HUNTSVILLE, Texas — Leland Walker scored 24 points with six assists and five rebounds, but Wyoming couldn’t overcome a major free-throw disparity in a 78-70 loss to Sam Houston State on Wednesday night at Johnson Coliseum.

“We told our guys you have to pack two things and that is defense and rebounding,” UW head coach Sundance Wicks. “We defended well enough to win and rebounded well enough to win, but we weren’t tougher than our problems tonight, we weren’t tough enough to be in the moment and go make the free throws and plays we needed to make.”

Wyoming (4-1) made six more field goals than the Bearkats but went just 9-for-22 (41 percent) from the free-throw line. Sam Houston State (2-2) finished 29-for-33 (88 percent) from the stripe.

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