Wyoming Cowboys NCAA Basketball News

Northern Iowa outscored Wyoming in the second half by seventeen points to win the first annual Mountain West Conference-Missouri Valley Conference Challenge, 72-54, at UNI's McLeod Center.

Diego Kapelan scored 19 points and McNeese State defeated Southern, New Orleans 77-59 on Tuesday night.

Afam Muojeke scored 19 points and Wyoming beat South Dakota 86-74 on Sunday night.

Wyoming was in the midst of a 19-2 run in the first half when Tennessee coach Bruce Pearl called a rare timeout.

I won't try to sell you that Tennessee's 77-58 win over Wyoming on Tuesday night was a beauty to behold.

The No. 9 Tennessee men's basketball team rarely flips on the film and studies an opponent that plays with a similarly quick pace.

Tennessee and Wyoming are both enjoying three-game win streaks. It's clear that both teams' coaches expect a competitive matchup Tuesday night when the ninth-ranked Volunteers host the Cowboys.

Afam Muojeke scored 15 points to lead the Wyoming Cowboys to a 76-70 win over the Northern Colorado Bears in a non- league affair as part of the BlueCross/BlueShield of Wyoming Shootout at the Casper Events Center.

Utah State's losing appears to be getting to first-year coach Gary Andersen. And a controversial call by Western Athletic Conference officials has left him even more frustrated.

Ryan Dermody scored 15 points to lead the Wyoming Cowboys to a 76-70 victory over the Loyola-Marymount Lions in a non- conference battle at the Arena-Auditorium. Desmar Jackson added 13 points for Wyoming , while Adam Waddell and Djibril Thiam posted 12 and 11 points, respectively, in the win.

There once was a time when basketball was considered to be mostly a finesse game.

Before the season started, University of Wyoming men's basketball coach Heath Schroyer had an idea what he would like to get from junior forward Djibril Thiam every game: Twelve points and seven rebounds.

Ryan Anderson scored seven consecutive points to lead a late surge that sealed Nebraska's 90-77 victory over Texas Christian on Saturday.

Djibril Thiam scored 19 points as Wyoming ran past Boise State 87-61 Saturday night.

Afam Muojeke scored 26 points to lead Wyoming past Peru State 120-73 Wednesday night.

It's the dreaded 15 pounds most college freshmen gain in their first academic year.

For many smaller schools in northeast Ohio, or anywhere for that matter, seeing their side of the bleachers full of fans for their first basketball game of the season would have them happy and content.

LARAMIE, Wyo. - Boubacar Sylla is treated differently. When you're 7-foot-2 and 285 pounds, have a history of foot problems and play basketball, one would expect to be treated a little differently than other players.

Luster will play the point and run the team while Manzano was an honorable mention All-American in his lone JC season and should be a potent force on the perimeter.

When you lose 61 percent of your offense, along with your point guard, best perimeter shooter and rebounder, one would figure there would be a lot of reason for concern.