SAN DIEGO -- Winston Shepard scored 16 points and grabbed 11 rebounds and San Diego State beat Wyoming 67-55 Wednesday night in a Mountain West Conference opener.
Jeremy Hemsley scored 16 points, Trey Kell scored a season-high 14, and Skylar Spencer had 12 boards for the Aztecs (8-6), who outrebounded the Cowboys 50-26, scoring 14 second-chance points off of 21 offensive rebounds.
Jason McManamen's 3-pointer pulled the Cowboys within 44-40 midway through the second half. Hemsley's back-to-back 3-pointers helped the Aztecs pull away 50-40 with 9:14 to play, and Wyoming got no closer than nine the rest of the way.