-33 halftime lead.

The Cougars made 57.1 percent of their shots from the field and totaled 12 assists by halftime.

Bean had 16 points on 6-of-9 shooting from the field in the first half. The other Utah State players made 5 of 14 shots.

BYU built its lead to 66-46 with 11:31 left following a 12-2 run.

Utah State answered by outscoring BYU 16-3, capped by eight points, including two 3-pointers, by Horvath to cut the lead to 69-62 left with 6:24 remaining.

The Cougars endured a scoreless streak of 5:15 before Traore made two free throws with 3:32 remaining to increase the lead to 71-62.

Traore snapped BYU's stretch of six straight missed field goal attempts with a layup with 2:57 left, giving the Cougars a 73-62 lead.

Utah State could have cut into BYU's lead more during its surge in the second half but missed six straight free throws between the 6:46 mark and with 3:19 remaining.

The Aggies finished 9-for-20 from the free throw line in the first road game of the season.

-Field Level Media