It was not pretty; it was gritty, but the Cougars pulled off their biggest win of the season Tuesday night in an instant college basketball classic.

BYU basketball upset Iowa State at Hilton Coliseum despite turning the ball over a whopping 29 times, a major rarity.

“BYU deserves a lot of credit in how they came in here and how they played, but at the same time we know we had our chances and we had our opportunities,” Iowa State coach T.J. Otzelberger told reporters after the game. “So that should be frustrating, and then what you do is you learn from it and become better for it.”