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PROVO, Utah (AP)-- Brigham Young's Jonathan Tavernari came off the bench and scored a career high 17 points to help lead BYU to a 102-40 win over Western Oregon Friday night.
Western Oregon (3-6), a Division II team, led 11-10 with 13:40 to play in the first half. Jacob Mitchell scored six of the Wolves' first 11 points and finished the game with 12, all in the first half.
But BYU (7-4) took a 13-11 lead on a 3-pointer by Lee Cummard and never trailed again. Relying heavily on bench players, BYU finished the half outscoring Western Oregon 41-12.
In the second half BYU had runs of 25-0 and 10-0, leading by as many as 68 points at 99-31 with 3:57 remaining in the game.
BYU shot 57 percent, including 61 percent from beyond the 3-point line (11-for-18). The Cougars held Western Oregon to 30 percent shooting, 12 percent from 3-point range.
The Cougars had six players score in double figures including Cummard with 14 and Jimmy Balderson with 13. Trent Plaisted had a game high eight rebounds in 19 minutes of play to lead BYU to a 43-25 advantage on the boards. BYU also took advantage of 29 Western Oregon turnovers to score 40 points.
The win increased BYU's home winning streak to 20 games.
(Copyright 2006 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.) APTV-12-22-06 2152MST
