By GREG MENGELT

LARAMIE, Wyoming — Tre Coleman and the Nevada Wolf Pack outscored Wyoming 35-32 in the second half Saturday, but it wasn’t enough as the host Cowboys won for the eighth time in 10 games, 74-61 at Arena Auditorium.

Coleman, a former Jeffersonville star, finished with six points, two assists and a steal as the Pack lost for the second straight game on the heels of a 3-game winning streak. The sophomore wing was 2 for 6 from the field and made a 3-pointer on four attempts.

Nevada (12-15, 6-10 Mountain West) got 12 points apiece fro junior guard Grant Sherfield and senior guard Desmond Cambridge. Sherfield, the team’s leading scorer on the season at 18.4 points per game, also had five rebounds and five assists.

Nevada 7-foot junior Warren Washington scored the game’s first points, but Wyoming sophomore Xavier DuSell hit a 3-pointer and the Cowboys (23-5, 12-3) never trailed again.

The Wyoming duo of sophomore Graham Ike and senior Hunter Maldonado dominated again. Ike finished with 23 points, 15 rebounds and three assists, while Maldonado had 22 points, nine rebounds and six assists. Wyoming trails Boise State by a game and a half at the top fo the Mountain West standings with three games to play.

Nevada and help out the Cowboys on Tuesday when Boise hosts the Wolf Pack at 9 p.m. The Broncos are 23-6 overall, 14-2 in the Mountain West and beat UNLV 86-76 on Saturday for their fourth straight victory.