Men's Basketball - Air Force rides hot second half to down Nevada

The adversity came in the second half for Nevada this time, and the Wolf Pack could not recover.

Air Force got hot early in the second half to erase a nine-point deficit and downed Nevada, 68-66, on Sunday i men's basketball at Lawlor Events Center.

Nevada dropped to to 6-3 overall, 1-1 in the Mountain West. Air Force improved to 3-3, 1-1.

Nevada hit 9-24 from the field in the second half, and was 0-10 from 3-point range in the half, 2-24 from long distance for the game.

"I give Air Force a lot of credit. They were the tougher team. They were very resilient in the second half," Nevada coach Steve Alford said. :They just worked harder than we did. They had more pop in what they were doing,…