San Diego State Corrals Wyoming Cowboys In Final Trip To Laramie

The San Diego State Aztecs put Laramie successful their rearview reflector for bully connected Wednesday nighttime pinch a 74-57 triumph against nan Wyoming Cowboys. 

Reese Dixon-Waters scored 13 points for nan Aztecs (12-4, 6-0 MW), who ran their winning streak to six games and kept gait atop nan Mountain West standings pinch No. 23 Utah State, which hosted Nevada later Wednesday night. 

Miles Byrd had 12 points earlier leaving pinch an evident thumb wounded pinch astir 2 minutes left. Tae Simmons scored 10 points.

As nan Aztecs celebrated nan win, it was nan past clip they had to look astatine nan “7220” painted conscionable wrong each free propulsion statement astatine nan Arena-Auditorium, signifying nan altitude that tin sap visiting teams’ stamina. But nan Aztecs, coming from oversea level, were nan stronger squad successful their last travel to Laramie. 

The Aztecs are among nan 5 MW teams moving into nan rebuilt Pac-12 starting adjacent season, while nan Cowboys will stay behind. Besides nan struggles of playing astatine altitude, getting to Laramie tin coming recreation hassles that nan Aztecs will beryllium gladsome to put down them for good. 

It was nan 14th consecutive triumph for nan Aztecs complete nan Cowboys, who sojourn Viejas Arena 1 last clip connected Feb. 3.

Game action

The Aztecs took power early successful nan crippled and ran disconnected to a 38-25 halftime lead, getting their last points erstwhile Davis went coast-to-coast for a layup. They changeable 50% from nan section en way to shooting 50% overall. 

Wyoming came retired beardown successful nan opening minutes of nan first half and closed to 45-35. 

Not agelong aft that, SDSU 7-footer Magoon Gwath had his biggest effect connected a nighttime erstwhile he was different limited, apparently owed to lingering soreness successful his surgically repaired correct knee. 

Gwath deed a soft 3-pointer and added different bucket to tally nan lead to 56-38, and blocked a changeable for bully measure. 

Magoon Gwath

Gwath played only 18 minutes, finishing pinch 7 points, six rebounds and 1 block. He was subbed retired conscionable much than a infinitesimal into nan crippled aft appearing to beryllium limping aft winning nan opening tipoff. He had conscionable returned to nan starting lineup for nan first clip successful 3 games connected Saturday nighttime aft landing successful coach Brian Dutcher’s doghouse owed to an undisclosed disciplinary reason. 

Up next

The Aztecs return location to big New Mexico for nan last clip connected Saturday astatine 5 p.m. The Aztecs person yet to person consecutive location games during convention play, truthful that intends it’s backmost connected nan roadworthy to look MW newcomer Grand Canyon connected Jan. 21 earlier making a last regular-season travel to look UNLV connected Jan. 24. 

The Aztecs will beryllium backmost successful Las Vegas for their last quality successful nan MW tournament, which they request to triumph successful bid to declare nan automatic berth successful nan NCAA Tournament. 

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