Colorado State University Athletics
Saturday, February 9
Laramie, Wyo. / Arena-Auditorium
12 p.m. MT
Colorado State
9-15, 4-7MW
66
at
74
Wyoming
6-17, 2-8MW
1
2
F
Colorado State
22
44
66
Wyoming
37
37
74
Early slow start dooms Rams in loss at Wyoming, 74-66
2/9/2019 4:57:00 PM | Men's Basketball
CSU shoots just 7-of-22 in the decisive first half
LARAMIE, Wyo. – Wyoming got off to a hot start, especially from beyond the three-point arc, and Colorado State could not overcome it in a 74-66 Mountain West loss at Arena-Auditorium Saturday afternoon. With the loss, the Rams fell to 9-15 overall and 4-7 in MW action, while the Cowboys improved to 6-17 and 2-8 in the league.
CSU was down 19-6 in first six minutes of the game as Wyoming hit first seven three-point attempts to eventually build a 19-point lead. CSU chipped away and got it down to 10 but went into the halftime break down 37-22. The Rams got it down to seven at 48-41 in the second half but got it no closer until the final seconds as the visitors struggled to hit field goal attempts throughout the game.
CSU shot just 42.3 percent (22-of-52) for the contest, including just 31.8 percent (7-of-22) from the floor in the decisive first half and 0-of-7 from the three-point arc. Wyoming was 23-of-48 (47.9 percent) overall but a stellar 13-of-24 from three-point arc. CSU did hold a 33-28 advantage on the boards.
CSU had just two players finish in double-figure scoring, as redshirt-senior J.D. Paige had 16, while redshirt-junior Nico Carvacho had 15 points and a game-high 17 rebounds. Wyoming was led by the Mountain West leading scorer Justin James with 36 on 10-of-14 shooting from the field.
STAT OF THE GAME
Wyoming finished the game hitting a season-high 13-of-24 (54.2 percent) from the three-point arc while the Rams were just 6-of-19 (31.6 percent).
IN THEIR WORDS
Head Coach Niko Medved
His thoughts on overall game
"I'm just very disappointed with today. Just start by giving credit to Wyoming. They completely outplayed us in every way. They were tougher. They were more together. They were more poised. They played with more energy. They just completely took it to us in every way. You just got to give a lot of credit to them. We were not ready to play today. I don't know if it is a hangover from Nevada. All we talked about was that I knew that they (Wyoming) would play well. I knew they would come out here and play hard and want to beat you in the worst way and you had better be ready for that. And clearly, our approach in the first 10 minutes of the game, for lack of a better word, I thought kind of embarrassing."
NOTES
• In the 229th meeting all-time between the two schools, the largest series for CSU in its history, Wyoming holds a 136-93 lead in the overall series, including a 76-39 advantage in Laramie.
• CSU has won three of the last five meetings overall, including two of the last three in Laramie. Since 2010, the Rams are 11-8 against the Cowboys, including 5-5 in the Arena-Auditorium.
• Carvacho has led team in rebounding for 20 consecutive games and 23 out of 24 this season
• Carvacho is second in CSU career boards. He now has 849 and only trails Pat Durham (1985-89) with 851. He also moved up to third in Mountain West career history.
• Carvacho recorded his league-best 16th double-double of the year and 29th of his career (eighth in MW annals), surpassing Emmanuel Omogbo for the CSU career double-double record.
• Paige now has 1,074 career points, moving up to 18th in the CSU career chart, passing Gian Clavell (2014-17), Milt Palacio (1996-99) and Prentiss Nixon (2015-18) in the game.
UP NEXT
• The Rams will return home for the only meeting of the year with San Diego State on Tue., Feb. 12 at 9 p.m., as the night will be a celebration of the 90s.
• The contest between will be televised on ESPN2 with Roxy Bernstein (play-by-play) and & Richie Schueler (analyst) handling the broadcast.
• The game will air across the Colorado State Sports Network (along with online at CSURams.com), with Brian Roth and Adam Nigon on the call.
• CSU Sports Network broadcasts can be also accessed on mobile devices through the TuneIn app (free on all Apple, Android, Windows, Blackberry and Amazon Kindle devices) – once downloaded, search "Colorado St. Rams Sports Network" in the app for the games and coaches' show broadcasts.
CSU was down 19-6 in first six minutes of the game as Wyoming hit first seven three-point attempts to eventually build a 19-point lead. CSU chipped away and got it down to 10 but went into the halftime break down 37-22. The Rams got it down to seven at 48-41 in the second half but got it no closer until the final seconds as the visitors struggled to hit field goal attempts throughout the game.
CSU shot just 42.3 percent (22-of-52) for the contest, including just 31.8 percent (7-of-22) from the floor in the decisive first half and 0-of-7 from the three-point arc. Wyoming was 23-of-48 (47.9 percent) overall but a stellar 13-of-24 from three-point arc. CSU did hold a 33-28 advantage on the boards.
CSU had just two players finish in double-figure scoring, as redshirt-senior J.D. Paige had 16, while redshirt-junior Nico Carvacho had 15 points and a game-high 17 rebounds. Wyoming was led by the Mountain West leading scorer Justin James with 36 on 10-of-14 shooting from the field.
STAT OF THE GAME
Wyoming finished the game hitting a season-high 13-of-24 (54.2 percent) from the three-point arc while the Rams were just 6-of-19 (31.6 percent).
IN THEIR WORDS
Head Coach Niko Medved
His thoughts on overall game
"I'm just very disappointed with today. Just start by giving credit to Wyoming. They completely outplayed us in every way. They were tougher. They were more together. They were more poised. They played with more energy. They just completely took it to us in every way. You just got to give a lot of credit to them. We were not ready to play today. I don't know if it is a hangover from Nevada. All we talked about was that I knew that they (Wyoming) would play well. I knew they would come out here and play hard and want to beat you in the worst way and you had better be ready for that. And clearly, our approach in the first 10 minutes of the game, for lack of a better word, I thought kind of embarrassing."
NOTES
• In the 229th meeting all-time between the two schools, the largest series for CSU in its history, Wyoming holds a 136-93 lead in the overall series, including a 76-39 advantage in Laramie.
• CSU has won three of the last five meetings overall, including two of the last three in Laramie. Since 2010, the Rams are 11-8 against the Cowboys, including 5-5 in the Arena-Auditorium.
• Carvacho has led team in rebounding for 20 consecutive games and 23 out of 24 this season
• Carvacho is second in CSU career boards. He now has 849 and only trails Pat Durham (1985-89) with 851. He also moved up to third in Mountain West career history.
• Carvacho recorded his league-best 16th double-double of the year and 29th of his career (eighth in MW annals), surpassing Emmanuel Omogbo for the CSU career double-double record.
• Paige now has 1,074 career points, moving up to 18th in the CSU career chart, passing Gian Clavell (2014-17), Milt Palacio (1996-99) and Prentiss Nixon (2015-18) in the game.
UP NEXT
• The Rams will return home for the only meeting of the year with San Diego State on Tue., Feb. 12 at 9 p.m., as the night will be a celebration of the 90s.
• The contest between will be televised on ESPN2 with Roxy Bernstein (play-by-play) and & Richie Schueler (analyst) handling the broadcast.
• The game will air across the Colorado State Sports Network (along with online at CSURams.com), with Brian Roth and Adam Nigon on the call.
• CSU Sports Network broadcasts can be also accessed on mobile devices through the TuneIn app (free on all Apple, Android, Windows, Blackberry and Amazon Kindle devices) – once downloaded, search "Colorado St. Rams Sports Network" in the app for the games and coaches' show broadcasts.
Team Stats
CSU
WY
FG%
.423
.479
3FG%
.333
.542
FT%
.682
.833
RB
33
28
TO
11
13
STL
8
5
Game Leaders
Pts
22
FGM
8
3FGM
4
FTM
2
Pts
15
FGM
6
3FGM
0
FTM
3
Pts
9
FGM
1
3FGM
1
FTM
6
Pts
8
FGM
3
3FGM
0
FTM
2
Players Mentioned
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