The Utah men’s basketball team is gearing up for a high-stakes matchup against in-state rival BYU this Saturday in the Jon M. Huntsman Center

Amari Whiting poured in a career-high 20 points, seven rebounds, five assists and two steals to lead BYU to its first win in Big 12 play, 89-75 over Houston at the Marriott Center.

Provo, Utah; Wednesday, 9 p.m. EST BOTTOM LINE: Houston comes into the matchup with BYU as losers of three in a row. The BYU Cougars are 5-2 on their home court. BYU ranks ninth in the Big 12 in team defense,

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Ezra Ausar scored a career-high 26 points on 11-of-15 shooting and Hunter Erickson scored Utah's last six points on Saturday night to help the Runnin' Utes beat BYU 73-72 in overtime.

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After knocking off the preseason pick to win this year’s Conference USA regular-season title on Thursday, the Gamecocks followed it up with a 70-62 victory over last year’s regular-season champion,

Led by Bryson Dawkins' 15 points, the Houston Christian Huskies defeated the UT Rio Grande Valley Vaqueros 66-57

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In ESPN’s Analytics, Utah started the week as a slight underdog against BYU, but now the Utes are given a 51.4% chance to beat the Cougars after both teams won earlier this week — Utah at TCU and BYU at home against Oklahoma State.

BYU does have an advantage in scoring differential at 14.1 points per game to Utah’s 10.7 and rebound differential at 10.3 to Utah’s 5.1 per game. The Cougars lead the league in this category. BYU hasn’t fared well on the road with a blowout loss to Houston, a spanking at Providence and a late-game collapse at TCU last week.

Utah went into Schollmaier Arena and beat TCU 73-65 for the Utes’ second straight win, helping continue to right the ship a bit before a big rivalry matchup this weekend. 3 take

Trevin Knell scored 13 of his 18 points before halftime and reserve Dallin Hall scored 14 points and BYU ended its three-game losing streak by beating Oklahoma State 85-69 on Tuesday night.