Nevada outlasts Fresno State in 3 OTs

FRESNO, Calif. (AP) - Olek Czyz scored 25 points and Dario Hunt added 20 points and 15 rebounds as Nevada outlasted Fresno State 79-76 in triple overtime Saturday night.

Czyz's putback with 55.3 seconds remaining in the third overtime and Deonte Burton's free throws with 21.4 seconds left helped Nevada (23-5, 11-1 Western Athletic) clinch a share of the conference regular-season title.

Kevin Foster scored a career-high 20 points for Fresno State (13-17, 3-9), and Jonathan Wills added 19 points and 10 rebounds.

The Bulldogs inbounded the ball with 1.5 seconds left but couldn't get off a shot before the final buzzer ended the 55-minute contest.

The game featured 19 ties and 32 lead changes.

Nevada prevailed despite getting just one point from its bench.

Fresno State had chances to win, but Tyler Johnson (overtime) and Wills (double overtime) couldn't convert 15-foot jumpers with the game clock winding down.

The Wolf Pack had a chance at the end of regulation, but Hunt missed a jumper from the elbow at the buzzer.

With 1.8 seconds left, Steven Shepp blocked a 3-point attempt by Burton out of bounds to set up Hunt's final shot.

Czyz missed two free throws with 59.8 seconds left that could have put the Wolf Pack ahead.

Quiet most of the game, Bulldogs guard Kevin Olekaibe hit consecutive 3-pointers that pulled to tie the game at 53.

Neither team scored in the final 2:48 of regulation.

Nevada limited Olekaibe to 11 points.

The WAC scoring leader was coming off a career-high 43 points Thursday night against Seattle.

Burton, Nevada's leading scorer, went scoreless until his 3-pointer with 11:58 left in the second half put the Wolf Pack ahead 39-38.

He finished with 19 points, going 12-of-14 from the foul line.

In the first overtime period neither team was able to move out to more than a three-point advantage. Ahead by a 62-59 score thanks to a jumper by Story, who finished with nine points on a mere 2-of-16 shooting from the field, Nevada failed to keep Foster out of the paint.