Colorado State wins on Nixon's 3 with 6 seconds left
FORT COLLINS, Colo. (AP) Prentiss Nixon scored 23 points and made a 3-pointer with six seconds left to lift Colorado State to a 78-76 victory over Wyoming on Tuesday night for its seventh straight win.
Wyoming rallied with a 21-6 run to take its first lead of the second half, 71-70. Justin James scored 10 of his 24 points during the stretch, including a dunk and a 3-point play.
J.D. Paige scored three points, Nixon made a bucket and the Rams led 75-73 with 1:21 left. James answered with a 3-pointer with 18 seconds to go before Nixon hit the game winner.
Colorado State (21-9, 13-4 Mountain West) has a half-game lead over Nevada (23-6, 12-4) atop the conference standings, and travels to face the Wolf Pack to conclude its regular season on Saturday. Wyoming (17-13, 7-10) has lost four of its last five games.
Jason McManamen made two 3-pointers to become Wyoming's all-time leader in made 3s with 194, surpassing Brandon Ewing's 193.
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Ast. Per Game | ||
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Three Point % | ||
Free Throw % |
Team Stats | ||
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Points | 0 | 0 |
Field Goals | 0-0 (0.0%) | 0-0 (0.0%) |
3-Pointers | 0-0 (0.0%) | 0-0 (0.0%) |
Free Throws | 0-0 (0.0%) | 0-0 (0.0%) |
Total Rebounds | 0 | 0 |
Offensive | 0 | 0 |
Defensive | 0 | 0 |
Team | 0 | 0 |
Assists | 0 | 0 |
Steals | 0 | 0 |
Blocks | 0 | 0 |
Turnovers | 0 | 0 |
Fouls | 0 | 0 |
Technicals | 0 | 0 |
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Wyoming 17-12 | 77.9 PPG | 41.6 RPG | 14.9 APG |
Colorado State 20-9 | 72.5 PPG | 40.4 RPG | 11.0 APG |
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Bench | PTS | REB | AST | FG | 3PT | FT | PF | STL | BLK | TO | OREB | DREB |