3 takeaways from No. 23 BYU’s win over Montana State

Another game, another win for BYU. The Cougars moved to 4-0 on the season Thursday night with a 86-71 victory over Montana State at the Marriott Center. COUGS WIN!! pic.twitter.com/fMBkxqB0xl — BYU Men's Basketball (@BYUMBB) November 13, 20263 takeaways BYU continued its early offensive success. The Cougars may have scored a season-low 86 points, but when it takes four games to score fewer than 90 points, clearly your operation is elite. BYU also failed to shoot 46% from 3-point range after doing so in each of its first three contests, but hitting 41% of its deep shots is still quite excellent. The Cougars shot 58% from the field in all and averaged 1.3 points per possession, with four different players scoring in double figures and 10 players getting on the board in all. If there’s one area where BYU could have been much better against Montana State, it was free throws — the Cougars missed 11 of 24 attempts from the charity stripe. The Cougars won the rebound battle.

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