The Utes exposed some of the Cougars' biggest weaknesses. Will new head coach Kevin Young get BYU back on track in time for March?

Utah Utes football standout Logan Fano took to X (formerly Twitter) to celebrate the Utah men’s basketball team’s thrilling 73-72 overtime victory over BYU

I don’t know what got into him," Utah coach Craig Smith said of his leading scorer, "but it needs to happen all the time,”

The Cougars (14-3, 6-0 Big 12) are unbeaten in Big 12 play and on a 10-game winning streak. In its last game, Houston was challenged by UCF before prevailing on a last-second layup. Following Wednesday’s rescheduled game, Utah will return home to face Baylor on Saturday (2:30 p.m. MST, ESPN2) at the Huntsman.

Utah hosts the Kansas Jayhawks after Gianna Kneepkens scored 26 points in Utah's 81-73 loss to the TCU Horned Frogs.

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In their first matchup as Big 12 basketball teams, Utah downed BYU 73-72 in overtime behind Ezra Ausar's 26 points and a 32-10 disparity at the free-throw line.

BYU had the preseason hype, Tribune columnist Gordon Monson writes, but the Utes got the rivalry game victory.

A couple of top 25 teams are facing off on Friday, Jan. 17 when the No. 10 TCU Horned Frogs host the No. 23 Utah Utes in a women’s college basketball game at Schollmaier Arena in Fort Worth, Texas.

The 265th edition of the BYU-Utah basketball rivalry had its share of heroes from the team wearing red. Thanks to the efforts of Ezra Ausar, Lawson Lovering and Hunter Erickson — and key contributions from other Runnin’ Utes — Utah was able to win a 73-72 thriller in overtime on Saturday night at the Huntsman Center.

And while TCU’s star guards Vasean Allette (19 points, nine rebounds, four assists) and Noah Reynolds (12 points, three assists) ended up with good numbers, Utah didn’t allow them to burn the Utes outside of a few short stretches.