Provo, Utah - Desire Finnie scored 22 points, but the Pacific women's basketball team suffered an extended dry spell enabling BYU to pull away, in a 79-62 loss Saturday.

Pacific rallied from down 21 to close within three, but BYU went on a 22-7 run spanning the third and fourth quarters as the Tigers went scoreless for 8:46.

BYU shot 45 percent (28-of-62) for the game, while the Tigers connected at just 30 percent (19-of-65) and just 22 percent (8-of-38) in the second half.

Najah Queenland added nine points for Pacific, while GeAnna Luaulu-Summers added eight. Emily Simons and Eli Lopez Sagrera each chipped six.

Pacific falls to 8-7 overall, 1-3 in West Coast Conference play. BYU improves to 9-4 overall, 2-1 in WCC action.

Najah Queenland answered a lay-up from Makenzi Pulsipher with a three-pointer, and Simons finished inside for a 5-4 lead early. But BYU answered with seven-straight for an 11-5 lead five minutes in. BYU stretched the run to 14-0 as Pacific committed five turnovers and couldn't draw a whistle on offensive drives.

Finnie responded with an and-one, but Kylie Maeda responded with a three-pointer for a 23-8 BYU lead.

BYU shot 63 percent in the first quarter (10-of-16), while the Tigers committed eight turnovers leading to 10 BYU points. Pacific hit on just 3-of-14 in the first period.

BYU led by 20 before Eli Lopez Sagrera knocked down a jumper from the elbow. Butler drained a three-pointer to cut the gap to 16, 33-17 with 5:45 to go in the half and Lopez Sagrera struck again. Pacific cut the deficit to 13 before the Cougars answered with back-to-back buckets.

Luaulu-Summers added a three-pointer as the Tigers cut the Cougars lead to 42-32. In the final minute of the half, Finnie picked the pocket of the ball handler and turned it into a fast-break lay-up on each of the Cougars' final two possessions.

The Tigers closed the half on a 13-3 run over 2:18, and outscored BYU 24-11 over 7:45 to cut the BYU lead to 42-36 at the half.

The Tigers shot 8-of-13 in the second quarter and forced seven BYU turnovers to climb back into the game.

Simons and Luaulu-Summers hit back-to-back three-pointers, to cut the deficit to just three, but Lexi Ryalch answered with a pair of three-pointers for the Cougars.

Finnie scored inside, and Hailie Eackles rattled home a three-pointer (her 26th consecutive game with a triple), but Rydalch struck again as the Cougars led by eight.

Pacific went cold from the field, hitting one of their last 10, as the Cougars closed the period on a 9-0 run to take a 63-49 lead after three periods.

BYU scored the first 11 points of the fourth quarter as part of a 24-7 run to take a 74-49 lead with 6:23 to go.

The Tigers suffered an 8:46 scoring drought before Luaulu-Summers finished at the rim, but by then the Tigers were back down 25.

Finnie added a pair of three-pointers to finish off her third 20+ point game of the season.

BYU was led by Rydalch with 26 points while Kylie Maeda added 17 and Pulsipher tallied 14.

Pacific is back in action on Thursday, when the Tigers welcome Pepperdine to the Alex G. Spanos Center for a 7 p.m. tip-off.