Vandals remain hot in WAC play

| January 13, 2011 8:00 PM

MOSCOW (AP) - Deremy Geiger scored 18 points and Jeff Ledbetter scored 17 to lead Idaho to a 72-67 victory over Nevada Wednesday night.

Kyle Barone had 13 points and seven rebounds and Luiz Toledo added 11 points and six boards for the Vandals (10-6, 4-1), who won their fourth in a row in Western Athletic Conference play.

Deonte Burton led all scorers with 23 points on 8-of-12 shooting for the Wolf Pack (4-13, 1-3). Duke transfer Olek Czyz had 14 points, 10 rebounds and five assists for Nevada.

Malik Story also scored 14 points. His 3-pointer with 24 seconds remaining cut Idaho's lead to 69-67, but former North Idaho College standout Shawn Henderson made a free throw for the Vandals and after Story missed what would have been a tying 3, Geiger was fouled and made two free throws with 3 seconds left to complete the scoring.

Idaho plays at Cal State Bakersfield on Saturday.

NEVADA (4-13)

Finn 1-3 0-0 2, Burton 8-12 4-5 23, Czyz 5-11 2-2 14, Story 5-15 1-1 14, Hunt 2-4 1-2 5, Nyeko 1-2 0-0 2, Elliott 0-0 0-0 0, Cukic 0-1 0-0 0, Burris 1-3 0-0 2, Conner 2-4 0-0 5, Panzer 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 25-56 8-10 67.

IDAHO (10-6)

Ledbetter 4-8 6-6 17, Henderson 4-10 1-4 9, Wiley 1-3 0-0 2, Toledo 4-5 3-4 11, Geiger 5-12 5-6 18, Tatum 1-3 0-1 2, Barone 6-14 1-1 13, Madison 0-2 0-0 0. Totals 25-57 16-22 72.

Halftime_Idaho 30-28. 3-Point Goals_Nevada 9-21 (Burton 3-4, Story 3-7, Czyz 2-4, Conner 1-2, Nyeko 0-1, Panzer 0-1, Burris 0-2), Idaho 6-17 (Ledbetter 3-7, Geiger 3-8, Henderson 0-2). Fouled Out_Hunt. Rebounds_Nevada 33 (Czyz 10), Idaho 32 (Barone 7). Assists_Nevada 11 (Czyz 5), Idaho 19 (Henderson, Tatum 5). Total Fouls_Nevada 17, Idaho 11. Technical_Conner. A_1,550.