Provo • On the first morning of last year’s NCAA Tournament, BYU went cold. A team that hoisted 32 threes a game, the second most in the country, looked perplexed as shot after shot clanked off the iron.

Dawson Baker scored 15 points and Richie Saunders added 14 to lead No. 23 BYU to an 85-74 victory over rival Utah.

BYU’s eighth consecutive win may have been its sweetest. The Cougars defeated rival Utah 85-74 Saturday night at the Marriott Center, marking the team’s first victory over the Runnin’ Utes since 2022.