Three takeaways: The good (a rout), bad (an injury) and ugly (a missing tooth!)

Nevada beat Utah State, 83-57, on Saturday night at Lawlor Events Center to improve to 16-3 overall and 5-0 in the Mountain West. Chris Murray/RGJ

Buy PhotoThe Wolf Pack basketball team beat Utah State, 83-57, on Saturday to improve to 16-3 overall and 5-0 in the Mountain West. Here are three takeaways from Nevada’s victory.

1. Now that’s more like it

Not every game can be a rout. College basketball is a competitive sport and as we’ve noted in recent stories, the Wolf Pack is going to get the opponents’ best effort as a result of being the team to beat in the Mountain West. But, since a relatively comfortable win at Fresno State to open conference play, the Wolf Pack had played three so-so…