BYU will rekindle an outdated rivalry in opposition to former convention foe Wyoming on Saturday with Egor Demin sidelined for a second consecutive sport.
Demin — a projected lottery decide within the 2025 NBA Draft — suffered a knee contusion in opposition to Windfall on Dec. 3 and missed the Cougars’ 95-67 victory over Fresno State on Wednesday.
Heading into Saturday’s neutral-site showdown with the Cowboys in Salt Lake Metropolis, BYU coach Kevin Younger anticipates the crew’s second-leading scorer will likely be out till the Large 12 opener in opposition to Arizona State on Dec. 31.
“Might have been loads worse,” Younger mentioned. “However fortunate it wasn’t something worse than it’s.”
Demin suffered the damage within the 83-64 loss to Windfall after capturing 0-of-10 from the sphere. For the season, Demin averages 13.3 factors and a team-high 5.8 assists.
BYU (7-2) clicked on offense in Demin’s absence. The Cougars shot 55.1 p.c from the sphere and made 14-of-34 3-point makes an attempt in opposition to Fresno State. Trevin Knell paced the crew along with his first profession double-double, ending with 22 factors and 10 rebounds.
“Actually? That is his first profession double-double? We have got to border this stat sheet for him,” Younger joked after the sport.
Wyoming (5-4), which has misplaced three in a row, travels to play BYU for a second straight season after shedding to the Cougars 94-68 in Provo a season in the past.
Closing out shut video games has been a wrestle for the Cowboys. Their three losses have come by a complete of seven factors, together with a three-point setback to unbeaten Utah State in Wyoming’s Mountain West opener on Dec. 4.
The Cowboys will go so far as senior guard Obi Agbim can take them. He has led the crew in scoring in seven of 9 video games and has topped them in assists 5 instances. Agbim posted a double-double in opposition to Utah State, tallying 17 factors and 10 assists, and adopted up with 17 factors, six rebounds and 4 assists in an 82-81 street loss to South Dakota on Tuesday.
“That is what he is gonna proceed to do all season, he is our PG, our chief, so we simply gonna comply with behind him,” teammate Jordan Nesbitt mentioned.
BYU leads the sequence 106-69 and is 5-2 in opposition to Wyoming at impartial websites.
–Area Stage Media