LARAMIE, Wyo. (AP) - Leonard Washington spurred a second-half surge by the Cowboys and finished with 17 points and 11 rebounds as Wyoming stayed unbeaten with a 56-40 win over UC Santa Barbara on Friday night.
Washington scored his team's first eight points after intermission, helping erase a 25-24 deficit and allowing Wyoming (12-0) to match the school record for victories to begin a season. The 1950-1951 squad was the only other to start 12-0.
Luke Martinez added 14 points for Wyoming, Alan Williams scored 16 points and 10 rebounds and Kyle Boswell had 13 for UC Santa Barbara.
Wyoming jumped to a 15-6 lead, but behind Williams and Boswell, UC Santa Barbara (4-7) closed within 24-23 at intermission.
The Gauchos took their only lead on an 18-foot jumper by Taran Brown early in the second half. A minute later, Washington sank two free throws to put Wyoming back on top for good.
| Scoreboard | |||
| Final | 1 | 2 | T |
| Santa Barbara (4-7) | 23 | 17 | 40 |
| Wyoming (12-0) « | 24 | 32 | 56 |
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| Santa Barbara Gauchos | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| T. Brown, F | 32 | 2-9 | 0-0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 4 |
| A. Williams, F | 31 | 7-12 | 2-4 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 16 |
| M. Bryson, G | 25 | 0-4 | 0-0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| N. Garth, G | 25 | 2-5 | 0-0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| L. Thomas, G | 14 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| K. Boswell | 29 | 3-9 | 6-7 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 13 |
| T. Taylor | 15 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| S. Beeler | 10 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 |
| M. Brewe | 10 | 0-1 | 1-2 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| S. Moore | 7 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| D. DaRe | 2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Totals | 15-43 | 9-13 | 34 | 5 | 20 | 40 | |
| 34.9% | 69.2% | ||||||
| Wyoming Cowboys | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| L. Washington, F | 34 | 6-9 | 5-5 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 17 |
| L. Nance Jr., F | 29 | 3-6 | 0-2 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 7 |
| L. Martinez, G | 30 | 4-11 | 4-7 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 14 |
| D. Gilmore, G | 28 | 3-8 | 0-0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 |
| J. Adams, G | 25 | 2-5 | 0-0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| R. Grabau | 23 | 1-5 | 3-4 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| D. Cooke Jr. | 12 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| N. Sobey | 9 | 0-3 | 0-1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| A. Haldorson | 3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| J. Bentz | 2 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| J. McManamen | 2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| M. Sellers | 2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| A. Tyser | 1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 19-48 | 13-22 | 33 | 12 | 12 | 56 | |
| 39.6% | 59.1% | ||||||
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