During his time on the offensive line, with most of it at center, Pay has protected Zach Wilson, Jaren Hall, Baylor Romney, Kedon Slovis and Jake Retzlaff — and he has won a lot of games.

BYU runs the flea-flicker to perfection as Baylor Romney connects with Matt Bushman for a 39-yard touchdown to give the Cougars a 28-10 lead over the Mustangs.

Tuesday’s game versus Baylor is a potential turning point for BYU. BYU looked great in wins at Colorado and vs Cincinnati last week — both Quad Two wins — but are still lacking a Quad One win.

If BYU was going to put themselves in the NCAA Tournament conversation, they needed to be able to win close games. Against Baylor, BYU got over the hump, beating Baylor 93-89 in overtime.

BYU Cougars (12-10, 3-8 Big 12) at Baylor Bears (19-5, 9-2 Big 12) Waco, Texas; Saturday, 8 p.m. EST BOTTOM LINE: Darianna Littlepage-Buggs and Baylor host Delaney Gibb and BYU in Big 12 action ...

Romney and Helu returned home so close to the unofficial cutoff date. All three would have options to play at high level schools right away and it is in BYU's best interest to get each of them ...

Totals 32-58 21-26 93. Halftime_BYU 44-36. 3-Point Goals_Baylor 13-28 (Edgecombe 6-8, Wright 2-4, Nunn 2-5, Celestine 2-6, Omier 1-5), BYU 8-21 (Catchings 4-4, Hall 1-1, Mag 1-2, Knell 1-3 ...

PROVO, Utah (AP) — Kanon Catchings finished with 23 points, Richie Saunders scored six of his 17 points in overtime and BYU beat Baylor 93-89 on Tuesday night. BYU opened the extra period on a 9-3 ...

BOTTOM LINE: BYU plays Baylor in Big 12 action Saturday. The Bears have gone 12-1 at home. Baylor is fifth in college basketball with 19.8 assists per game. Jada Walker leads the Bears averaging 5 ...

Wisconsin and BYU's respective triumphs over double-digit seeds were a sign of things to come. Entering the second round, the East Region has only seen one upset -- No. 9 Baylor over No. 8 ...