'Dogs host Cowboys to start Week 2 of MW play

Game 15: Wyoming (11-4, 1-1 MW) at Fresno State (9-5, 1-1 MW)
January 4, 2017 -- 7 p.m. PT -- Fresno, Calif. (Save Mart Center)
TV/Online: Mountain West Network (Paul Loeffler/Marc Q. Jones)
Radio: 940 AM ESPN Radio (Paul Loeffler/Marc Q. Jones) & 1600 AM ESPN Deportes (Jesse Beltran/Jose Luis Gonzalez, Jr.)
Series History: Fresno State leads 14-9 (overall) and 10-1 (games played in Fresno)
Last Meeting: Fresno State 79, Wyoming 75 (Laramie, Wyo. • 2/17/16)
Next Up: at San Jose State (1/7/17 • 2 p.m. PT); at Air Force (1/11/17 • 6 p.m. PT)

Opening Tip
• Fresno State has won nine straight home games when playing a MW opponent.
• Fresno State has won 11 straight games against MW opponents decided by a single possession (three points or fewer) -- (5 home, 5 road, 1 neutral).
• Fresno State is one win away from its 150th win at the Save Mart Center.
• Fresno State junior guard Jahmel Taylor is fifth in the nation in 3-point shooting (41-for-79, 51.9 percent).
• Fresno State redshirt junior guard Jaron Hopkins is tied for 18th in the nation in steals per game (2.3 spg).
• Fresno State is tied for 21st in the nation in steals per game (8.8 spg).
• Fresno State is tied for 31st in the nation in field goal percentage (48.1%).

Bulldog Bones
• By winning the 2016 Mountain West Basketball Championship, Fresno State earned its first NCAA Tournament appearance since 2001.
• Fresno State has improved its conference win total in each of the last four seasons since head coach Rodney Terry arrived in 2011, rising from 3-11 (11-12) to 5-11 (12-13) to 9-9 (13-14) to 10-8 (14-15) to 13-5 (15-16).
• Fresno State is one of eight teams in the nation to have improved its conference win total in each of the last four seasons.
• This season, Fresno State was picked to finish fourth in the Mountain West by the league's media in a preseason poll in mid-October.
• Before the 2015-16 season, Fresno State was picked to finish fifth in a preseason poll. The Bulldogs went on to win the 2016 MW Championship and earn the MW's automatic bid into the NCAA Tournament.

Bulldogs host Cowboys on Wednesday night
Fresno State (9-5, 1-1 MW), who won the 2016 Mountain West Championship after finishing second in conference play, will host the Wyoming Cowboys (11-4, 1-1 MW) on Wednesday night at 7 p.m. PT. The game will air live on the Mountain West Network, 940 AM ESPN Radio & 1600 AM ESPN Deportes. Tickets for the game start at $10 through the Save Mart Center Ticket Office or online through www.ticketmaster.com.

About the Wyoming Cowboys
The Wyoming Cowboys are 11-4 on the season, including a 1-1 record in Mountain West play. Wyoming with first-year head coach Allen Edwards opened MW action with an 84-72 home win over Air Force and an 81-75 loss at UNLV. The Cowboys are led by Justin James (16.6 ppg), Jason McManamen (14.0 ppg) and Hayden Dalton (12.8 ppg/8.5 rpg). Fresno State leads the all-time series 14-9, which includes three straight wins in the series and a 10-1 record when playing Wyoming in Fresno. This will be the 24th all-time meeting between the programs

Taylor is one of nation's best 3-point shooters
Fresno State junior guard Jahmel Taylor is fifth in the nation in 3-point field goal percentage (41-for-79, 51.9 percent). He has made at least one 3-pointer in 13 of 14 games this season and at least one 3-pointer in 22 of his last 25 games played. Taylor has 11 games this season with multiple 3-pointers. He made 11 consecutive 3-pointers over the course of three games from Dec. 6-14, 2016, which was four shy of tying the national record of 15. Taylor is also tied for 50th in the nation in 3-point field goals made per game (2.9).

'Dogs host Cowboys to start Week 2 of MW play

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