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Big 12 quarterfinal thriller: BYU makes 18 3-pointers and unleashes its superior depth to down Iowa State 96-92 in a Big 12 tournament quarterfinal in Kansas City on Thursday

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No. 17 BYU held off shorthanded Iowa State 96-92 in a Big 12 tournament quarterfinal.

Cougars and Cyclones combined to make a tournament-record 31 3 -pointers.

BYU shot 52% from the floor ( 30 of 58) and 50% ( 18 of 36 ) from 3 -point range, but also won the game from the free-throw line.

“It took everything we had to pull that one out,” said BYU big man Fouss Traore .

BYU didn’t score until more than six minutes was off the clock in Ames .

Jones scored 31 points, including 22 in a span of 5 minutes, 23 seconds in the first half .

Saunders validated his status as a First Team All-Big 12 selection by going 8 of 8 from the free-throw line.

Traore added 15 points and was nearly perfect, 5 of 6 from the field and 5 of 5 from free.

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