The WAC wins tonight

It doesn't take a weatherman to know which way the WAC fortunes went tonight: undefeated despite three road games.

Idaho 94, Utah 87

SALT LAKE CITY -- Mac Hopson scored eight of his 16 points in the last six minutes as Idaho beat Utah 94-87 on Friday, bringing the team its first win against the school in 71 years...

...Steffan Johnson scored 19 points and Jeff Ledbetter added 16 as the Vandals...

Hopson tallied an unusual two assists to six turnovers. The Vandals shot 10-21 from three-point range and made 31 of 63 shot attempts overall. Don Verlin's team also out-rebounded the bigger Utes 40-34.

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Utah State 66, Weber State 60

OGDEN, Utah -- Tyler Newbold scored 15 points as Utah State defeated Weber State 66-60 on Friday. Nate Bendall had 13 points while Jared Quayle had 11 and Brian Green finished with 10 for the Aggies (1-0), who shot 20-of-22 from the free-throw line...

How did Nate Bendall, Gary Wilkinson's replacement do? In 22 minutes, he tallied 13 points (5-6), nabbed five boards -- all defensively -- but fouled out. Tai Wesley also departed with five fouls after putting up five rebounds and four points. The Aggies surprisingly chalked up but only five assists on the night with Jared Quayle leading with three. Quayle also led USU with eight boards.

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Boise State 90, Loyola Marymount 87

MISSOULA, Mont. -- La'Shard Anderson went 6-of-6 from the free throw line in the final 35 seconds and finished with a game-high 26 points as Boise State edged Loyola Marymount 90-87 on Friday. Paul Noonan and Kurt Cunningham added 16 apiece for Boise State...

Cunningham picked up where he left off last season, shooting 7-10. Newcomers Westly Perryman and Daquon Montreal were fairly quiet with each going for five points in 20 and 17 minutes of play. However, Montreal grabbed 7 boards in that time.

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Fresno State 65, San Francisco State 59

FRESNO, Calif. -- Paul George scored 19 points and grabbed eight rebounds as Fresno State opened its season Friday night by defeating San Francisco State 65-59.

Greg Smith, a 6-foot-10 freshman from Fresno, added 17 points and 10 rebounds in his first game for the Bulldogs, who trailed 32-31 at the half but opened the second half with 12 unanswered points and led the rest of the way.

George shot 4-12 from the field, with five turnovers. On the other hand, Greg Smith was a perfect 6-6 from the floor and added five blocked shots. Four of the Bulldog starters played 30+ minutes and Smith totaled 29. In 20 minutes, Steven Shepp earned three assists versus zero turnovers. Starting point Brandon Sperling went 2/3.

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More tomorrow.