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Saturday, March 2
Laramie, WY
1:00 PM MT
University of Utah
56
at
57
Wyoming
Utes Edged Out By Pokes, 57-56
3/2/2002 12:00 AM | Men's Basketball
March 2, 2002
LARAMIE, Wyo. (AP) - Marc Bailey sank two free throws with 5 seconds left and scored 12 of his 14 points in the second half in leading Wyoming past Utah 57-56 Saturday for the Mountain West Conference championship, the Cowboys' first outright league title in 20 years.
The loss snapped Utah's streak of seven consecutive regular-season conference titles. The Utes had been tied with Cincinnati for the longest active streak in the nation. Cincinnati still has a shot at winning the Conference USA title this season.
Wyoming (20-7 overall, 11-3 MWC) earned the top seed in the MWC tournament, which begins next Thursday in Las Vegas.
Utah (20-7, 10-4) and the Cowboys were tied at 51-all with 3:28 left when Donta Richardson and Uche Nsonwu-Amadi each sank a pair of free throws for a 55-51 Wyoming lead.
Nick Jacobson, who led Utah with 24 points, scored to pull Utah within a basket at the 2:02 mark.
Neither team could manage to score until Bailey was fouled with 4 seconds left on a botched Utah in-bounds play. He sank both foul shots, which were needed when Jacobson dropped in a long 3-pointer as time ran out.
Many of the Arena-Auditorium's record 16,089 fans flooded the court and mobbed the Wyoming team.
The Cowboys last won a conference regular-season title outright inn 1982. They shared the MWC title last year with Utah and BYU.
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