It took all 12 BYU players who got into Tuesday’s game at West Virginia to finish the deal. The Cougars got huge plays down the stretch in two areas where they have struggled this season (defense and free throw shooting) to take down the Mountaineers 73-69 in front of 10,

Freshman Egor Demin scored 16 points to lead BYU to a 73-69 win over West Virginia on Tuesday night. Kanon Catchings added 11 points for BYU (16-8, 7-6 Big 12).

BYU athletics director Tom Holmoe will retire at the end of the Cougars’ 2024-25 athletic season. Holmoe took charge of BYU’s athletics department in 2005. Among the hallmarks of his career, he guided the university’s football program through a decade of independence and eventually into the Big 12 Conference.

Tom Holmoe somehow worked himself into being the longest-tenured athletic director in BYU history. And he did it as well as any person could. On Wednesday, Holmoe will formally announce his retirement at a press conference in Provo.