Bruce Branch III added 15 points and six rebounds for BYU (3-0).

“We have so many talented shooters,” Wright said. “I mean, it’s like anytime you make it one more (pass), you just know the ball’s probably going in. So we just try and trust each other and keep building that trust, and we know the shots gonna keep falling.”

Jaxon Kohler and Nate Pickens also scored 15 apiece and Collin Chandler added 12 points and a career-high four blocks. Five Cougars have scored in double figures in three straight games for the first time in 13 years.

Wright made 8 of 18 from the field and 2 of 6 from the 3-point range. The junior guard scored 11 points with five assists in the first half, and BYU hit 12 first-half 3s to take a 54-42 lead at the break.

Queens got 19 points from its bench in the first half and used an 18-2 run bridging the first and second halves to trim a 22-point deficit as low as six.

“Well, No. 1, Queens is good and they’re well-coached,” BYU head coach Kevin Young said. “They’ve got some guys off of a tournament team, so they play a unique style. I think all of those factors combined made it an interesting game.”

Reserve Caleb Jones scored 15 of his 18 points in the first half and Rickey Ballard also had 18 points for the Royals (2-2). Avantae Parker had 16 points and eight rebounds and Nasir Mann added 14 points and seven assists.

Kohler scored nine points in the second half, hitting three 3-pointers to go with eight rebounds, two assists and two blocks as the Cougars outscored the Royals 36-24 in the paint to pull away.

Hall leads Utah State with career night

Fremont High alum and veteran guard Dallin Hall scored a career-high 35 points as Utah State men’s basketball dismantled Utah Tech 118-86 on Tuesday night.

“I’m grateful to God for the opportunity to play this game, but also to my coaching staff for bringing me here,” Hall said. “Part of the conversation we had was that they had a ton of belief in me, and that I had more to prove and show I could do as a basketball player.”

It was Utah State’s second-highest scoring performance since 1986 and highest against a Division I opponent.

Hall added seven assists and five rebounds on 12-of-16 shooting from the floor and 7-of-9 shooting from the 3-point line.

“Dallin is a really good basketball player,” USU head coach Ben Jacobson said. “He puts in a ton of time, and he really wants it. I’m happy for him to have a fun night like he had tonight.”

Mason Falslev added 24 points, seven rebounds and five assists. USU had 22 assists against two turnovers.

Across from Fremont High alum Hall was Layton High grad Ethan Potter, who led Utah Tech with 19 points and 11 rebounds.