PROVO, Utah (AP) - Brandon Davies scored 28 points and Tyler Haws added 22 as BYU started fast and finished strong in defeating Georgia State 80-62 on Tuesday night.
The Cougars (2-0) led by as many as 29 points midway through the first half as the Panthers started 1 of 14.
But Georgia State (0-2) fought back, trailing 44-26 at halftime. The Panthers were within 11 points in the second half before Matt Carlino drained a 3-pointer to spark a 9-2 BYU run.
Manny Atkins led Georgia State with 21 points and eight rebounds. R.J. Hunter added 12 but made just 2 of 9 shots. Devonta White finished with 14 points but hit just 5 of 17 shots and was 0 of 6 from 3-point range.
The Cougars held a 42-24 advantage on points in the paint and 14-4 on the fast break.
BYU made 8 of 20 3-pointers and shot 52 percent.
| Scoreboard | |||
| Final | 1 | 2 | T |
| Georgia State (0-2) | 26 | 36 | 62 |
| Brigham Young (2-0) « | 44 | 36 | 80 |
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| Georgia State Panthers | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| M. Atkins, F | 36 | 9-18 | 0-0 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 21 |
| D. Burguillos, F | 28 | 4-6 | 1-2 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 9 |
| M. Crider, F | 13 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| D. White, G | 36 | 5-17 | 4-4 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 14 |
| R. Hunter, G | 34 | 2-9 | 8-9 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 12 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| R. Richardson | 32 | 3-9 | 0-0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| T. Shipes | 8 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| C. Solomon | 5 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| J. Vincent | 4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| D. Travers | 3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| R. Green | 1 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 23-65 | 13-15 | 33 | 9 | 14 | 62 | |
| 35.4% | 86.7% | ||||||
| Brigham Young Cougars | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| B. Davies, F | 29 | 10-14 | 8-10 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 28 |
| J. Sharp, F | 25 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| M. Carlino, G | 32 | 5-8 | 0-0 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 11 |
| T. Haws, G | 32 | 8-12 | 2-2 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 22 |
| B. Zylstra, G | 16 | 3-7 | 0-0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| C. Cusick | 23 | 1-5 | 0-0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| N. Austin | 16 | 2-5 | 0-0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| R. Delgado | 10 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| C. Calvert | 8 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| A. Ambrosino | 7 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| I. Harward | 2 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Totals | 31-60 | 10-12 | 41 | 21 | 15 | 80 | |
| 51.7% | 83.3% | ||||||
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