PROVO, Utah (AP) -- Hanno Mottola scored four of his 18 points in the final minute and Utah (No. 24 ESPN/USA Today, unranked AP) beat instate rival BYU 56-49 on Saturday, the 350th victory for coach Rick Majerus.

Mottola completed a 3-point play and Alex Jensen hit a 3-pointer to help the Utes (13-3, 2-0 Mountain West) break a 34-34 tie with 16 minutes remaining.

BYU (12-3, 1-1) closed within 51-49 when Mikeli Wesley hit 1-of-2 free throws with 7:04 left, but the Cougars didn't score again. BYU missed five free throws and numerous field goal attempts down the stretch.

"I don't know what to say," said BYU coach Steve Cleveland. "We had shots. We had wide-open shots."

The Cougars, who have lost 11 straight games to Utah, shot 51 percent (11-of-20) in the first half but slumped to 25 percent (5-of-20) in the second.

Utah didn't fare much better in the last seven minutes. After Nate Althoff hit 1-of-2 free throws with 6:54 to play, the Utes went scoreless until Mottola's basket with 50.8 seconds left.

Tony Harvey stole a pass by BYU's Todd Christensen and made 1-of-2 free throws with 36 seconds to go. Moments later, Mottola blocked Wesley's 3-point try and then hit the game's last basket.

"I thought our guys hung tough," said Majerus. "I thought we missed excellent shots but it's a game that turns on defense and rebounding and we defended well."

Majerus, in his 11th season at Utah, has a 16-year record of 350-119. He's 251-67 with the Utes.

Nolan Richardson of Arkansas, Denny Crum of Louisville, Jim Boeheim of Syracuse and John Thompson of Georgetown are the only coaches to reach 350 wins in less than 16 years.

Althoff had 11 points for Utah, 10 of them as the Utes built a 31-30 halftime lead.

Wesley led BYU with 21 points while Terrell Lyday, who had scored 87 points in his three previous games, was held to 12.