The Cougars outlasted a strong UCF squad 81-75 Saturday afternoon in Orlando, earning their second Quad 1 victory of the season as a major boost for their NCAA Tournament resumé. Mawot Mag was brilliant.

On Saturday, the BYU basketball team traveled to Orlando, Florida and took down the UCF Knights in a gritty road victory. In what was a back-and-forth game from

The Knights couldn’t overcome being without three players, including leading scorer Keyshawn Hall, who was in early foul trouble.

The BYU men’s basketball team is starting to figure out what to do in crunch time. The Cougars were in tight contest in Orlando on Saturday, tied with UCF at 65 as the clock neared the four-minute mark.

BYU came up with one of its biggest wins of the season in a 81-75 victory over UCF Saturday in Orlando. After faltering late in previous road losses at TCU and Utah, BYU played some of its best ball in the final 5 minutes of the game to outplay UCF and their talented individual scorers down the stretch.