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Nick Emery's three-point attempt bounced high off the back rim. Freshman Yoeli Childs gathered in the rebound with one hand way behind him, a good 4 feet from the rim, and hammered it through. It had to be one of the most memorable dunks in Marriott Center history, at least by a Cougar.

Welcome to the 2016-17 version of the BYU basketball team, one that threatens to be one of the most entertaining squads in recent memory but could also go through a lot of growing pains.

That quickly became apparent Wednesday night in Provo as the young, talented and at-times erratic Cougars walloped BYU-Hawaii 110-63 in their second exhibition game of the season. It starts for real on Monday when BYU entertains Princeton, a top-50 RPI team that barely missed the NCAA Tournament last year.

"I think that was a good tuneup for what we have ahead of us," said BYU coach Dave Rose. "I was really happy that we got all of our guys on the floor with a chance to play and get a feel for the gym. Now we have a real challenge in our preparation for Princeton. They are a really good team. I'm excited to get out there [and play them at home].

It was actually a competitive game early, as the Seasiders — playing their final season of basketball — cut the deficit to 25-23 midway through the first half. But BYU's superior size wore down its sister school — call it BYU on BYU crime, as it were — and the Cougars coasted in the final 30 minutes.

How bad was it? BYU outrebounded BYU-H 66-32 and held the visitors to 5 of 36 shooting from three-point range.

"I thought we started off really well because we were trying to stay within ourselves and not trying to do too much," BYU-H coach Gabe Roberts said. "Of course they're going to outrebound us and get a lot of points in the paint. We knew that was to be expected, but we couldn't just give up everything. And as the game went on, I don't know if the elevation plays into it, you start getting physically fatigued and then mentally fatigued because we stopped churning offense. All of the sudden it was just fire away at will at 3s. If you're making them, that's great, but if you're not, you've just got to keep working to get a better shot."

The game marked the debuts of transfers Elijah Bryant and L.J. Rose for BYU, and they didn't disappoint. That was especially true of Rose, who could have posted a triple-double if he had played more than 19 minutes.

The Houston transfer finished with four points, eight rebounds and 10 assists. Bryant had three rebounds, two points and an assist in 12 minutes, having been cleared by doctors earlier Wednesday to return to action after undergoing meniscus surgery in September.

Seven players scored in double digits, including four starters and three others off the bench. Senior forward Kyle Davis led the Cougars with 16 points, followed by Eric Mika and TJ Haws with 15 points. Sophomore guard Nick Emery scored 14 points while Colby Leifson had 12. Braiden Shaw and Childs contributed 11 and 10 points, respectively.

Childs had four dunks, including the aforementioned one in the first half that almost brought the house down.