Wyoming athletic director Tom Burman says he decided to fire men's basketball coach Heath Schroyer because it became clear that a change was necessary.

Burman said that with the team just 1-8 in the Mountain West Conference, he was concerned about the negativity surrounding the program.

"I just felt like rather than walk around on eggshells for the next month, if this thing was going to happen we might as well deal with it right now," he said.

Schroyer was fired Monday, two days after the Cowboys lost their seventh consecutive game and 15th of the season. He had a cumulative record of 49-68.

Wyoming fired basketball coach Heath Schroyer on Monday, two days after the Cowboys lost their seventh consecutive game and 15th of the season.

The Cowboys are 8-15 this season, including 1-8 in the Mountain West Conference.

His best season was 2008-09, when the team went 19-14 and earned a spot in the College Basketball Invitational tournament.

Brigham Young shot just 5-of-24 from three-point territory in their 69-62 win at Wyoming. Jimmer Fredette was 2-for-11 from distance.

Brandon Davies gave the Cougars an inside presence, scoring 20 points on 9-of-15 shooting from the field, and adding nine rebounds.

"We knew they were going to put a lot of pressure on (Fredette)," Davies said of Wyoming's defense. "We have great players around him and we just did our best to try to counter what they were doing."

"Brandon had a great game in flashes. When you look overall that he had 20 points and nine rebounds, that's a great game," Head Coach Dave Rose said. "But the six turnovers are things we can work on. The bottom line is, we made enough plays to win the game ... This is a great team win for us."