Freshman Egor Demin scored 16 points to lead BYU to a 73-69 win over West Virginia on Tuesday night. Kanon Catchings added 11 points for BYU (16-8, 7-6 Big 12).

Freshman Egor Demin scored 16 points to lead BYU to a 73-69 win over West Virginia on Tuesday night. Kanon Catchings added 11 points for BYU (16-8, 7-6 Big 12).

West Virginia led for the majority of the night but couldn't reach the finish line with the win, coming up short in a tightly contested bubble game to the BYU Cougars. Schuyler Callihan and Christopher Hall recap the action.

After having its toughness questioned three days ago in a lopsided loss at Cincinnati, BYU bounces back with an impressive road win at West Virginia.

It took all 12 BYU players who got into Tuesday’s game at West Virginia to finish the deal. The Cougars got huge plays down the stretch in two areas where they have struggled this season (defense and free throw shooting) to take down the Mountaineers 73-69 in front of 10,