Jan 15, 2002

Box Score

PROVO, Utah (AP) - Mark Bigelow scored 15 of his 16 points in the second half in leading BYU to a 60-47 win over UNLV Tuesday night.

BYU (12-3, 2-0 Mountain West) won despite tying a season high with 20 turnovers.

UNLV (8-7, 1-3) managed only 13 points through the first 15 minutes of the second half and its 47 points was a season low.

Leading 39-37 with 7:58 to play, BYU went on a 13-4 run over the next 5:30 to take a 52-41 lead. Bigelow sparked the run with six points, including a fade-away 3-pointer that just beat the shot clock and put BYU up 10 points. BYU outscored UNLV 38-21 in the second half.

Dalron Johnson led the Rebels with 18 points. UNLV came in averaging almost 10 steals per game and had 13 against BYU. However, BYU was 20-for 28 at the free-throw line, while UNLV was 5-for-8.

Eric Nielsen had 11 points for BYU, which shot 43 percent. The Cougars shot below 45 percent for only the fourth time this season.

BYU held UNLV to 39 percent shooting, marking the ninth time this season the Cougars have held an opponent below 40 percent.

BYU was held to a season-low 22 points in the first half. It was only the second time in 15 games this season the Cougars have trailed at the half.