Utes Await Wyoming Team Buoyed By Win Over CSU
So the Utes recovered their footing a bit by beating TCU at home on Saturday, behind a school-record eight three-pointers by guard Johnnie Bryant.
What else happened in the Mountain West Conference?
Most notably, Curtis Terry and the UNLV Rebels kept bombing away and beat San Diego State 72-69 on the road with a last-minute three-pointer. That moves the Rebels into a tie for the league lead with Brigham Young -- and they have the edge in the title race, having already blasted the Cougars in Las Vegas and won two of three league games on the road.
The rematch at the Marriott Center is Feb. 16, by which time the Cougar home winning streak could be 43 games.
The Cougs earned their 42nd straight win by snapping out of their shooting slump and overwhelming New Mexico 83-66, sending the Lobos to their second straight road loss and dropping them even with the Utes in the loss column of the league standings.
And in the meaningless game of the week category, Wyoming beat Colorado State 73-58 at home, snapping a five-game losing streak and apparently infusing the Cowboys with some ridiculously out-of-touch optimism.
"Hopefully, this is the start of our season -- right now," guard Brandon Ewing said.
Don’t count on it.
The Cowboys visit the Utes on Wednesday night, and just beat (at home) a CSU team that has not won in six league games and doesn't have much hope of a turnaround with center Stuart Creason still sidelined with a foot injury.
"Rome wasn't built in a day," coach Tim Miles said.
What else happened in the Mountain West Conference?
Most notably, Curtis Terry and the UNLV Rebels kept bombing away and beat San Diego State 72-69 on the road with a last-minute three-pointer. That moves the Rebels into a tie for the league lead with Brigham Young -- and they have the edge in the title race, having already blasted the Cougars in Las Vegas and won two of three league games on the road.
The rematch at the Marriott Center is Feb. 16, by which time the Cougar home winning streak could be 43 games.
The Cougs earned their 42nd straight win by snapping out of their shooting slump and overwhelming New Mexico 83-66, sending the Lobos to their second straight road loss and dropping them even with the Utes in the loss column of the league standings.
And in the meaningless game of the week category, Wyoming beat Colorado State 73-58 at home, snapping a five-game losing streak and apparently infusing the Cowboys with some ridiculously out-of-touch optimism.
"Hopefully, this is the start of our season -- right now," guard Brandon Ewing said.
Don’t count on it.
The Cowboys visit the Utes on Wednesday night, and just beat (at home) a CSU team that has not won in six league games and doesn't have much hope of a turnaround with center Stuart Creason still sidelined with a foot injury.
"Rome wasn't built in a day," coach Tim Miles said.
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