Wyoming opens conference play with win over San Diego State

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San Diego State did something Wednesday night that it hadn’t since 1999, play a conference game without Steve Fisher as head coach. Hayden Dalton did the Aztecs one better.Authentic Brooks Reed Jersey

The Wyoming senior scored more points at the Arena-Auditorium than any player had since 1998. His 36 led the Cowboys to a conference-opening 82-69 defeat of San Diego State in head coach Brian Dutcher’s Mountain West debut.womens Desmond Trufant Jersey,

we ran our plays very crisp tonight, and I was getting very open,'womens Andy Levitre Jersey great looks and they were falling,” said Dalton,“I mean, whose previous career high was 30 points in the season opener against Chattanooga. “Coach always says take them with confidence, and that’s what I was doing. I felt hot, so I kept shooting them.”,Authentic Ryan Schraeder Jersey,

1998 against Colorado. Only three players have ever scored more: San Diego State’s Michael Cage (40,” doing so Dec. 9, 1984),womens Robert Alford JerseyWyoming’s Ugo Udezue was the last player to score 36 points in the “Doom of Doom, Cincinnati’s LaZelle Durden (45,994) and Wyoming’s Maurice Alexander (49 against New Mexico in 1991).

finished with its largest margin of victory against San Diego State since 2001. The Aztecs (8-4 overall, which led by as many as 19,Authentic Andy Levitre Jersey, 0-1 Mountain West) were coming off a win over No. 12 Gonzaga,Wyomingwhile Wyoming (10-4,womens Matt Bosher Jersey1-0) had closed non-conference play with a home loss to Northern Colorado.

sometimes a loss can be a blessing in disguise, and the loss to Northern Colorado really gave us an opportunity to look back on the (last) four games and how could we get back to playing our brand of basketball?” Wyoming head coach Allen Edwards said. “So,Authentic Matt Bosher Jersey again,“I told our guys, what we did was just get back to that practice floor and did a lot of more competitive stuff within practice.

and, again,“And I thought the guys came out with a really good edge, San Diego State is one of the better teams in this league traditionally. So that was a little extra motivation within itself.”womens Jake Matthews Jersey a

The Cowboys outscored the Aztecs by 16 points in the second half, shooting better than 50 percent from both the floor (16-of-29) and the 3-point line (7-of-12). San Diego State shot just 41 percent from the field.Authentic Desmond Trufant Jersey

“Like I told them after the game,” Edwards said. “And the other guy I told them about was Trey Kell, over the years, that’s a good deal at the end of the day,Who I really respect as a basketball player. I’ve watched him,Authentic Robert Alford Jersey, obviously, when you have Malik Pope taking 22 shots to get 21 points,nd know how important he is to this program,womens Brooks Reed Jersey,'I think, to be able to say he tookAuthentic Ricardo Allen Jersey, nine shots and ended up with seven points again goes back to a better focus on that end of the floor.”

but the Aztecs responded with a 21-8 run to take its largest lead of the game, a five-point edge. Wyoming clawed back to take the lead with 2:30 remaining in the first half,womens Ricardo Allen JerseyThe Cowboys got out to an eight-point lead in just over 5 minutes of game time, but San Diego State went into halftime up 40-37.

which is way too much,” sophomore point guard Cody Kelley said. “But I still felt like we were playing good defense. It was more of the offensive rebounds. They had nine offensive rebounds, I believe,“We gave up 40 points at half, in the first half. A lot of second-chance points for them. So we really did a good job. [url=http://www.falconscheapstore.com/jake-matthews-jersey-cheap']Authentic Jake Matthews Jersey[/url] I think they only had two (second-chance points) in the second half. That was a big emphasis for us was just to block out and get on the rebounds.”,womens Ryan Schraeder Jersey