{"id":559411,"date":"2026-01-25T06:51:14","date_gmt":"2026-01-25T06:51:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/559411\/"},"modified":"2026-01-25T06:51:14","modified_gmt":"2026-01-25T06:51:14","slug":"byu-superstar-aj-dybantsa-torches-rival-utah-for-43-points-deseret-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/559411\/","title":{"rendered":"BYU superstar AJ Dybantsa torches rival Utah for 43 points \u2013 Deseret News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"c-paragraph\">AJ Dybantsa just entered BYU-Utah rivalry lore in a major way.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">The Cougars\u2019 freshman phenom erupted for a career-high 43 points Saturday against the Runnin\u2019 Utes, breaking the BYU freshman scoring record and becoming the first Cougar with a 40-point night since 2015.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Fans of BYU and beyond were buzzing about Dybantsa\u2019s dominant outing. Here are some of the most notable reactions online.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">43 points on 24 shots for potential No. 1 pick AJ Dybantsa in BYU&#8217;s win over Utah. Season-high four 3s, while showing his lethal shot-creation and finishing prowess scoring in every which way from all over the floor. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/vlzmANRq1f\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/vlzmANRq1f<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Jonathan Givony (@DraftExpress) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DraftExpress\/status\/2015226445077925899?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">January 25, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">AJ dybantsa is better at basketball than you.<\/p>\n<p>you could literally be any human being in the world reading that and it applies.<\/p>\n<p>40-piece. BYU. crowd. loud. cougars. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/6zmqCzv5Em\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/6zmqCzv5Em<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 locked on big 12, america\u2019s conference. (@LOBig12) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LOBig12\/status\/2015220180998332747?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">January 25, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">AJ Dybantsa overrated? No chance. He might actually be underrated.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Jonny Linehan (@jlinehan9) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jlinehan9\/status\/2015218340533543291?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">January 25, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">BYU has AJ Dybantsa. That\u2019s why they can beat any team in the country<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Robby McCombs (@rtmccombs) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/rtmccombs\/status\/2015219340136845411?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">January 25, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"AJ Dybantsa just entered BYU-Utah rivalry lore in a major way. The Cougars\u2019 freshman phenom erupted for a&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":559412,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[3724],"tags":[7,1111],"class_list":{"0":"post-559411","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-basketball","8":"tag-basketball","9":"tag-news-feed-local"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/115954417395739436","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/559411","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=559411"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/559411\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/559412"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=559411"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=559411"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=559411"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}