But the Bulldogs have Callen Tollestrup and Makai Allen.

Never give up.

Never surrender.

Provo’s two stars led a furious comeback, culminating in a thrilling 71-66 double overtime victory on Wednesday at the Dee Events Center in Ogden.

Provo shockingly trailed 34-15 at halftime.

“Honestly, I just tried to keep them positive and focused and believing,” Bulldogs coach Chris Collinsworth said. “No one could plays as bad as we played in the first half. Credit to Sky View, they did whatever they wanted. But it was good for us to come out and compete in the second half. Good things happened.”

Provo still trailed by 11 points with four minutes to play. Tollestrup took over, scoring 19 of his game-high 33 points in the final four minutes of regulation and the two overtimes.

“We just kept trying to do us,” Collinsworth said. “We made some adjustments, but nothing crazy. Lucky for us guys came alive and made plays. Callen made massive plays. He was a dog.”

If there was a clutch play to be made, Tollestrup made it. His two free throws with 26.8 seconds left tied the game at 49 to force the first overtime and his stone-cold 3-pointer from the corner knotted the score 60-60 with 14 seconds left in the first extra session.

Tollestrup scored six in the second OT and blocked what would have been a game-tying 3-point attempt by Sky View with 9.9 seconds to play. Allen, who was mostly held in check by the Bobcats’ zone defense, made the key defensive play of the game with a steal and layup in the final seconds to preserve the win.

Provo outscored Sky View 17-4 in the fourth quarter, including an 11-0 run in the final four minutes to get the game to overtime.

Allen, who averages 23 points per game, finished with 15 for the Bulldogs and Griffin DeMartini had 13 points before fouling out in the second overtime. Tollestrup also had 11 rebounds, four assists, two steals and a block.

Zach Oxborrow topped Sky View (19-5) with 26 points and McCade Rolle added 20.

Provo (21-4), which has won 20 of its past 21 games, will play No. 5 seed Dixie in one of Friday’s semifinals. The Flyers edged the Bulldogs 61-59 at St. George in November.

“They beat us by two, so we’re excited to play them again,” Collinsworth said. “The day off (Thursday) is huge for us after playing two overtimes. That would asking a lot of the guys to play another game right away. But it won’t be a day off for us. We’re always working.”

Timpanogos 49, Pine View 42

While Sky View couldn’t pull off its huge upset bid, the Timberwolves found a way to shock the No. 2 seed Panthers.

Timpanogos — just 2-9 through 11 games this season — reached the state semifinals for the first time since 2018 by staying calm down the stretch, finally taking a 43-42 lead on a basketball by Forest Corner-Bettwesier with 1:01 to play. Pine View got to the foul line on its next possession but missed both. The T-Wolves got Corner-Bettweister free on an full-court out-of-bounds play with 20 seconds left for a 45-42 advantage.

The Panthers drew another foul but again missed both tosses, and Jaxen McCuistion calmly sank four straight free throws for the final margin.

“It was an ugly, scrappy game and it’s tough that someone has to lose one of those,” Timpanogos head coach Golden Ingle said. “We were happy to come out of this with a victory. We started the season 0-8 but after 0-7 these players still came into practice and battled. I knew they would still play like champions.”

Ingle said former T-Wolves star Jackson Holcombe, now the leading scorer at Utah Valley, gave his team a stirring pep talk before the game.

“He said, ‘Don’t do anything different than you’ve done all year. Don’t get exposed, get discovered,'” Ingle said.

It was a revenge win for Timpanogos, which dropped a 58-57 decision to Pine View earlier this season. The Panthers (18-7) were led by Cooper Ransom with 17 points (on five 3-pointers) and Caleb Schmidt with 14.

McCuistion and Corner-Bettweiser scored 13 points each for the T-Wolves (13-13), who will face the winner of the Crimson Cliffs-Hurricane quarterfinal matchup.

Dixie 51, Mountain View 49

The No. 13 seed Bruins had a chance to tie the game with 3.2 seconds to play but couldn’t make critical free throws in a heartbreaking loss to the fifth-seeded Flyers.

Josh Hair gave Mountain View a 49-48 lead with under a minute to play with a basket inside but Dixie retook the lead on a Mac Howard score with 20 seconds remaining. After a time out, Hair drove but was stripped by Ammon Ashton.

Howard made one of two free throws for a 51-49 Dixie advantage but the Fylers fouled with 3.2 seconds to play to send Hair to the line for a chance to tie.

Hair missed the first off the front of the rim and intentionally missed the second. Neither team could gain possession of the loose ball and time ran out, giving the Flyers the spot in the semifinals.

The game was tied at 27 at halftime and the Flyers took a 43-35 lead heading into the fourth quarter. Micah Fairbanks made a pair of 3-pointers in the fourth and Jake Goodmann’s basket with 1:55 to play tied the game at 47, setting up the big finish.

Hair and Fairbanks scored 12 points each to lead Mountain View (15-11). Collin Simmons topped Dixie (16-8) with 22 points.