DENVER – The University of Denver men’s basketball team allowed Wyoming’s offense to get going in the second half and the Pioneers offense went cold in the Cowboys 76-53 win over the Pioneers on Saturday afternoon inside the newly renovated Hamilton Gymnasium.
LEADERS:
Junior Kam Martin led the Pioneers with 17 on 5-of-11 shooting with three rebounds. Martin shot 3-for-6 from beyond the arc in his Hamilton debut.
Wyoming had four finish in double figures.
HOW IT HAPPENED:
First Half:
A defensive battle opened the first segment inside Hamilton Gymnasium in the 2026-27 campaign. Oskar Stumer scored the first bucket on DU’s home floor this season, and Kam Martin had a pull-up jumper as well taking the game to the first media at 5-5.
Martin hit his first triple in-front of his new home fans to put Denver in-front by three, while the defense held Wyoming scoreless for over five minutes before Nasir Meyer connected on a pair from the line to trim the Pioneers lead to 8-7 at the under-12.
Wyoming connected on its first triple to take the lead, but an aggressive spark off the bench from Logan Threatt got the Pioneers noses back in-front as the game passed the midway point of the first half. A trio of free-throws on a foul as the shot clock was expiring got the Cowboys their first multi-point lead of the day, and they carried the 17-15 advantage into the under-8.
Back-to-back triples from the visitors broke and 18-18 deadlock, starting an 8-0 run stopped by a Martin triple that took Wyoming’s lead out to 26-21 at the under-4.
Carson Johnson’s first triple of the afternoon cut the deficit to two, but back-to-back triples from the Cowboys got the Pioneers deficit right back to eight with 1:08 remaining. Wyoming ended the half on a 10-0 run to take a 36-24 lead back into the locker room.
Second Half:
The offenses on both teams came out of the locker room on fire, but Denver was unable to cut into the deficit in the first segment. Martin crossed into double figures with 11 on his third three of the afternoon to get the Pioneers offense started in the second frame.
Wyoming pushed its lead to 50-35 at the under-12, holding Denver scoreless in the final 2:27 of the second segment.
The Cowboys continued to build on their advantage in the middle stages of the second half, getting the lead out to 21 at the 10:00 mark of the frame.
Denver called a timeout that took the game to the under-4 with Wyoming leading 71-45.
Jaelen Nelson gave Denver a spark off the bench in the final segment, hitting a triple, a pair of pull-up jumpers and a free-throw for a quick eight points in his two minutes on the floor.
Wyoming saw the game out down the stretch, winning 76-53.
NOTES:
- Saturday’s standing room only crowd was 1,803, the second-largest attendance for a men’s basketball game in Hamilton Gymnasium in the venue’s history.
- The game only trailed last season’s date with North Dakota State (1839) and Denver’s game against Western Kentucky that was moved into Hamilton in 2007.
- With the new renovations in Hamilton Gymnasium, the new capacity is 1662.
- Kam Martin finished with 17 points.
- Martin finished in double figures for the second-consecutive game and the 23rd time in his career.
UP NEXT:
Denver will round out its two-game home stand on Monday night when the Pioneers welcome UCCS to Hamilton Gymnasium. Opening tip is set for 8 p.m. MT, and the back half of a women’s and men’s double header will be broadcast on ESPN+.
TICKET INFORMATION:
Tickets for the 2026-27 campaign are on sale now, and can be purchased here.
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