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Los Angeles • Morgan Bailey's seventh double-double of the year helped lead BYU women's basketball to a 71-63 victory over Loyola Marymount on Thursday night.
"It was a great comeback by our team, and we saw some really nice play from a lot of players tonight," BYU coach Jeff Judkins said. "This was a really good team effort to get the win."
Bailey scored 22 points and grabbed 16 rebounds. Lexi Eaton added 20 points.
Makenzi Morrison had 14 points, shooting 4 of 4 from the charity stripe in the last minute of the game.
BYU (12-4, 4-1) started off shooting the ball poorly, going 2 for 7 in the first seven minutes of the game. LMU (2-13, 0-4) took advantage of the off-shooting start and took the 16-5 lead with 12:51 remaining in the first half.
Eaton drilled a 3-pointer to make it 24-13. Bailey made a layup, the last bucket of the first half, with 30 seconds in the half to make the score 28-23 LMU at halftime. The Cougars closed out the half on a 6-0 run.
BYU had a hot start to the second half, taking the 33-32 lead after a layup from Eaton.
Another shot from Eaton sparked a 9-0 run for the Cougars to go up 42-34 with 14:20 remaining.
LMU kept it close toward the end, getting within three points with one minute left. Morrison sealed the game for BYU late, making four free throws and stealing the ball with 10 seconds remaining to keep the lead.