(Laramie, WY) – The freshmen trio of Marcus Williams, Graham Ike and Xavier DuSell combined for 59 points to lift the Pokes past Nevada 93-88 to earn the series sweep on Sunday afternoon in the Arena-Auditorium in Laramie, Wyo. The Cowboys shot 51 percent from the field for the game including hitting their final five shots of the contest. Wyoming improves to 10-5 overall and 4-4 in conference play with the Wolf Pack falling to 10-7 overall and 5-5 in conference play.
Wyoming had five players in double-figures for the second time in the last three games. Williams led the way with 28 points going 7-of-11 from the field and 3-of-4 from behind the arc. It marked his fifth game with 20 or more points in a game. Ike added a career-high 18 points going 7-of-10 from the field and also added six rebounds for a career-high. DuSell and Kwane Marble II each added 13 points with Marble II scoring all 13 in the second half, as he tied for the team lead with seven rebounds a
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Despite a tremendous second-half effort from the Nevada Wolf Pack, the Wyoming Cowboys squeaked out the 71-64 victory Friday in Laramie, Wyo. It marked Wyoming’s first conference victory at home after dropping two to Boise State.
The Pokes held the 41-21 lead with 17:50 to go in the contest. Nevada clawed back outscoring them 28-7 to take a 49-48 lead with 7:20 remaining.
It was Nevada’s final lead of the contest. Wyoming followed with a 9-1 run, holding the 57-50 lead with 4:46 remaining.
Two free throws from Nevada forward Warren Washington trimmed it to 65-61 with 51 seconds to go, but clutch Cowboy free throws paired with missed opportunities from the the Pack offense halted their final comeback effort.
(Laramie, WY) – The Wyoming Cowboys could not slow down the high paced offense of the Boise State Broncos falling on Wednesday evening in the Arena-Auditorium by a score of 90-70. The Pokes fall to 7-4 overall and 1-3 in the conference with the Broncos winning their school record 12th straight game and move to 12-1 overall and 8-0 in the MW.
“I thought our response was tremendous tonight,” Linder said. “To only have seven players available and to not have a post player tonight even when we got down I thought the kids really competed. As I told them in the locker room, we don’t ever want to get used to losing, but I wanted them to learn from the experience of playing against a team of the caliber of Boise State and to compete to the end. To understand how hard we had to fight on the defensive end and then offensively the effort you have to make to space properly, to back cut, to create easy baskets, to make the extra pass we’re going to continue to build ourselv
Bulldogs improve but fall short in nailbiter against Wyoming
Fresno State’s Orlando Robinson was a presence in the paint Saturday, totaling 15 points and 5 rebounds in the Bulldogs’ defeat to Wyoming. (Courtesy of Fresno State Athletics) Jan 02, 2021
To open the new year, the Fresno State men’s basketball team looked like a new squad, certainly more aggressive than the unit who suffered back-to-back 22-point losses at Colorado State earlier in the week.
The Bulldogs shot an improved 49% from the field Saturday against Wyoming, yet it didn’t translate to the most important number of the game: the final score. Fresno State held multiple leads down the stretch but fell a few shots short of their first conference win, losing to the Cowboys 78-74.