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Utah State beats Nevada 72-62 for WAC championship Posted: March 14, 2009 11:22 PM Updated: March 14, 2009 11:26 PM

RENO, Nev. (AP) - Gary Wilkinson scored 21 points and Jared Quayle and each had double-doubles to help Utah State win the Western Athletic Conference tournament championship 72-62 over Nevada on Saturday night.

Quayle had 15 points and 10 rebounds, and Wesley 14 Take a Break... Play a Game! points and 11 rebounds for the top-seeded Aggies (30-4), Utah State's Tai Wesley, left, drives to who held Nevada scoreless for the first 6 1/2 minutes and Babel Deluxe the basket past Nevada's Ahyaro Phillips, during the first half of an NCAA denied Wolf Pack scoring leader Luke Babbitt a Fishdom college finals game at the until 16:24 was left in the game. Super Collapse! 3 Western Athletic Conference men's SKIP-BO: Castaway Caper tournament in Reno, March 14.(AP Photo) The tournament title gave the WAC's regular season Bejeweled 2 Deluxe champs their sixth trip to the NCAA tournament in 10 Related Links years, but first since 2006. Fresno State beats Wolf Pack, clinches 2nd trip to scored 17 of his 20 points in the second NCAA half while Babbitt, a freshman, finished with only eight points on 3-of-12 shooting for second-seeded Nevada Local News More (21-12), which made only two of its first 21 attempts

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Cooke made a 3-pointer, then Johnson made two 3s around a three-point play to cut it to 66-56 with 1:18 on the clock. But Wilkinson made two free throws and Williams slammed home Newbold's alley-oop pass to make it 70-59.

Utah State raced to a 13-0 lead as Nevada missed its first 10 shots before Ahyaro Phillips' tip-in with 13:30 left in the first half.

Shaw scored to cut the lead to 15-4 but Quayle, Wesley and Wilkinson made three more baskets to put the Aggies up 21-4 midway through the half.

The Wolf Pack's dry spell continued until Johnson converted a 3-point play to spark an 11-0 run capped by Phillips tip in to pull within 21-15.

Utah State had its own 5-minute scoring drought until Newbold's basket 4:13 before the half. But Shaw matched it then turned a into a 3-point play when he was fouled on a layup to cut the Aggies' lead to 25-21.

Utah State's Stavon Williams added a 3-point goal at 1:10 but Nevada's Dario Hunt made two free throws just before the half to make it 28-23.

Cooke finished with 10 points, eight rebounds and six steals while Shaw had 10 points.

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