Silas Demary Jr., Alex Karaban and Tarris Reed Jr. each scored 21 points to lead No. 3 UConn to an 86-84 victory over No. 7 BYU on Saturday night in the Hall of Fame Series at Boston.

Karaban made all four 3-point attempts and was 8 of 11 overall, Reed was 8-of-10 shooting and grabbed eight rebounds and Demary Jr. had seven assists for the Huskies (4-0), who nearly let a 20-point second-half lead get away.

AJ Dybantsa scored 21 of his 25 points in the second half for the Cougars (3-1). Richie Saunders added 17 points, Robert Wright III tallied 16 and Dawson Baker had 12.

Dybantsa drained a 3-pointer to bring BYU within 82-79 with 30.8 seconds remaining. Demary made two throws to give UConn a five-point edge with 28.2 seconds to play. Baker swished a long trey with 20.3 seconds left as t

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