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Richie Saunders scores 26 as No. 9 BYU gets 1st win over ranked foe, beating No. 23 Wisconsin 98-70

AP
Nov 21, 2025

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) Richie Saunders made five 3-pointers and scored 26 points to lead No. 9 BYU Cougars to a 98-70 victory over No. 23 Wisconsin Badgers on Friday.

AJ Dybantsa added 18 points and six rebounds to help the Cougars (4-1) earn their first victory over a ranked opponent this season. Rob Wright III added 10 points and his 11 assists were three more than Wisconsin had as a team.

Nick Boyd led Wisconsin with 16 points. Nolan Winter had 14 points and 14 rebounds, and John Blackwell and Braeden Carrington scored 14 apiece for the Badgers.

Wisconsin struggled with prolonged shooting droughts, shooting just 32% from the field before halftime. The Badgers missed eight straight baskets over a 5 1/2-minute stretch and then had five consecutive misses over a three-minute span.

BYU took advantage. The Cougars used a 13-0 run fueled by 3-pointers from Saunders, Wright and Tyler Mrus to take an 18-6 lead.

Carrington made a pair of 3-pointers to trim the deficit to single digits. BYU responded with a 16-4 run. Back-to-back baskets from Dybantsa and a steal and dunk by Khadim Mboup put the Cougars up 34-18.

Wisconsin cut the deficit to single digits after Dybantsa picked up his fourth foul just 2:10 into the second half, pulling with 56-49 on Winter’s putback.

Saunders ended the rally with a layup and then made four 3-pointers to fuel a 31-9 run, extending the Cougars' lead to 87-58 with 4:32 left. The Badgers scored only nine points over a 10-minute stretch.

Wisconsin faces Providence in the Rady Children’s Invitational in San Diego on Thanksgiving Day.

BYU faces Miami in the ESPN Events Invitational in Lake Buena Vista, Florida, on Thanksgiving Day.

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1st Half
WISC
Badgers
33
BYU
Cougars
45

Time		Play	Score
19:38		Nolan Winter vs. Keba Keita (Nick Boyd gains possession)
19:38		Austin Rapp misses three point jump shot
19:36		Badgers offensive rebound
19:30		Keba Keita blocks Nick Boyd's two point jump shot
19:28		Keba Keita defensive rebound
19:23		Richie Saunders turnover (Andrew Rohde steals)
19:18	+2	Andrew Rohde makes two point layup	2-0
18:51	+2	Keba Keita makes two point layup (Robert Wright III assists)	2-2
18:35		Nolan Winter misses two point jump shot
18:33		Nolan Winter offensive rebound
18:31	+2	Nolan Winter makes two point jump shot	4-2
18:12		Robert Wright III misses two point layup
18:10		Nolan Winter defensive rebound
18:04		Nolan Winter misses three point jump shot
18:02		Robert Wright III defensive rebound
17:48	+3	Dawson Baker makes three point jump shot (AJ Dybantsa assists)	4-5
17:22		Nick Boyd misses three point jump shot
17:20		John Blackwell offensive rebound
17:20		Keba Keita shooting foul
17:20	+1	John Blackwell makes regular free throw 1 of 2	5-5
17:20	+1	John Blackwell makes regular free throw 2 of 2	6-5
17:07		AJ Dybantsa misses three point jump shot
17:05		Nick Boyd defensive rebound
16:58		Austin Rapp misses three point jump shot
16:56		Cougars defensive rebound
16:31	+3	Richie Saunders makes three point jump shot (Robert Wright III assists)	6-8
16:17		John Blackwell misses three point jump shot
16:15		Andrew Rohde offensive rebound
16:03		Austin Rapp misses two point layup
16:01		Robert Wright III defensive rebound
15:54		Robert Wright III turnover (Nick Boyd steals)
15:54		Robert Wright III personal foul
15:54		TV timeout
15:27		Nick Boyd misses two point jump shot
15:25		Robert Wright III defensive rebound
15:18		Nick Boyd personal foul
15:02		AJ Dybantsa misses three point jump shot
15:00		Jack Janicki defensive rebound
14:43		Aleksas Bieliauskas misses three point jump shot
14:41		Tyler Mrus defensive rebound
14:33	+3	Robert Wright III makes three point jump shot (Richie Saunders assists)	6-11
14:13		John Blackwell offensive foul
14:13		John Blackwell turnover (offensive foul)
14:04	+3	Tyler Mrus makes three point jump shot (Robert Wright III assists)	6-14
13:36		Nolan Winter turnover (lost ball)
13:16	+2	AJ Dybantsa makes two point jump shot	6-16
13:07		Richie Saunders personal foul
12:55		John Blackwell misses two point jump shot
12:53		AJ Dybantsa defensive rebound
12:48		Richie Saunders misses two point jump shot
12:46		Khadim Mboup offensive rebound
12:42	+2	Khadim Mboup makes two point layup	6-18
12:35	+3	Braeden Carrington makes three point jump shot (John Blackwell assists)	9-18
12:25		Andrew Rohde personal foul
12:07		Tyler Mrus misses three point jump shot
12:05		Dominique Diomande offensive rebound
11:52		Nick Boyd personal foul
11:52		TV timeout
11:30		Khadim Mboup turnover (bad pass)
11:19	+3	Braeden Carrington makes three point jump shot	12-18
10:59		Richie Saunders misses three point jump shot
10:57		John Blackwell defensive rebound
10:48		Austin Rapp misses three point jump shot
10:46		Nolan Winter offensive rebound
10:43	+2	Nolan Winter makes two point layup	14-18
10:34		Braeden Carrington personal foul
10:27		Braeden Carrington shooting foul
10:27	+1	AJ Dybantsa makes regular free throw 1 of 2	14-19
10:27	+1	AJ Dybantsa makes regular free throw 2 of 2	14-20
10:15		Andrew Rohde misses three point jump shot
10:13		AJ Dybantsa defensive rebound
9:59	+2	Robert Wright III makes two point jump shot	14-22
9:48		Nolan Winter misses three point jump shot
9:46		Dawson Baker defensive rebound
9:40		Andrew Rohde personal foul
9:40	+1	AJ Dybantsa makes regular free throw 1 of 2	14-23
9:40	+1	AJ Dybantsa makes regular free throw 2 of 2	14-24
9:32		Hayden Jones turnover (Robert Wright III steals)
9:25		Dawson Baker misses three point jump shot
9:23		Badgers defensive rebound
9:16		Austin Rapp misses two point layup
9:14		Keba Keita defensive rebound
8:53		Austin Rapp shooting foul
8:53	+1	AJ Dybantsa makes regular free throw 1 of 2	14-25
8:53		AJ Dybantsa misses regular free throw 2 of 2
8:53		Nolan Winter defensive rebound
8:48		AJ Dybantsa blocks John Blackwell's three point jump shot
8:46		AJ Dybantsa defensive rebound
8:43		Keba Keita turnover (Nolan Winter steals)
8:37		Dawson Baker shooting foul
8:37		John Blackwell misses regular free throw 1 of 2
8:37	+1	John Blackwell makes regular free throw 2 of 2	15-25
8:19	+2	Dominique Diomande makes two point layup (Robert Wright III assists)	15-27
8:00		John Blackwell misses two point jump shot
7:58		AJ Dybantsa defensive rebound
7:49		Dominique Diomande misses three point jump shot
7:47		Aleksas Bieliauskas defensive rebound
7:39		Robert Wright III personal foul
7:39		TV timeout
7:19		Khadim Mboup personal foul
7:17	+3	John Blackwell makes three point jump shot (Will Garlock assists)	18-27
7:00	+3	AJ Dybantsa makes three point jump shot	18-30
6:49		Tyler Mrus personal foul
6:49		Aleksas Bieliauskas misses regular free throw 1 of 1
6:49		Khadim Mboup defensive rebound
6:33	+2	AJ Dybantsa makes two point jump shot	18-32
6:21		John Blackwell turnover (Khadim Mboup steals)
6:17	+2	Khadim Mboup makes two point dunk	18-34
6:13		Badgers 30 second timeout
6:01	+2	Nick Boyd makes two point layup	20-34
5:50		Richie Saunders misses three point jump shot
5:48		Nolan Winter defensive rebound
5:47		Khadim Mboup personal foul
5:47	+1	Nolan Winter makes regular free throw 1 of 2	21-34
5:47	+1	Nolan Winter makes regular free throw 2 of 2	22-34
5:32	+2	Dawson Baker makes two point layup	22-36
5:14		Richie Saunders shooting foul
5:14	+1	Braeden Carrington makes regular free throw 1 of 2	23-36
5:14	+1	Braeden Carrington makes regular free throw 2 of 2	24-36
4:59		Nolan Winter shooting foul
4:59		Keba Keita misses regular free throw 1 of 2
4:59		Keba Keita misses regular free throw 2 of 2
4:59		Braeden Carrington defensive rebound
4:51	+2	Nick Boyd makes two point layup	26-36
4:40		Richie Saunders misses three point jump shot
4:38		John Blackwell defensive rebound
4:08	+2	John Blackwell makes two point jump shot (Nolan Winter assists)	28-36
3:53		Dawson Baker misses three point jump shot
3:51		Nolan Winter defensive rebound
3:35		Nolan Winter misses three point jump shot
3:33		Richie Saunders defensive rebound
3:09	+2	Richie Saunders makes two point layup	28-38
2:53		AJ Dybantsa personal foul
2:53		TV timeout
2:53	+1	Austin Rapp makes regular free throw 1 of 2	29-38
2:53	+1	Austin Rapp makes regular free throw 2 of 2	30-38
2:32		Robert Wright III misses two point layup
2:30		Aleksas Bieliauskas defensive rebound
2:27		Braeden Carrington misses three point jump shot
2:25		Robert Wright III defensive rebound
2:21	+2	Richie Saunders makes two point layup (Robert Wright III assists)	30-40
2:08		Austin Rapp turnover (Richie Saunders steals)
2:08		Cougars 30 second timeout
1:57		Tyler Mrus misses three point jump shot
1:55		Richie Saunders offensive rebound
1:52	+2	Richie Saunders makes two point jump shot	30-42
1:39		John Blackwell misses three point jump shot
1:37		Keba Keita defensive rebound
1:29		AJ Dybantsa misses two point layup
1:27		John Blackwell defensive rebound
1:12		Braeden Carrington misses two point layup
1:10		Nolan Winter offensive rebound
1:10	+2	Nolan Winter makes two point jump shot	32-42
1:10		AJ Dybantsa shooting foul
1:10		Nolan Winter misses regular free throw 1 of 1
1:10		Keba Keita defensive rebound
0:43		Dominique Diomande misses three point jump shot
0:41		Richie Saunders offensive rebound
0:38	+2	Richie Saunders makes two point layup	32-44
0:08		Keba Keita personal foul
0:08		John Blackwell misses regular free throw 1 of 2
0:08	+1	John Blackwell makes regular free throw 2 of 2	33-44
0:02		Hayden Jones shooting foul
0:02	+1	Dawson Baker makes regular free throw 1 of 2	33-45
0:02		Dawson Baker misses regular free throw 2 of 2
0:02		Aleksas Bieliauskas defensive rebound
0:00		End of period

2nd Half
WISC
Badgers
37
BYU
Cougars
53

Time		Play	Score
19:54		Nolan Winter blocks Keba Keita's two point layup
19:52		Nolan Winter defensive rebound
19:35	+3	Andrew Rohde makes three point jump shot (John Blackwell assists)	36-45
19:23	+2	Robert Wright III makes two point layup	36-47
19:01		Keba Keita personal foul
18:46		Nick Boyd misses three point jump shot
18:44		AJ Dybantsa defensive rebound
18:40		AJ Dybantsa turnover (Austin Rapp steals)
18:40		Badgers 30 second timeout
18:40		TV timeout
18:27		Andrew Rohde misses three point jump shot
18:25		Cougars defensive rebound
18:15	+2	Dawson Baker makes two point driving layup (Robert Wright III assists)	36-49
18:05		AJ Dybantsa personal foul
17:59		John Blackwell misses two point layup
17:57		AJ Dybantsa defensive rebound
17:49		AJ Dybantsa offensive foul
17:49		AJ Dybantsa turnover (offensive foul)
17:34	+2	Nolan Winter makes two point dunk (Andrew Rohde assists)	38-49
17:23	+3	Dawson Baker makes three point jump shot (Richie Saunders assists)	38-52
17:13	+2	Nick Boyd makes two point driving layup	40-52
16:45		Robert Wright III turnover (Nick Boyd steals)
16:38		Dawson Baker personal foul (Nick Boyd draws the foul)
16:33		Austin Rapp misses three point jump shot
16:31		Dominique Diomande defensive rebound
16:18		Robert Wright III misses three point jump shot
16:16		Dominique Diomande offensive rebound
16:06	+2	Khadim Mboup makes two point dunk (Robert Wright III assists)	40-54
15:58	+2	Nick Boyd makes two point layup	42-54
15:45		Dominique Diomande misses three point jump shot
15:43		Dawson Baker offensive rebound
15:42		Nick Boyd personal foul
15:42		TV timeout
15:29		Robert Wright III misses two point jump shot
15:27		Braeden Carrington defensive rebound
15:13	+2	Jack Janicki makes two point layup (Nolan Winter assists)	44-54
15:00		Richie Saunders misses three point jump shot
14:58		Nolan Winter defensive rebound
14:49		Aleksas Bieliauskas turnover (Richie Saunders steals)
14:30		Aleksas Bieliauskas blocks Khadim Mboup's two point layup
14:28		Aleksas Bieliauskas defensive rebound
14:20	+3	Jack Janicki makes three point jump shot (Braeden Carrington assists)	47-54
13:59		Nolan Winter shooting foul (Dominique Diomande draws the foul)
13:59	+1	Dominique Diomande makes regular free throw 1 of 2	47-55
13:59	+1	Dominique Diomande makes regular free throw 2 of 2	47-56
13:54		Dominique Diomande personal foul (Nick Boyd draws the foul)
13:48		Braeden Carrington misses two point jump shot
13:46		Robert Wright III defensive rebound
13:35		Tyler Mrus misses three point jump shot
13:33		Nolan Winter defensive rebound
13:24		Nolan Winter misses two point layup
13:22		Nolan Winter offensive rebound
13:12	+2	Nolan Winter makes two point layup	49-56
12:58		Richie Saunders misses two point layup
12:58		Keba Keita offensive rebound
12:58		Jack Janicki shooting foul (Keba Keita draws the foul)
12:58	+1	Keba Keita makes regular free throw 1 of 2	49-57
12:58	+1	Keba Keita makes regular free throw 2 of 2	49-58
12:50		Andrew Rohde turnover (Keba Keita steals)
12:34		Will Garlock personal foul (Robert Wright III draws the foul)
12:23	+2	Richie Saunders makes two point layup	49-60
12:05		John Blackwell misses two point jump shot
12:03		Keba Keita defensive rebound
12:00		Will Garlock shooting foul (Dominique Diomande draws the foul)
12:00		TV timeout
12:00	+1	Dominique Diomande makes regular free throw 1 of 2	49-61
12:00	+1	Dominique Diomande makes regular free throw 2 of 2	49-62
11:49		Nolan Winter misses three point jump shot
11:47		Robert Wright III defensive rebound
11:38	+3	Richie Saunders makes three point jump shot (Robert Wright III assists)	49-65
11:28		Dawson Baker shooting foul (Nick Boyd draws the foul)
11:28		Nick Boyd misses regular free throw 1 of 2
11:28	+1	Nick Boyd makes regular free throw 2 of 2	50-65
11:00		Andrew Rohde personal foul (Dawson Baker draws the foul)
10:51		Andrew Rohde blocks Robert Wright III's two point layup
10:49		Khadim Mboup offensive rebound
10:42		Robert Wright III misses two point jump shot
10:40		Dawson Baker offensive rebound
10:32		Tyler Mrus misses three point jump shot
10:30		Nolan Winter defensive rebound
10:22	+2	Nick Boyd makes two point driving layup	52-65
10:02		Nolan Winter shooting foul (Richie Saunders draws the foul)
10:02	+1	Richie Saunders makes regular free throw 1 of 2	52-66
10:02		Richie Saunders misses regular free throw 2 of 2
10:02		Andrew Rohde defensive rebound
9:56		Nick Boyd misses three point jump shot
9:54		Khadim Mboup defensive rebound
9:42	+3	Tyler Mrus makes three point jump shot (Khadim Mboup assists)	52-69
9:26		Dawson Baker personal foul (Nick Boyd draws the foul)
9:26		Nick Boyd misses regular free throw 1 of 1
9:26		Khadim Mboup defensive rebound
9:06		Robert Wright III misses two point layup
9:04		Nick Boyd defensive rebound
8:58		John Blackwell misses three point jump shot
8:56		Robert Wright III defensive rebound
8:38	+3	Richie Saunders makes three point jump shot (Robert Wright III assists)	52-72
8:32		Dominique Diomande technical foul
8:32	+1	John Blackwell makes technical free throw 1 of 2	53-72
8:32		John Blackwell misses technical free throw 2 of 2
8:30		Badgers offensive rebound
8:24		Nick Boyd turnover (Dominique Diomande steals)
8:12		Robert Wright III misses three point jump shot
8:10		Andrew Rohde defensive rebound
8:09		Austin Rapp offensive foul
8:09		Austin Rapp turnover (offensive foul)
7:48		Tyler Mrus misses three point jump shot
7:46		Dominique Diomande offensive rebound
7:43		TV timeout
7:27	+3	Richie Saunders makes three point jump shot (AJ Dybantsa assists)	53-75
7:08	+2	Nick Boyd makes two point driving layup	55-75
7:08		Khadim Mboup shooting foul (Nick Boyd draws the foul)
7:08	+1	Nick Boyd makes regular free throw 1 of 1	56-75
6:56		John Blackwell shooting foul (AJ Dybantsa draws the foul)
6:56	+1	AJ Dybantsa makes regular free throw 1 of 2	56-76
6:56	+1	AJ Dybantsa makes regular free throw 2 of 2	56-77
6:50		Austin Rapp misses three point jump shot
6:48		Andrew Rohde offensive rebound
6:48		Andrew Rohde misses two point layup
6:46		Cougars defensive rebound
6:46		Nolan Winter personal foul (Mihailo Boskovic draws the foul)
6:46	+1	Mihailo Boskovic makes regular free throw 1 of 2	56-78
6:46		Mihailo Boskovic misses regular free throw 2 of 2
6:46		John Blackwell defensive rebound
6:38		John Blackwell misses two point jump shot
6:36		Dominique Diomande defensive rebound
6:34		Dominique Diomande turnover (John Blackwell steals)
6:25	+2	John Blackwell makes two point layup	58-78
6:25	+3	Richie Saunders makes three point jump shot (AJ Dybantsa assists)	58-81
6:25		Nick Boyd shooting foul (Richie Saunders draws the foul)
6:25		Richie Saunders misses regular free throw 1 of 1
6:25		John Blackwell defensive rebound
6:18		Dominique Diomande personal foul (John Blackwell draws the foul)
6:18		John Blackwell misses regular free throw 1 of 2
6:18		John Blackwell misses regular free throw 2 of 2
6:18		Tyler Mrus defensive rebound
5:56		Jack Janicki personal foul (Mihailo Boskovic draws the foul)
5:56	+1	Mihailo Boskovic makes regular free throw 1 of 2	58-82
5:56	+1	Mihailo Boskovic makes regular free throw 2 of 2	58-83
5:37		John Blackwell turnover
5:25		Austin Rapp shooting foul (AJ Dybantsa draws the foul)
5:25	+1	AJ Dybantsa makes regular free throw 1 of 2	58-84
5:25	+1	AJ Dybantsa makes regular free throw 2 of 2	58-85
5:01		Nick Boyd misses three point jump shot
4:59		Jack Janicki offensive rebound
4:52		Aleksas Bieliauskas offensive foul
4:52		Aleksas Bieliauskas turnover (offensive foul)
4:32		Jack Janicki shooting foul (AJ Dybantsa draws the foul)
4:32	+1	AJ Dybantsa makes regular free throw 1 of 2	58-86
4:32	+1	AJ Dybantsa makes regular free throw 2 of 2	58-87
4:21		John Blackwell misses two point jump shot
4:19		Tyler Mrus defensive rebound
3:58		AJ Dybantsa misses two point layup
3:56		Mihailo Boskovic offensive rebound
3:55		Mihailo Boskovic misses two point layup
3:53		Will Garlock defensive rebound
3:52		Nick Boyd turnover (bad pass)
3:52		TV timeout
3:35		AJ Dybantsa misses two point jump shot
3:33		Nolan Winter defensive rebound
3:14		Jack Janicki misses three point jump shot
3:12		Nolan Winter offensive rebound
3:11		Richie Saunders shooting foul (Nolan Winter draws the foul)
3:11	+1	Nolan Winter makes regular free throw 1 of 2	59-87
3:11	+1	Nolan Winter makes regular free throw 2 of 2	60-87
2:59		Mihailo Boskovic misses three point jump shot
2:57		John Blackwell defensive rebound
2:56		Aleksej Kostic personal foul (John Blackwell draws the foul)
2:56	+1	John Blackwell makes regular free throw 1 of 2	61-87
2:56	+1	John Blackwell makes regular free throw 2 of 2	62-87
2:42	+3	Aleksej Kostic makes three point jump shot (Robert Wright III assists)	62-90
2:28	+2	Nick Boyd makes two point jump shot	64-90
1:59	+3	Aleksej Kostic makes three point jump shot (Robert Wright III assists)	64-93
1:34		Nick Boyd misses two point stepback jump shot
1:32		Aleksej Kostic defensive rebound
1:08	+3	Robert Wright III makes three point jump shot	64-96
0:39	+3	Braeden Carrington makes three point jump shot (Will Garlock assists)	67-96
0:17		Aleksej Kostic misses three point jump shot
0:15		Jared McGregor offensive rebound
0:06	+2	Xavion Staton makes two point dunk (Jared McGregor assists)	67-98
0:01	+3	Braeden Carrington makes three point jump shot	70-98
0:00		End of period

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Braeden Carrington makes three point jump shot