SDSU vs. Wyoming

When: 8 p.m. Tuesday

Where: Viejas Area

TV: CBS Sports Network

Radio: 760-AM

Records: SDSU is 15-6, 9-2; Wyoming is 13-9, 4-7

Series history: SDSU leads 54-41 and has won the last 14, including a 74-57 victory in Laramie on Jan. 14. Wyoming’s last victory at Viejas Arena came in 2007, when the Cowboys won 66-65.

Cowboys update: They are 2-3 since losing to SDSU, including blowout losses against Boise State and Utah State. They bounced back with a 68-57 home win Saturday in the “Border War” against rival Colorado State. In the first meeting, the Cowboys shot 30.9% and launched 34 3-pointers. The Aztecs shot 50% and had only eight turnovers. Senior guard Leland Walker (15.3 points) is the leading scorer, followed by freshman wing Naz Meyer (13.2). Junior guard Khaden Bennett scored Wyoming’s first nine points against Colorado State and finished with 22 to go with 10 rebounds, the Cowboys’ first double-double of the season. Wyoming is 13-2 when it wins the battle of the boards (it was 34-34 in the first meeting). Cowboys coach Sundance Wicks is known for his colorful news conferences. In media availability before the Border War, he brought his young daughter, who sang a few bars of her favorite Wyoming song: “It sucks to be a CSU Ram.” The Cowboys are 106th in the Kenpom metrics, which projects a 78-66 win by the 43rd-ranked Aztecs.

 

Aztecs update: This is their first repeat conference opponent this season, having played everyone else once. The Aztecs are currently in a three-way tie for first place in the Mountain West, but if they win Tuesday, that will become a two-way tie because Utah State and New Mexico (also both 9-2) play in Albuquerque on Wednesday. SDSU historically is good in the next game following a loss, going 51-11 in the Brian Dutcher era, and really good if the next game is at home (36-2). Dutcher said Saturday he doesn’t expect injured starters Magoon Gwath (hip) and Elzie Harrington (leg) to play this week, waiting until after next week’s bye to consider a return to the floor. Reese Dixon-Waters sprained an ankle in the second half against Utah State but returned later in the game and is expected to play Tuesday. Dixon-Waters recently reached the 1,000-point plateau for his college career, and now fellow senior Jeremiah Oden is five points shy. ESPN bracketologist Joe Lunardi projects SDSU as the second-to-last team in the NCAA Tournament field.

Next up: Saturday at Air Force (5 p.m. PST, Fox Sports 1)

— MARK ZEIGLER