LARAMIE, Wyo. (AP) - Luke Martinez scored 25 points and Larry Nance Jr. 21, both career highs, to lead Wyoming over Denver 71-61 on Tuesday night.
Derrious Gilmore added 12 points for the Cowboys, who shot 65 percent from the floor and are off to an 11-0 start for the first time since 1987-88.
Martinez was 9 of 12 from the floor, including 5 of 6 from 3-point range, and Nance was 11 of 11 from the free throw line.
Chris Udofia had a season-high 26 points and Royce O'Neale 12 for Denver (3-6).
Wyoming never trailed but couldn't build a comfortable lead. A 13-point advantage shrunk to six in the final minutes, but Leonard Washington's layup and free throw left Wyoming up 69-60 with 1:03 remaining and blunted the Pioneers' last surge.
Gilmore's 3-pointer gave the Cowboys a 46-36 lead with 13:32 remaining, but Denver trimmed the lead to 48-43 after Cam Griffin dunked, then stole the ball and hit a free throw.
Wyoming built its largest margin at 60-47 after two free throws by Gilmore with 4:33 left.
| Scoreboard | |||
| Final | 1 | 2 | T |
| Denver (3-6) | 24 | 37 | 61 |
| Wyoming (11-0) « | 30 | 41 | 71 |
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| Denver Pioneers | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| R. O'Neale, F | 38 | 5-7 | 0-0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 12 |
| C. Udofia, F | 34 | 9-15 | 7-7 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 26 |
| C. Hallam, G | 35 | 1-5 | 0-0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 |
| B. Olson, G | 32 | 3-6 | 0-0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 |
| J. Love, G | 28 | 2-3 | 0-2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| C. Griffin | 14 | 2-5 | 2-4 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| B. Foeman | 10 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| N. Engesser | 9 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| Totals | 23-43 | 9-13 | 15 | 12 | 20 | 61 | |
| 53.5% | 69.2% | ||||||
| Wyoming Cowboys | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| L. Nance Jr., F | 38 | 5-8 | 11-11 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 21 |
| L. Washington, F | 35 | 3-4 | 2-4 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 8 |
| L. Martinez, G | 35 | 9-12 | 2-2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 25 |
| J. Adams, G | 34 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 |
| D. Gilmore, G | 31 | 3-6 | 4-4 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 12 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| R. Grabau | 16 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| D. Cooke Jr. | 7 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| N. Sobey | 4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 22-34 | 19-21 | 21 | 16 | 15 | 71 | |
| 64.7% | 90.5% | ||||||
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