Home teams went 4-0 in MWC men's basketball action on Saturday. League-leading BYU stretched its nation-long win streak in the Marriott Center to 46 games with a 76-57 victory over Air Force, while UNLV collected its 11th consecutive win in the Thomas & Mack Center by defeating TCU, 74-55. In other league tilts, San Diego State cruised past Colorado State (86-62) and Wyoming beat Utah, 72-64.
BYU 76, Air Force 57
Provo, Utah
Sat., March 1, 2008
BYU extends its school- and MWC-record home win streak to 46 games. The Cougars have won 23 consecutive games at home vs. MWC opponents, also a league record.
At 23-6, BYU is off to its best record since 1992-93, when the Cougars were also 23-6 after 29 games.
With a 26-24 lead at the break, BYU broke the game wide open with a 16-0 run early in the second half.
UNLV 74, TCU 55
Las Vegas, Nev.
Sat., March 1, 2008
UNLV has won five of its last six games.
The Runnin' Rebels went on a 12-4 run in the opening four minutes of the second half to take a double digit lead, which they maintained for the remainder of the contest.
UNLV was 16-of-27 (59.3%) from the field in the second half and finished the game shooting 50 percent overall.
San Diego State 86, Colorado State 62
San Diego, Calif.
Sat., March 1, 2008
San Diego State has won at least 19 games in three consecutive seasons for the first time since doing so in 1938-39, 1939-40 and 1940-41.
Aztec junior Lorrenzo Wade dished out a career-high 11 assists, tying for the most by an MWC player this season.
SDSU led wire-to-wire en route to picking up its ninth win in 11 tries vs. Colorado State.
Wyoming 72, Utah 64
Laramie, Wyo.
Sat., March 1, 2008
Wyoming swept the regular-season series with Utah for the first time since the 2001-02 season.
Brandon Ewing became only the 12th Cowboy in school history to score 1,500 career points. He finished with 14 points in the game to push his career total to 1,507.
The Cowboys converted 26-of-27 free throws today (96.3 percent), marking the second-highest single-game shooting percentage in MWC history.
