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PROVO, Utah (AP) -- Jimmer Fredette scored 26 points and Jackson Emery added 18 as No. 13 BYU beat San Diego State 82-68 on Wednesday night to move within a half-game of first place in the Mountain West Conference.
The Cougars (26-3, 11-2 MWC) host No. 10 New Mexico on Saturday, with the winner taking the conference lead into the season's final week.
Fredette and Emery scored three points each in a balanced 14-2 run by the Cougars midway through the second half to break open a tight game and send BYU to its 21st straight victory at home in front of a sellout crowd.
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The No. 11 BYU Cougars played an uncharacteristic zone defense, which frustrated the San Diego State Aztecs and held their leading scorer to just three points.D.J. Gay scored 15 points to lead San Diego State (20-8, 9-5 MWC). The Aztecs entered with a four-game winning streak and a chance to move into a second-place tie with the Cougars.
The nation's top free-throw shooting team, BYU made 21 of 28 free throws. Fredette, who was shooting 90 percent from the line, missed five free throws. But he hit four of eight 3-pointers after being named a Naismith Trophy nominee earlier in the day.
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