KISSIMMEE, Fla. — BYU has won the ESPN Events Invitational championship.

The Cougars put together another second half rally to outlast Dayton 83-79 Friday night at the ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex at Walt Disney World, capturing the event title and moving to 6-1 on the season.

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BYU rode yet another second half surge. At this point it’s probably safe to just call the Cougars a second half team.

Similar to Thursday’s outing against Miami, BYU trailed at the conclusion of Friday’s first half but exploded out of intermission.

The Cougars opened the second half against Dayton on a 26-4 run, including a stretch of 15 unanswered points after the Flyers opened the period with a 3-pointer.

Dayton did fight back to tie the score at 70 with just over three minutes left and pull

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