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Provo • So that's what good, old-fashioned payback looks like.

A year after being surprised on their home court by Pacific and two days after losing badly to No. 19 Saint Mary's on the road, the Cougars made sure neither feeling returned on Saturday in front of 13,677 fans who braved freezing, icy road conditions and made it to the Marriott Center.

Five Cougars scored in double figures and the entire team shared the ball as well as it has all season in a 91-62 rout of the Tigers to improve to 3-1 in West Coast Conference play, 12-5 overall.

Pacific, which is now guided by former NBA star Damon Stoudamire but still features many of the same players who registered last year's stunning 77-72 upset in Provo, fell to 1-3 and 7-10.

"Yeah, we talked about it in the locker room, and they said they got us last year, and so we definitely had that in our minds going into this game, and we definitely came out ready to go," said BYU guard TJ Haws, who had 15 points, seven rebounds and three assists, including a pair of alley-lop passes to Eric Mika for dunks that delighted the crowd early in the second half.

By then the outcome was no longer in doubt, as the Cougars raced out to a 47-29 halftime lead and erased any worries of lingering malaise from the Debacle by the Bay on Thursday.

"I think the Saint Mary's [performance] stung a little bit, so we used that as motivation and emphasized the ball not sticking," said Elijah Bryant, who scored 13 of his 17 points in the first half, entering the game earlier than expected when freshman Yoeli Childs got into foul trouble. "We were moving it around, sharing it, and taking much better shots."

After posting 28 points and 10 rebounds at Saint Mary's, Mika had 17 points and 10 rebounds in just 20 minutes against the overmatched Tigers, his ninth double-double.

Coach Dave Rose said talking about last year's loss was necessary because of how many Pacific players were part of that big win last year with an interim coach.

"It was a priority for us, and our guys were ready for it," Rose said.

Anthony Townes matched a career-high with 18 points for Pacific, but leading scorers T.J. Wallace and Ray Bowles were held to a combined six points. They combined for 22 last year.

Looking nothing like the team that was riddled defensively by the Gaels, BYU forced Pacific into missing its first 10 3-point attempts and held the visitors to 34.3 percent shooting.

Offensively, the Cougars assisted on 19 of 31 field goals and shot 50.8 percent from the field. They were 10 of 24 from 3-point range, matching the season-high of 10 treys against Valparaiso.

Rose didn't jump on the revenge bandwagon, saying "it will be a whole different deal when we go over there" to play the Tigers in Stockton, but was pleased with how the team responded to only its second double-digit loss of the season.

"When you get your guys from a missed opportunity and get them to play together as well as we played tonight, that's a good sign," Rose said. "Because a lot of times that happens and individual guys want to go to their individual places, and their individual games, and then you end up with another loss."

The Cougars return to the Marriott Center on Thursday to host San Francisco before traveling to San Diego next Saturday.

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BYU 91, Pacific 62

PACIFIC (7-10)

Lampkin 4-7 2-4 10, Townes 8-14 2-4 18, Bowles 0-6 0-0 0, Tinsley 1-5 0-0 3, Wallace 2-5 2-2 6, Theodorou 1-7 1-2 4, Williams 1-6 1-2 4, Eleraky 1-3 0-0 2, Ursery 1-2 0-2 2, Montague 2-4 2-3 7, Haynes 1-2 0-0 2, Taylor 0-4 0-0 0, Smith 2-5 0-2 4. Totals 24-70 10-21 62.

BYU (12-5)

Childs 5-7 4-4 14, Mika 7-11 3-3 17, Emery 4-10 2-2 12, Rose 1-2 0-0 3, Haws 4-10 4-4 15, Shaw 0-1 1-4 1, Dastrup 0-0 0-0 0, Guinn 0-1 0-0 0, Kaufusi 0-1 0-1 0, Bryant 5-7 5-6 17, Leifson 2-4 0-0 6, Beo 3-7 0-1 6. Totals 31-61 19-25 91.

Halftime—BYU 47-29. 3-Point Goals—Pacific 4-21 (Tinsley 1-2, Williams 1-3, Montague 1-3, Theodorou 1-5, Bowles 0-1, Smith 0-2, Wallace 0-2, Taylor 0-3), BYU 10-24 (Haws 3-7, Bryant 2-3, Leifson 2-4, Emery 2-5, Rose 1-2, Beo 0-3). Fouled Out—None. Rebounds—Pacific 30 (Theodorou 5), BYU 45 (Mika 10). Assists—Pacific 11 (Bowles 3), BYU 19 (Bryant, Rose, Mika, Haws 3). Total Fouls—Pacific 21, BYU 20.