Dawson Baker, Cougars hot from deep in blowout of Queens (Charlotte)

Dawson Baker hit six 3-pointers and scored 22 points to help BYU cruise to a 99-55 win over visiting Queens University of Charlotte on Wednesday night in Provo, Utah.The Cougars (3-0) jumped out to a 28-2 lead and went ahead by as many as 47 points.The Royals (2-2) were playing for the second consecutive night on a long Western road trip.Jaxon Pollard, who played at nearby Lone Peak High in Highland, Utah, and Maban Jabriel led Queens with nine points apiece. The new Division I team from North Carolina lost the previous night at Utah, 96-65.Trevin Knell added 16 points with four 3-pointers for BYU, while Egor Demin scored 14 and Keba Keita notched his third straight game with double-digit rebounds with 13 to go along with 11 points.BYU scored the first nine points, including consecutive layups by Knell, Demin and Richie Saunders. Knell made it 9-0 with the first of the Cougars’ 15 3-pointers.Malcolm Wilson put Queens on the scoreboard with a dunk at the 17:29 mark. The visitors didn’t score again until Asjon Anderson hit a 3-pointer just over seven minutes later.By that point, BYU had taken a 26-point lead after a dominating 19-0 run.

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