RENO, Nev. (AP) The floodgates opened again for No. 10 Nevada on Wednesday night.
After its first loss of the season Saturday, 85-58 at New Mexico, the Wolf Pack returned to form in its 92-53 win against San Jose State.
''These guys have a green light (from beyond the arc),'' Nevada coach Eric Musselman said. ''Without a green light, we don't open the game like we did tonight. .We feel like the floodgates are coming, it's just a matter of when. We've played 16 games and one night, the floodgates never came. The other 15 nights, at some point in the game, the floodgates came, and one time it didn't.''
Caleb Martin led Nevada's push with 21 of his 23 points in the second-half and Jordan Caroline added 19 points. Corey Henson scored 15. Trey Porter grabbed a season-high 13 rebounds.
Brae Ivey led San Jose State (3-11, 0-2 in Mountain West) with 10 points.
After making just one shot in the first half, Nevada's leading scorer, Martin, made seven of eight in the second half, including six 3-pointers.
''First half, it's just all mental,'' Martin said. ''I'm really hard on myself when I miss shots. I know I'm not playing how I'm capable of playing-just inside my own head. .In the second half I was just more freelancing, just playing, I couldn't play any worse (in the second half). It was kind of up from there.''
As a team, Nevada shot 64 percent from the floor in the second half compared to 41 in the first.
Caroline hit a 3-pointer 11 seconds in and Nevada (15-1, 2-1) never trailed.
After jumping to a 20-5 lead in the game's first 10 minutes, Nevada struggled offensively, shooting 2 of 16 beyond the arc before halftime. The Wolf Pack has struggled from 3-point land this season, ranked 220th in Division I in 3-point shooting percentage (33 percent) coming into Wednesday.
''They were missing and we basically took the air out of the whole arena,'' San Jose State coach Jean Prioleau said. ''There was 11,000 people in here and they were quiet because we had control of the game, but we couldn't capitalize on anything.''
San Jose State, picked to finish last in the Mountain West preseason rankings, stayed close with the highly-favored Wolf Pack, trailing by single digits, 43-34, with 13:46 left in the game.
Nevada outscored the Spartans 49-19 from there.
''It's a good feeling,'' said Nevada point guard Cody Martin, who had 14 points Wednesday. ''It's always a good feeling to come out with a win, but especially after what happened last game. We took it really personal. It didn't matter who we played, we were going to feel bad for the next person that we played just because of the mentality we had and how hard we practiced going into it.what happened last game.(we) don't want it to happen again.''
BIG PICTURE
San Jose State: A 27-point underdog, San Jose State rebounded after Nevada's 20-5 run to start the game and stayed within single digits well into the second half. But the Spartans committed 22 turnovers to Nevada's eight.
Nevada: The Wolf Pack bounced back Wednesday after the first loss of the season Saturday, 85-58, at New Mexico.
STARTING LINEUP CHANGE
After Nevada's 85-58 loss at New Mexico, Nevada coach Eric Musselman started Corey Henson and Jordan Brown for the first time this season. Caleb Martin, the team's leading scorer, came off the bench for the first time this season.
UP NEXT
San Jose State: Returns home to face Boise State on Saturday.
Nevada: Visits Fresno State on Saturday.
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Game Notes:
 No. 10/11 Nevada (15-1, 2-1 MW) improved to 15-1 and 2-1 in Mountain West play after defeating San Jose State (3-11, 0-2 MW) 92-53 tonight at Lawlor Events Center.
Tonight's crowd of 10,432 was the seventh over 10,000 this season.
Nevada plays at Fresno State (12-3, 3-0 MW) on Saturday at 5 p.m. The game will air on ESPNU.
Nevada has won its last 11 home games.
Fourth-year head coach Eric Musselman improved to 96-30 at Nevada, 51-5 at LEC, 24-5 at home in MW play and to 6-0 versus SJSU.
The Wolf Pack has won eight in a row from the Spartans.
The Pack improved to 26-3 after a loss under Musselman.
Nevada made two changes to the starting lineup as senior Corey Henson and freshman Jordan Brown made their first starts for the Pack. It was the first lineup change of the season for the Wolf Pack.
Henson scored a season-high 15 points and reached double figures for the first time at Nevada. He also had a game and season-high seven assists, with no turnovers and had four steals in a season-high 32 minutes.
Brown scored eight points and grabbed seven boards in his first start.
The 60 points in the second half was a season best.
Nevada's 23 assists is a season high and the 15 steals tied the season high that also occurred in the last home game with Utah State.
The Pack outrebounded SJSU 38-36 which snapped a five game stretch of being outrebounded.
Caleb Martin scored a game-high 23 points, 21 in the second half. He tied his career high with six made 3-pointers. It was his seventh game of 20 or more points. From the field in the second half he was 7-of-8 and made all six of his 3-point attempts.
Jordan Caroline scored 19 points and has scored in double figures in all 16 games this season. The moved within three points of 10th on Nevada career scoring list.
Cody Martin was the fourth player to score in double figures finishing with 14 points and had five assists two go along with five rebounds.
Senior Trey Porter finished with a Nevada career and game-high 13 rebounds. It was his second double-figure rebound game of the season with the first being 10 boards at Loyola Chicago.
In the last two home games Nevada has allowed 49 and 53 points.
All 10 players on the roster saw action in the game.
Nevada did not trail in the game.
The Pack bench outscored SJSU 36-12.
