PROVO, Utah (AP) — Jimmer Fredette scored 16 of his game-high 29 points from the free-throw line, and reserve Stephen Rogers added 12 points as No. 9 BYU swepts its season series against UNLV with a 78-64 victory on Saturday.
Fredette’s free throw to cap a three-point play with 3:24 remaining made him the career scoring leader in the Mountain West Conference, breaking the record of 2,189 points set by San Diego State’s Brandon Heath in 2007.
BYU (22-2, 8-1) halted a three-game winning streak by UNLV (17-6, 5-4), which got 16 points from Anthony Marshall and 15 from Trevon Willis.
Jackson Emery added 15 points, including a pair of late 3-pointers, for the Cougars.
