PROVO, Utah (AP) — Michael Flowers had 27 points as Washington State beat BYU 77-58 in the quarterfinals of the NIT on Wednesday night.
Dishon Jackson had 14 points for Washington State (22-14). Tyrell Roberts added 11 points.
Fousseyni Traore had 16 points and eight rebounds for BYU (24-11). Alex Barcello added 12 points and Caleb Lohner had 11 rebounds and five assists.
Flowers came into the game just two 3-pointers behind the school record for 3-pointers made, held by Klay Thompson in 2011. Flowers broke the record at the 10:56 mark in the second half of the game. He hit another one to run his total to 100.
The Cougars will now face Texas A&M in the semifinals on Tuesday at 6:30pm. The winner goes to the title game.
The semifinals and championship game will be played at Madison Square Garden in New York City.