Wednesday's look at Tuesday's games, plus more

It was a tight one but host Wright State topped Idaho by two, 80-78, in overtime. The Vandals were better on the boards (41-28) and earned more assists (18-10) plus 12 more free throws and out-shot the Ohio team by three percentage points. Additionally, Kyle Barone achieved a 21/14 double-double. The guys from Moscow did commit seven more tournovers but, really, how did they lose? It was a three-point jumper at the buzzer that won it after Landon Tatum's halfcourt trey tied it in regulation. WS was 3-8 coming into the contest.

Idaho athletics recaps the contest.

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Louisiana Tech won another, this one 56-53 versus visiting Northeastern. The Bulldogs were out-boarded 45-26 but posted 10 blocked shots (seven by freshman Michale Kyser) and nabbed 13 steals. Backcourter Raheem Appleby totaled 22 points and, yes, Brandon Gibson was second with 15, in addition to leading LT with five boards.

LT athletics has the details.

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Host Utah State had a six point (34-28) halftime lead over Texas Arlington, lost two of those points in the second half and won 73-69. There was a heavy dose of Preston-digitation at work.

Tony Jones, Shawn Harrison, Matt Sonnenberg and Curtis Lundstrom each offer game reports. Craig Peterson/Cache Valley Daily serves up 24 superb game photos.

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San Jose State welcomed scoring challenged UC Davis (owner of a minus 15-point scoring differential) to The Event Center and enjoyed a 41-26 lead after the initial 20 minutes. James Kinney totaled 24 points as the Spartans cruised to a 79-59 win.

SJSU athletics serves up the scoop. 

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Adam Zagoria writes that Missouri and New Mexico State may be in the running for Pitt departee Khem Birch although the situation sounds like a mess with no future destinations anywhere near the horizon.

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Robert Kuwada looks at Kevin Olekaibe's Monday night performance against Boise State. Fresno State travels to Tempe to face Arizona State tonight. Robert also provides this Bulldog update.

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Jason Groves looks at various aspects of New Mexico State's numbers. Yes, Virginia, Christian Kabongo will be back on the court for tonight's matchup with McNeese State.

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As Nevada prepares for visiting Portland tonight, Chris Murray has been furiously hitting the keys here, here and here. Then, he posted his WAC team rankings.