The Cowboy defense grinded out an 81-66 win over Tennessee State in the Arena-Auditorium on Sunday afternoon. The win marked the 50th for head coach Sundance Wicks, as guard Obi Agbim recorded 24 points in the win for the Pokes.

Agbim was 10-of-13 from the field for the night and 4-of-4 from behind the arc. Jordan Nesbitt added 15 points for the Cowboys with a team-high seven rebounds. Guard Kobe Newton added 11 points off the bench with a career-high five assists to lead the team.

The Pokes shot 53% from the field for the afternoon and shot 50% from behind going 9-of-18. The Cowboys held Tennessee State to 37% from the field for back-to-back contests and held the opposition to under 40%. TSU held a 40-38 advantage on the glass and scored 15 points on second chances.

Neither team could find the basket in the opening two minutes, but Agbim opened the scoring with a 3-pointer. After TSU found a quick lead, Agbim added another three followed by a slam by Nesbitt for an 8-4 contest near the 16-minute mark of the half.

Touko Tainamo would add a pair of freebies and a 3-pointer for a 19-12 lead for the Pokes with under 12 minutes left in the opening frame. Agbim added a fast break alley-oop and gave Wyoming a 23-14 lead at the 9:31 mark. A minute later he added another slam and Wyoming would lead 28-16.

The Cowboys would get into foul trouble and went scoreless for three minutes, but Newton added a pair of triples for a 38-22 lead with under three minutes left in the opening half. UW would take a 43-28 into the break holding TSU to 30 % from the field.

Agbim got hot to open the second half pushing the lead to 20 points at 52-32 in the early goings of the second half. But Tennessee State went on a 9-0 run over two and a half minutes to make it a 56-46 game for the Pokes with under 14 minutes left. A slam from Scottie Ebube ended the run for TSU.

TSU made it a six-point game at 58-52 with 11 minutes left in the contest. The lead went down to as little as six, but the Cowboy defense fueled a 6-0 run for a 65-53 lead with under nine minutes remaining.

Tennessee State made it a nine-point contest at 67-58 holding Wyoming scoreless for over two and a half minutes. A layup made it a seven-point game, but an and-one play from Nesbitt fueled a 10-0 run for a 79-62 lead for the Pokes in the final two minutes of play. The Pokes would walk away with the 81-66 victory.

Wyoming heads to Texas Tech on Wednesday, Nov. 13 for a 6 p.m. start on ESPN+.