In a contest where Egor Demin, Dallin Hall and Kanon Catchings combined for just four total points, BYU desperately needed an explosive effort elsewhere in order to hang with the Knights.

On Tuesday night, the BYU basketball program dominated Colorado 83-67 to notch their first road win of the season. This was a must-win game for BYU's NCAA Tourn

BYU came up with one of its biggest wins of the season in a 81-75 victory over UCF Saturday in Orlando. After faltering late in previous road losses at TCU and Utah, BYU played some of its best ball in the final 5 minutes of the game to outplay UCF and their talented individual scorers down the stretch.

There would be no shortage of help for Saunders against Colorado. While BYU came into Tuesday averaging just 70.3 points per game against Big 12 foes, the Cougars scored 83 against the Buffaloes, with 25 coming from Saunders and eight players adding another 58.