LARAMIE, Wyo. — The Wyoming Cowboys basketball team will look to finish the regular season off on a high note Tuesday when it heads west for a showdown against Fresno State.
Wyoming heads into the contest with a 12–18 overall record and a 5–14 mark in conference play after falling to San Diego State 72–69 on Saturday.
As a team, the Pokes are shooting 44.3% from the field while opponents shoot 44.9%. While conference wins were somewhat tough for the team to come by this year, it established itself as one of the Mountain West’s better rebounding squads, as the Cowboys rank fifth in the conference with approximately 35 boards per game.
The Bulldogs, meanwhile, head into Tuesday’s game with a 5–24 record and a 1–17 record in conference play. They average 71.7 points per game while giving up nearly 81.
The Cowboys are led by Obi Agbim, whose 17.8 points per game are the fourth-best mark in the conference. He is shooting 45.7% from behind the arc, which leads the conference and is also fourth-best in the nation.
Jordan Nesbitt adds 8.6 points per game and 6.9 rebounds per contest, and has eight double-doubles on the season. Dontaie Allen adds 7.7 points per game, and Kobe Newton adds 7.3 points per game with 43 3-pointers.
Fresno state is led in scoring by Zaon Collins’s 12 points per game to go with his 4.6 assists per contest. Alex Crawford contributes 11.6 points per game, while Elijah Price adds 10 points and 7.9 rebounds per game.
