Wyoming is 1-3 on the road and playing without center Matija Belic for the third straight game. That should help a Nevada team that got killed in the paint last time out. Wolf Pack starting guard Vaughn Weems returns after missing one game with an illness. Look for Nevada's elite free-throw rate, against the foul-prone Cowboys, to be the difference.

Though improved, still looking for evidence that Wyo can take its act on the road in the Mountain West after last week's loss at New Mexico. The Cowboys do have loop foes on alert more than a year ago after putting up a real fight in a December game vs. Texas Tech, and an upgraded roster led by several useful portal adds including ex-FAU G Leland Walker (14.5 ppg; scored 28 in midweek UNLV blowout). The Wolf Pack, however, should be snarling after allowing the Aztecs out of a midweek trap at Reno, and Nevada had been surging beforehand with seven straight wins. Steve Alford finally has a full contingent, too, with top scorer Corey Camper (14.3 ppg) recently returning to active duty. Play Nevada