LARAMIE, Wyo. (AP) — Wyoming is a tough place for visiting teams to play, especially ones in the Top 25.
Hayden Dalton scored seven of his 25 points in the second overtime and Wyoming edged No. 23 Nevada 104-103 on Wednesday night, giving the Cowboys their fifth victory in the last six home games against ranked opponents.
"Coming down the wire, we just had to make plays and we hit some good free throws down the stretch, took care of the ball and did what we needed to do," Dalton said.
Justin James had 33 points and 10 rebounds for the Cowboys (13-7, 4-3 Mountain West) before fouling out in the first overtime. Louis Adams added 17 points, including a free throw that put Wyoming up 104-100 with 6.2 seconds left.
Dalton shot 7 of 19 from the field, hitting a trio of 3-pointers, and made all eight of his free throws.
"I thought our guys came out and played a really, really good basketball game and just stayed the course through the overtimes to come away with the win," Cowboys coach Allen Edwards said.
Nevada (18-4, 7-1) was led by Jordan Caroline's 29 points and Cody Martin's 27. The loss snapped the Wolf Pack's seven-game win streak.
"They're a really good team in their own building, and we came up a basketball short and a couple seconds short, but we lost the game and got outplayed," Nevada coach Eric Musselman said.
The teams were tied 74-all at the end of regulation and 89-89 after the first overtime. Dalton put Wyoming ahead 100-94 with 1:13 remaining on a 3-pointer and four free throws.
A bucket by Alan Herndon, who finished with eight points and 10 rebounds, and free throws by Nyaires Redding and Adams in the final 16 seconds sealed the win for the Cowboys.
Both teams shot well from the foul line, with Wyoming hitting 34 of 42 and Nevada making 30 of 38.
Game Notes:
No. 23 Nevada fell to 18-4 and 7-1 in Mountain West play after its 104-103 double overtime loss at Wyoming (13-7, 4-3 MW) tonight.
Nevada's next game is Wednesday, Jan. 31 at 8 p.m. when Fresno State (15-6, 5-3 MW) comes to Lawlor Events Center.
Tonight's loss snapped a 13 game MW win streak and seven-game MW road win streak. Both were one game from tying conference records.
Nevada's last double-overtime game was an 85-82 victory at Pacific on Nov. 15, 2015.
Cody Martin tied his career-high with 27 points.
Caleb Martin (49), Cody Martin (46) and Hallice Cooke (36) played career highs in minutes while Jordan Caroline (43) tied his.
Caroline's 29 points is his season high and the high for a Nevada player this year.
Tonight marked the 11th game where two Nevada players had 20-point games and four Pack players scored in double figures.
Kendall Stephens had his 11-game streak of double figure scoring games snapped finishing with four.
Stephens and Lindsey Drew both fouled out.
Nevada made its first 23 free throws then went 7-of-15 at the line to finish 30-of-38.
Caroline's team-high nine rebounds was the 14th time this season he led the team in rebounding and 34th time in his career.
Senior Hallice Cooke scored in double figures for the third time this season finishing with 10 points.
Nevada has had a 20-point scorer in 19-of-22 games this season.
