The Cougars outlasted a strong UCF squad 81-75 Saturday afternoon in Orlando, earning their second Quad 1 victory of the season as a major boost for their NCAA Tournament resumé. Mawot Mag was brilliant.

On Saturday, the BYU basketball team traveled to Orlando, Florida and took down the UCF Knights in a gritty road victory. In what was a back-and-forth game from

The Knights couldn’t overcome being without three players, including leading scorer Keyshawn Hall, who was in early foul trouble.

BYU men’s basketball coach Kevin Young said his team is “stacking good days” in practice and that has led to stacking wins, as well. The Cougars have won three straight games in the Big 12 for the first time after beating Colorado in Boulder and topping Cincinnati and Baylor in the Marriott Center.

BYU came up with one of its biggest wins of the season in a 81-75 victory over UCF Saturday in Orlando. After faltering late in previous road losses at TCU and Utah, BYU played some of its best ball in the final 5 minutes of the game to outplay UCF and their talented individual scorers down the stretch.