Final from Kansas City: BYU 54 Houston 74 BYU's new season low in scoring comes against UH in the Big 12 tourney semis; BYU's previous low was 55 points at Houston. Cougs shot a season-low 31.7% from the field and a season-low 21.4% from the arc (6-for-28). Houston was the…

Houston drilled BYU at the Fertitta Center. But lately, the Cougars from Provo have been just as hot as the Cougars who won the regular-season Big 12 Conference championship. And now, two sets of Cougars put their long winning streaks on the line in Friday night's Phillips 66 Big 12 Championship semifinal at Kansas City.

Emanuel Sharpe scored 26 points, LJ Cryer had 20 and second-ranked Houston stifled No. 17 BYU in a 74-54 victory that moved the Cougars into the Big 12 Tournament championship game for the second consecutive season.