Nevada 73, Hawaii 65

Sunday, Jan. 26, 2003 | 5:44 a.m.

RENO, Nev. AP) - Kirk Snyder scored 16 points, and Jerry Petty made all three of his 3-point attempts in the final 10 minutes to lead Nevada to a 73-65 win over Hawaii on Saturday night in the Western Athletic Conference.

Todd Okeson added 14 points and Petty finished with 13 for the Wolf Pack (10-8, 5-3 WAC), who have won five of their last six.

Carl English had 27 points and Michael Kuebler scored all of his 12 points in the second half for the Rainbow Warriors (11-5, 4 (4)-, who have lost three in a row for the first time in two years.

Snyder had a game-high 10 rebounds for his seventh double-double of the season for Nevada, which led 29-28 at the half and held Hawaii scoreless during a key 5-minute stretch late in the game.

Trailing 52-47, the Wolf Pack went on a 14-0 run capped by Petty's 3-point jumper from the top of the key to go ahead 61-52 at 3:22.

English made a 3-pointer to cut it to 61-55 with 2:58 remaining, but Petty responded with another 3-pointer then made both ends of a one-and-one for a 67-57 lead at 1:19.

Kuebler and English turned steals into layups to pull to within 69-65 with 28 seconds left. But Okeson and Petty each made a pair of free throws down the stretch to seal the win and move the Wolf Pack into second place in the WAC after Tulsa 11-5, 4 (3)- lost at home Saturday to SMU, 86-84.