SALT LAKE CITY — One game after BYU used a 21-0 second-half run to beat Pacific, the Cougars were on the opposite end of a second-half drought in their 83-82 loss to San Francisco at War Memorial at the Sobrato Center on Saturday.

Even with the lengthy drought, BYU had an opportunity to tie the game late after a 10-2 run made it 79-77, but Yoeli Childs missed the front-end free throw of a one-and-one situation with 17 seconds left, and the Dons wrapped up the win at the free-throw line.

Here are three takeaways the defined the game:

BYU (15-7, 4-3 West Coast Conference) went ahead a game-high 14 points at 54-40 after scoring nine of the first 11 points of the second half but San Francisco struck back with a 21-0 run to lead 61-54. The Cougars did not score for 6:56 during that stretch before Alex Barcello hit a 3-pointer to make it a four-point game. BYU missed seven straight shots and had four turnovers in the Dons’ run.

San Francisco (15-7, 4-3 WCC) outshot BYU 54.5% to 51.7% from the field and at one point made 12 of 13 field goals — the Dons shot 62.5% in the second half — in pushing their lead to as many as 13 points. San Francisco also made 13 3-pointers — seven in the second half — to counter 15 from the Cougars, including one at the final buzzer.

Khalil Shabazz had a career-high 32 points on perfect 10-for-10 shooting from the field while hitting six 3-pointers to lead San Francisco, and teammate Jamaree Bouyea added 23 points, five assists and four rebounds. TJ Haws led four BYU players in double-figures with 20 points and added four assists.

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