Second Half Collapse Ends Nevada’s Winning Streak In 73-68 Loss Over SDSU

Nevada was riding high with a seven-game winning streak and facing a San Diego State team that came off a triple overtime win. Things were looking good to start off, but the offense went dormant in the second half as Nevada saw that winning streak snap, falling 73-68 at home to SDSU.

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Scoring Summary

1st Half

SDSU 34 – Nevada 36

2nd Half

SDSU 39 – Nevada 32

Final: SDSU 73, Nevada 68

Offense

After a quiet past few games for Tayshawn Comer, the guard opened up the scoring early with a jumper to give Nevada a quick 2-0 lead. Comer kept that energy up with an early steal and a toss to Corey Camper Jr. for a dunk. Chuck Bailey had a similar fashion with a fast break layup for a quick 6-2 lead within the first three minutes.

Nevada reached a 12-2 lead with 16:08, with eight of those points coming via San Diego State turnovers. It was Camper’s second game back from a back injury and his return to the starting five, cashing in eight points in the first half on 4-8 shooting.

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Comer kept the spark going, being the first to reach double-digit scoring, finishing the first half with 10 points and ending the night with 16.

Nevada’s offense finished the final three minutes of the half without a score, heading into halftime with a tight 36-34 lead. The Wolf Pack shot 50 percent from the field and 46 percent from deep in the first half.

The Wolf Pack got hit with some unlucky misses, both in shooting and in some non-foul calls that should’ve been called. They hit another deep scoring drought until Bailey made a three to cut the Aztecs’ lead down to two points.

Nevada finally retook the lead after Elijah Price made two free throws alongside a jumper. SDSU was able to respond, but another two free throws by Price, and it sat at 64-63 Nevada with under four minutes to go. After not scoring a single point in the first half, Price finished with 17 total points, shooting 11-12 from the free throw line.

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Publish date : 2026-01-07 07:02:00

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