Las Vegas Review-Journal

Wednesday’s games

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■ No. 8 Utah State 90, No. 9 San Jose State 64 — Koby McEwen made 9 of 12 shots, including all five 3-point attempts, and scored 27 points to lead the Aggies (14-16). Jalen Moore added 19 points for Utah State, which shot 55.9 percent. Ryan Welage led San Jose State (14-16) with 14 points. The Aggies play top-seeded UNR (25-6) at noon Thursday.

■ No. 10 Air Force 83, No. 7 Wyoming 68 — The Falcons (12-20) scored the game’s first 25 points and cruised to victory. Jacob Van led four Air Force players in double figures, scoring 18 points. Justin James scored 20 points for Wyoming (18-14), and Hayden Dalton had 15 points and 12 rebounds. Air Force next plays No. 2 Colorado State (21-10) at 6 p.m. Thursday. ing so well.”

UNLV’s other top scorer, forward Christian Jones, looked gassed down the stretch. He finished with 16 points, but missed four of six free throws in the final 4:45. One of those misses occurred with 10.1 seconds left and the chance to put the Rebels ahead.

So ends the first season under Menzies, the 21 losses five worse than the previous UNLV record. He went into a nearly impossible situation, trying to build a depleted roster in short order while playing a brutal schedule. One season is over. An important offseason begins. Contact Mark Anderson at manderson@reviewjour­nal. com or 702-387-2914. Follow @markanders­on65 on Twitter.

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