PROVO, Utah — Jaxson Robinson scored 19 points and Fousseyni Traore added 17 on 8-of-11 shooting as BYU beat Morgan State 93-50 Saturday night.
Noah Waterman was 7-for-8 from the free-throw line and finished with 15 points and eight rebounds for BYU (4-0). Richie Saunders had 12 points, four assists and three steals.
Robinson made a jumper and threw down a dunk 26 seconds later to cap a 13-2 run that gave the Cougars a 14-point lead midway through the first half. Wynston Tabbs made a layup that trimmed Morgan State’s deficit to 36-27 with 2:16 until the break. But Traore answered with a jumper nine seconds later and BYU led by double figures the remainder of the game.
Traore scored the first nine points in an 11-0 run to open the second half, and BYU scored 20 consecutive points — as the Bears went scoreless for seven-plus minutes — to take a 75-36 lead when Dallin Hall hit a 3-pointer with 8:58 left.
Will Thomas led Morgan State (2-3) with 10 points and nine rebounds. Tabbs added nine points.
Morgan State next plays Tuesday against Radford at the Cancun Challenge.
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