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COL BKB: UNLV 88, Brigham Young 74

Sun, 02/07/2010 - 10:43 by Rakhi Kaptiyal

Las Vegas -- Tre'Von Willis scored a game-high 33 points Saturday, leading Nevada-Las Vegas to an 88-74 Mountain West upset of 12th-ranked Brigham Young.

UNLV streaked to a 15-2 lead, with Willis capping a 15-0 spurt on two free throws with 14:40 left in the first half.

The lead was 56-34 at the break in a game BYU led only once -- 2-0 on Jimmer Fredette's game-opening layup.

BYU's 79-61 lead on a Willis layup with 6:30 left proved insurmountable for the Cougars.

Matt Shaw scored 13 with five rebounds, while Oscar Bellfield added 12 points for the Rebels (19-4, 7-2), who have won five straight.

Fredette led BYU with 21 points, six assists and seven rebounds.

Alabama grabbing poll attention

Mon, 10/12/2009 - 17:48 by shalini.bahadur

Mclean, Va., Oct. 12 Alabama narrowed the distance between itself and No. 1 Florida and No. 2 Texas in the USA Today Coaches college football poll.S

The Crimson Tide (6-0) increased its first-place mentions to five ballots in the poll released Monday, four more than last week but Alabama remained ranked No. 3. All of those first-place votes came from Florida (5-0), which lost the votes despite a win over former No. 4 Louisiana State.

Florida has 53 of the 59 first-place votes. Texas (5-0), for the third consecutive week, is No. 1 on one ballot.

COL FB: Brigham Young 42, Colorado St 23

Mon, 09/28/2009 - 12:18 by shalini.bahadur

Provo, Utah, Sept. 26: Harvey Unga rushed for 113 yards and three touchdowns Saturday to lead 20th-ranked Brigham Young to a 42-23 win over Colorado State.

Max Hall completed 18-of-29 passes for 241 yards with two touchdowns and two interceptions for the Cougars (3-1, 1-0 MWC), who scored 21 points in the first quarter with the help of two interceptions and a blocked punt.

Grant Stucker connected on 30-of-50 passes for 372 yards with two TDs and a pair of interceptions for the Rams (3-1, 0-1). Tyson Liggett caught 11 passes for 156 yards and a TD.

Copyright 2009 by United Press International.