San Diego outlasts Nevada 75-68, Pack comeback falls shy

Laura Rivas || Nevada Athletics Despite an robust second-half start, the Nevada Wolf Pack’s comeback effort fell just short, suffering a 75-68 defeat to the San Diego Toreros on Friday at Lawlor Events Center in Reno, Nev.

With physical point-of-attack defense and relentless rim pressure offensively from their foe, the Pack struggled finding any first half groove on either end — digging a 16-point halftime hole after trailing by 19 at one point in the half.

Nevada head coach Steve Alford lamented that since they trailed by 16 at halftime, they had to cut the game into five separate four-minute segments.

“No so much of a message of fired up, but just saying, ‘Look, we’re down 16. There is no…