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Laramie, Wyo. • Junior Hayden Dalton scored 19 points with eight rebounds and led five players in double figures as Wyoming snapped a two-game skid, beating Utah State 95-87 on Wednesday night.

Dalton was 6 of 8 from the field and 5 of 5 from the line for the Cowboys (12-5, 2-2 Mountain West Conference). Alexander Aka Gorski added 18 points with six 3-pointers, Alan Herndon had 15 points and 10 rebounds, senior guard Jason McManamen had 11 points and redshirt freshman Cody Kelley had 10.

Gorski sank a pair of 3-pointers early in the first half to get the Cowboys off to a 15-8 start before Shane Rector and Ngor Barnaba each scored 3-pointers to give Utah State its only lead of the night, 22-21, with 12:17 remaining in the first half.

Gorski continued to stay hot from the perimeter, and made his sixth 3-pointer to push the Wyoming lead to 55-38 with 1:16 left before the break.

The Cowboys led by as many as 22 points in the second half, and never by less than eight points.

"Just an inexplicable first-half defensive performance," Utah State head coach Tim Duryea said. "Just as soft as you can possibly be defensively, we couldn't have been any softer. We gave them layups, 3-pointers, we gave them things against our man defense, things against our zone defense and things in transition."

Three Aggies (8-8, 2-3) finished in double figures. Senior wing Jalen Moore scored 20 points, while freshman guard Koby McEwan added 15 points, four rebounds and three assists. Freshman guard Sam Merrill scred 14 points.

The Aggies have lost seven straight games in the series against the Cowboys.

Utah State next faces San Diego State (9-7, 1-3 MWC) on Saturday. —

Wyoming 95, Utah State 87

UTAH ST. (8-8)

Janicek 2-3 3-4 7, Dargenton 4-7 0-1 9, Moore 7-11 5-6 20, Merrill 5-10 2-2 14, McEwen 5-10 3-6 15, Barnaba 1-4 0-0 3, Taylor 4-8 0-0 8, Pearre 1-3 1-2 3, Rector 2-3 1-2 6, Brito 1-4 0-1 2. Totals 32-63 15-24 87.

WYOMING (12-5)

Herndon 5-12 2-2 15, Naughton 3-5 1-2 7, Aka Gorski 6-11 0-0 18, McManamen 2-7 6-7 11, Kelley 4-6 2-3 10, Barnes 0-0 0-0 0, Dalton 6-8 5-5 19, Adams 2-3 2-2 6, James 2-8 4-8 9. Totals 30-60 22-29 95.

Halftime—Wyoming 57-39. 3-Point Goals—Utah St. 8-23 (McEwen 2-3, Merrill 2-6, Barnaba 1-2, Rector 1-2, Dargenton 1-2, Moore 1-3, Taylor 0-1, Pearre 0-2, Brito 0-2), Wyoming 13-28 (Aka Gorski 6-10, Herndon 3-6, Dalton 2-3, James 1-2, McManamen 1-5, Adams 0-1, Kelley 0-1). Fouled Out—None. Rebounds—Utah St. 31 (Barnaba 6), Wyoming 36 (Herndon 10). Assists—Utah St. 16 (Rector, McEwen, Taylor 3), Wyoming 19 (Dalton, Kelley 6). Total Fouls—Utah St. 22, Wyoming 22. Technicals—McManamen.