It's 28-23 Utah State at the half

We've heard of gracious hosts before but the Utah State-Nevada matchup began as if the Aggies were still operating a pre-game layup line. We've never seen so many unimpeded moves to the basket.

But Utah State cooled down -- better Wolf Pack D -- and Mark Fox's team slowly crept back into the game even though Nevada was shooting 3-24 at one point.

But both Armon Johnson and Luke Babbitt need to show up in the second half. Neither has been a positive factor in the initial 20 minutes.

Malik Cooke is our selection for WAC "Glue" player of the year. There's nothing particularly run offensively for Cooke but check at the end of the game and his points, rebounds and steals will be a plus for the Pack. Plus, he is just a soph.