BYU went to Lincoln and lost a tight 90-89 game to the Cornhuskers Saturday. This was an exhibition game and does not count towards either team’s win/loss total. Andrej Kostic and Jared McGregor missed shots in the final seconds that would have given BYU the win. BYU treated this like a NBA preseason game, and it showed with the lineup combinations in the second half. In the final two minutes Kevin Young with his end-of-bench lineup, which shows you how much he cared about winning this game.
BYU was up 50-46 at halftime and ended the half on a 10-0 run behind renewed defensive focus and a outburst from AJ Dybantsa, who had 19 points in the first half. BYU didn’t play Rob Wright in the second half and sparingly used Keba Keita, and Nebraksa did a nice job exploiting that and came up with the exhibition victory.
Overall it was great to see this team in action, although it’s hard to draw many conclusions to the number of lineup combinations, especially in the second half. Below are some of my takeaways. BYU next plays North Carolina Friday night in Salt Lake City on ESPN+.