The 6-foot-11 inch junior forward's play backed that statement up to the hilt. Fazekas caught the ball at the top of the key and put it on the floor like a guard on one play, driving past Cass Matheus and scoring easily. He also hit a three-pointer, dunked the ball twice, and helped hold Nate Harris to an uncharacteristic 3-of-12 shooting performance.

Ramon Sessions' twisting jumper as time expired made the halftime deficit 13 for the Aggies, the same margin as against Northwestern State in the last home game.

"It's the second home game in a row where we come out like that and teams jump on us," Carroll said.

In the first nine minutes of the second half, it appeared USU was thinking comeback again. The Aggies whittled the deficit and got within five on a Chris Huber three, but then what Morrill called a "mental breakdown" occured, allowing Kemp to get free for an uncontested three-pointer.

"We were supposed to be in '32-12,' which is three-quarter court press back zone, and a couple of guys didn't get in it," Morrill said.

The Aggies never got so close again. Kemp added another three seconds later and the momentum was firmly with the visitors. With 19 seconds to go Kemp drained yet another three to put Nevada up by 21, the biggest lead of the game. Carroll, who never stopped running the entire 40 minutes he was on the floor and rounded out his stat line with a block and a steal, hit a garbage time three to bring the Aggies up to 57 points.

Durrall Peterson said the loss was tough but the Aggies are looking ahead now. "We'll come back strong and finish hard and hopefully see Nevada again in the conference tournament," he said.

USU plays Fresno State Thursday night in the Spectrum and will try to avenge a 99-96 double-overtime loss to the Bulldogs.