PROVO, Utah – With :39 seconds in the end of regulation Souley Boum hit a pair of free throws to give the University of San Francisco men's basketball team a 63-57 lead.  Unfortunately for the Dons, BYU's Elijah Bryant hit a 3-point field goal with four seconds remaining to send the game into overtime, from there the Cougars held on to send the Dons home with a 75-73 loss on Saturday afternoon at the Marriott Center.
 
USF (14-13, 6-8 WCC) played tremendous defense all afternoon, forcing BYU (20-7, 9-5 WCC) into 19 turnovers.  The Dons turned those 19 turnovers into 28 points.  USF held BYU without a field goal over seven minutes down the stretch, the Cougars got a bulk of their offense at the free throw line where they finished the game 18-for-23, 12-for-17 in the second half. 
 
Ultimately, the trio of Bryant, Yoeli Childs and TJ Haws proved to be too much.  All three combined to score 60 of BYU's 75 points.   Haws finished with a game-high 26, Childs added 10.  Bryant finished with a double-double scoring 14 and grabbing 11 rebounds.
 
USF had balance throughout the lineup, with nine players scoring a bucket, but needed one more scorer besides Boum and Frankie Ferrari.  Boum finished with a team-high 21 points, going 7-for-12 from the floor and 7-for-9 from the free throw line.  The seven free throws give him 98 for the season, a new single-season record by a freshman.
 
Ferrari scored 16, going 5-for-11 from the field, he was also 3-for-6 from the 3-point range.  Remu Raitanen and Nate Renfo both finished with nine points each.  In the trenches, USF was led by Jimbo Lull's seven rebounds.
 
GAME NOTES

• USF played its first overtime game of the season, and falls to 0-1.  The last time the Dons played in overtime was on Feb. 20, 2016 when USF  fell to LMU 100-86 at Gersten Pavilion.
• Boum's 98 free throws surpasses the old record of 94 set by Winford Boynes in the 1975-76 season.
• Boum now has 303 points on the season, which makes him 10^th for most points scored by a freshman in a single season, he surpasses Orlando Smart (1990-91).
• USF's bench returned to its active ways, scoring 37 points.  The Dons reserves outscored BYU's reserves 37-7.

 
NEXT UP
The Dons will return home on Thursday night and will square off against conference leading Saint Mary's.  The Game is slated for an 8:00 p.m. tip off and will be televised live on ESPNU.  Tickets are available at the Dons Ticket Central.