- Delaney Gibb scored 29 points leading BYU to a 93-75 win.
- Gibb surpassed 1,000 career points becoming the third-fastest in program history.
- BYU advances to face Stanford in the WBIT quarterfinals on Thursday.
PROVO — BYU women's basketball's postseason has been, to use an oft-cited word by freshman standout Olivia Hamlin, fun.
And it got more "fun" Monday night.
Four days after Sydney Benally broke the program's all-time assists record by a freshman in a 72-47 win over Alabama A&M, Delaney Gibb topped the 1,000-point mark with 29 points, eight rebounds and six assists to help the Cougars cruise to a 93-75 win over Missouri in front of 2,415 fans in the second round of the WBIT at the Marriott Center.
Hamlin added 23 points for the Cougars (24-11), and Kambree Barber supplied 12 points, 11 rebounds and two blocked shots.
Brinley Cannon scored 10 points with five rebounds and six assists for BYU, which advanced to host second-seeded Stanford in the WBIT quarterfinals Thursday at the Marriott Center (7 p.m. MDT, ESPN+).
Grace Slaughter scored 17 points with eight rebounds to lead Missouri, and Chloe Sotell also scored 17 for the Tigers (17-17).
But Monday night was something of a tribute to Gibb, who shot 11-of-19 from the field, including 7-of-11 from 3-point range without a single free throw. She's the third-fastest BYU women's basketball player to join the 1,000-point club in program history.
"You could tell what her focus and her mindset was," said BYU coach Lee Cummard, who tied former mentor Jeff Judkins for most wins by a first-year head coach in program history with 24. "She definitely was ready to score some baskets tonight, and it was a confident approach. I thought you saw a lot of confidence tonight, just really decisive in what they were doing."
Her six assists was also the most she's dished since a season-high eight dimes March 5 in the Big 12 Tournament against Utah — when Gibb also poured in 17 points on 7-of-17 shooting with four 3-pointers.
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"I think when I'm most aggressive, I find opportunities to get other people the ball and bounce it off each other," Gibb said. "When I can knock down shots, it opens up opportunities and lets me play off the defense. That's super fun, and I love being able to put everyone else in opportunities to score, as well."
Gibb scored 10 points, including a pair of 3-pointers, and BYU used a 25-2 run in the opening quarter while holding the Tigers to 3-of-20 shooting en route to a 28-7 lead after 10 minutes.
The sophomore from Raymond, Alberta, totaled 16 points on 4-of-6 3-point shooting to go with seven rebounds, four assists and a steal in the first half as BYU led by as much as 26 en route to a 48-27 halftime advantage.
The Cougars shot 51% from the field and connected on 8-of-18 3-pointers before the break, including a pair from Barber whose seven rebounds helped BYU outrebound the visiting Tigers 29-18.
Slaughter had 10 points in the first half for Missouri, which shot just 27.5% from the field.
"I thought it was fun," Hamlin said, eliciting a laugh from her teammates Gibb and Barber sitting next to her.
Gibb called it "maybe the best start we've had all year."
"And I think it started with our intensity on defense," she added of her team that scored 7 points off seven turnovers and had 19 points in transition. "We got great stops, and from there our transition offense was really the key to the game. And shout out to everyone who was nailing easy threes and getting easy baskets."
Gibb added 7 points during a 28-point third quarter, extending the Cougars' lead to 76-48 with her 1,000th career point. With a casual jumper with 1:24 left in the quarter, she became the 34th 1,000-point scorer in BYU women's basketball history.
And she was having a lot of "fun" doing it.
