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PROVO, Utah -- For the second time in last eight months, UTA visited the Marriott Center and, for the second straight time, came away with a convincing victory.

Five different UTA players scored in double figures and the hot-shooting Mavericks led by as many as 25 points in an 89-75 win over the Cougars in front of 13,636 BYU faithful. Seniors Kevin Hervey and Erick Neal led the way for the Mavericks offensively with 23 and 21 points, respectively.

UTA improved to 2-0 on the season, while BYU fell to 2-1 following impressive victories against Mississippi Valley State and Princeton to open the year. The Cougars entered tonight's game allowing just 58.5 points and limiting their first two opponents to just 37.6 percent shooting.

Neal registered his second straight double-double with his 11 assist outing, while Hervey fell just one shy of his double-double with 9 rebounds. Nathan Hawkins added 11 points, while Kaelon Wilson and Johnny Hamilton added 10 apiece.

As a team, UTA shot 54.1 percent from the field and a warm 60 percent from behind the 3-point arc. The Mavericks also went 11-for-15 from the free throw line and outrebounded BYU by a slim 33-31 margin.

Elijan Bryant led BYU with 15 points as the Cougars shot just 43 percent for the game and a cool 22.2 percent from behind the 3-point arc.

The game wasn't too different from last season's National Invitation Tournament first round game in which the Mavericks claimed a high-scoring 105-89 win to end the Cougars' season.

BYU led for most of the first 6:44 off the game, until a Wilson 3-pointer tied the game at 13-apiece. The Cougars tied the game again at 15-15 and a Yoeli Childs jumper pulled BYU to within two points at 19-7 with 9:37 remaining in the half.

The Mavericks then went on a 13-0 run, capped by a 3-pointer by Neal that put UTA ahead 32-17 with 4:21 left. BYU's Dalton Nixon make a layup that ended the Cougars scoring drought that lasted almost six minutes.

In the second half, BYU cut the lead to 15 points on another layup by Nixon before the Mavericks went on a 13-3 run that pushed their lead to a game-high 25 points with 12:33 remaining. The two teams traded baskets for the next 6 minutes until BYU closed out the game with a 12-6 run over the last 2:20 to decide the final score.

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