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PROVO, Utah – A jumper off the glass from Dallin Hall with 1.5 seconds to go lifted Brigham Young to a 66-64 win over visiting Missouri State here Wednesday in a thrilling game that featured 11 ties and 14 lead changes before 12,587 fans at Marriott Center.
 
Chance Moore led Missouri State (1-1) with 18 points and 11 rebounds off the bench while contributing three treys. Bryan Trimble added 11 points, also with three triples, for the Bears.
 
Noah Waterman was the leading scorer for BYU (2-1) with 15 points, all on 3-pointers, while Spencer Johnson scored 10.
 
Missouri State trailed by 10 points with 12:47 to go, falling behind 50-40 on Waterman's fifth trey of the game. But the Bears then exploded for a 15-3 run over the next three-and-a-half minutes to take the lead.
 
Donovan Clay's layup at the 7:56 mark gave MSU a 55-53 advantage. Shortly thereafter, Trimble's free throw pushed MSU ahead 56-53..
 
Down the stretch, Trimble's three off the glass with just under three minutes to go gave the Bears a 62-61 lead. Dana Ford's squad was scrappy, energetic and determined, coming up with clutch plays and key rebounds, none greater than Alston Mason's layup with 7.2 seconds remaining that knotted things up 64-64.
 
After Hall's clutch bucket for BYU, the Bears had 1.5 seconds for a desperation shot, but couldn't pull off the road upset for their first defeat of the young season.
 
MSU finished 24-of-61 (.393) overall from the field, including 7-of-22 (.318) from long range and 9-of-16 (.600) at the line in a rowdy environment. MSU finished with just 9 turnovers and snagged 6 steals with Matthew Lee dishing out a team-high 4 assists.
 
BYU was 23-of-56 (.411) overall from the field, 9-of-25 (.360) from long range and 11-of-20 (.550) at the stripe with a 42-37 rebounding advantage. BYU* blocked 9 shots and matched Missouri State's 16 second-chance points.
 
In the opening half , there were eight ties and six lead changes with BYU's 7-0 run just before the intermission giving the home side a narrow 36-35 advantage at the midway point.
 
Chance Moore's 10 points led the Bears, and his streak of seven straight MSU points midway through the opening stanza gave the visitors a 30-29 lead with 4:21 to go in the half. But after a Lee jumper gave the Bears a 32-29 edge, BYU reeled off seven unanswered tallies. Lee ended the half with a banked-in three to cut the MSU deficit to 36-35 at the break.
 
Missouri State returns to Great Southern Bank Arena on Saturday to square off with Middle Tennessee at 2 p.m. at Great Southern Bank Arena. Tickets are available at MissouriStateBears.com or by visiting the Great Southern Bank Arena Box office, (417) 836-7678, during regular box office hours.