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BYU guard Robert Wright III (1) drives past Ohio State forward Andrija Jelavic (4) during a game Monday, Nov. 2, 2026, in Salt Lake City. (Tyler Tate, Associated Press)

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Utah State forward Kingston Tosi (24) drives against Idaho State forward Quin Patterson (21) on Monday, Nov. 2, 2026, in Logan. (Eli Lucero/The Herald Journal via AP)

Eli Lucero, The Herald Journal via AP

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BYU guard Collin Chandler (5) shoots the ball against Ohio State on Monday, Nov. 2, 2026, in Salt Lake City. (Tyler Tate, Associated Press)

Tyler Tate, Associated Press

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Utah State forward Karson Templin, left, and guard Dallin Hall fight for a loose ball against Idaho State forward Malik Johnson on Monday, Nov. 2, 2026, in Logan. (Eli Lucero, The Herald Journal via AP)

Eli Lucero, The Herald Journal via AP

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SALT LAKE CITY — Rob Wright III scored 33 points and made four 3-pointers to lead No. 25 BYU to a 94-83 victory over Ohio State on Monday night.

Collin Chandler and Tyler Betsey each had 15 points for the Cougars. Bruce Branch III had 12 points and Jaxon Kohler scored 11. Betsey and Kohler both grabbed six rebounds. BYU (1-0) shot 69% from the field and made seven 3-pointers in the second half.

Amare Bynum led the Buckeyes (0-1) with 18 points. John Mobley Jr. had 14 points and seven assists before fouling out with 4:48 left. Andrija Jelavic had 13 points and nine rebounds.

The Cougars scored baskets on four straight possessions, culminating in a second-chance corner 3 from Wright, to take their first lead of the game. BYU eventually extended the lead to 50-43 on a three-point play from Kohler.

Ohio State briefly regained a 57-55 lead on Mobley’s layup. But the Cougars surged in front for good with a 14-2 run highlighted by Kohler’s reverse backdoor layup and a 3-pointer from Wright for a 73-61 lead with 7:24 left.

BYU struggled from the perimeter out of the gate, missing eight of its first nine 3-point field goal attempts. Ohio State took advantage of the cold outside shooting to surge ahead of the Cougars midway through the first half.

The Buckeyes used an 11-3 run to take a 24-13 lead with 8:32 left before halftime. Starting with a dunk from Bynum and ending on a jumper from Curtis Givens III, Ohio State scored baskets on four straight possessions to push its lead to double digits.

BYU cut the deficit to 37-34 going into halftime on a corner 3 from Nate Pickens.

UTAH 66, LONG BEACH 63

SALT LAKE CITY — Trey Campbell scored 20 points, and Utah rallied in the second half to slip past Long Beach State.

Utah’s 10 first-half turnovers led to 18 points for The Beach and they led 40-28 at halftime.

McCaden Adams scored seven points early in the second half and Long Beach State stretched the lead to 47-30. Utah scored the next 10 points, and later the Utes were within 54-48 after a three-point play by Jackson Holcombe about seven minutes into the second half.

Soon thereafter, a 12-0 run put the Utes ahead 60-56, and they held on as Long Beach State made only 1 of 11 shots in the final 5 1/2 minutes.

The Utes had a 38-23 scoring advantage in the second half, and they limited their turnovers to five after halftime.

Holcombe finished with 14 points and eight rebounds and Campbell added eight assists and six rebounds for Utah.

Adams scored 21, and Yohann Sissoko had 15 points for Long Beach State.

UTAH STATE 94, IDAHO STATE 58

LOGAN — Kingston Tosi scored 26 points off of the bench to help lead Utah State past Idaho State.

Tosi had five rebounds and three steals for the Aggies. Will Hornseth added 16 points while shooting 8 of 12 from the field and grabbed six rebounds. Solomon Callaghan went 5 of 9 from the field (2 for 5 from 3-point range) to finish with 14 points.

MaCarhy Morris led the Bengals in scoring, finishing with 15 points and five assists. Kenyon DeMuynck added 14 points, three steals and three blocks for Idaho State. Ike Palmer also had 10 points.

Utah State took the lead for good with 9:45 remaining in the first half. The score was 37-29 at halftime, with Tosi racking up eight points. Tosi scored 18 points in the second half to help lead the way as Utah State went on to secure a victory, outscoring Idaho State by 28 points in the second half.

UTAH VALLEY 84, W. COLORADO 63

OREM — Isaac Davis scored 22 points and Utah Valley began its season Monday with a victory.

Davis also contributed three steals for the Wolverines. Dominick Nelson scored 16 points while going 6 for 11 from the field and 4 for 8 from the free-throw line, and added five rebounds and four steals. Braden Housley went 4 for 9 from the field to finish with eight points.

NEW MEXICO 100, UTAH TECH 60

ALBUQUERQUE — Star guard Jake Hall scored 30 points and New Mexico scored 62 second-half points to turn a five-point halftime lead into a blowout win over Utah Tech.

Uriah Tenette scored 19 points for the Lobos and Tunde Vahlberg Fasasi added 17.

Freshman Christian Gibson led Utah Tech with 23 points while fifth-year returnee Ethan Potter totaled eight points and 12 rebounds.

SOUTHERN UTAH 134, W.C. BAPTIST 69

CEDAR CITY — JaJuan Nicholls’ 14 points helped Southern Utah roll past West Coast Baptist.

Nicholls added five rebounds for the Thunderbirds. Mikhail Protsenko scored 14 points while going 7 for 7 from the field. DJ Smith went 6 for 9 from the field to finish with 13 points.

Associated Press writer John Coon and Standard-Examiner editor Brett Hein contributed to this report.