Gabi Garcia Fernandez had 25 kills and Davide Gardini added 20 kills to help the No. 8-ranked BYU men's volleyball team defeat No. 14 USC, 26-28, 25-22, 25-23, 25-13, in a Mountain Pacific Sports Federation match on Saturday (Feb. 16) in Provo, extending the Cougars' home court win streak over the Trojans to 22 straight.

BYU, which hasn't lost in Provo to the Trojans since 1996, improved to 6-4 overall and 2-2 in the MPSF.  It also was the Cougars' seventh straight win anywhere over Troy.  USC fell to 7-6 overall and 1-2 in the MPSF.

Jack Wyett led USC with 16 kills (hitting .387) and 4 blocks, while Ryan Moss and Gianluca Grasso each had 13 kills (Moss added 7 digs and Grasso had 6 digs) and Tyler Resnick had 5 blocks.

BYU hit .322 in the match to USC's .264 and the Cougars had more digs (34 to 20) and aces (5 to 1).  The Trojans led in blocks (10.0 to 8.5).

Fernandez hit .327 and had 7 digs for BYU, while Gardini hit .452 and had 6 digs and 3 blocks.  Miki Jauhiainen added 6 blocks for the Cougars, Wil Stanley had 9 digs and Taylor Richards had 8 digs

USC ran off 3 straight points in the first set to open a 14-11 lead and moved out to a 20-16 edge before BYU stormed back to go up 22-21 and the Cougars twice had set point (24-23 and 26-25), but USC scored the final 3 points on a Wyett kill and consecutive BYU hitting errors (the Trojans hit .393 and had 3.5 blocks in the set).  BYU built a 10-7 lead in the second set, but USC caught up at 16-16 and then the teams exchanged points until the Cougars tallied back-to-back points to go up 23-21, enough to close out the set while hitting .571.  USC used a 4-point run early in the third set to open a 6-4 lead and extended it to 11-8, but BYU soon after had its own 4-point run to go up 13-12, then USC slowly forged a 19-17 lead before the Cougars scored 3 straight points and soon after BYU went up 23-21, all the edge it needed.  A 3-point run early in the fourth set gave BYU a 6-3 lead and the Cougars then pulled away while hitting .458.

USC next visits crosstown rival No. 4 UCLA on Feb. 24 for a 5 p.m. PT Mountain Pacific Sports Federation contest that will be shown live on Pac-12 Network.