Javan Buchanan scored 19 points off of the bench to help lead Boise State over Nevada 66-56 on Wednesday. Buchanan also had five rebounds for the Broncos (14-7, 6-4 Mountain West Conference). Alvaro Cardenas scored 18 points and added five assists.

Boise State scores 77.7 points, 9.5 more per game than the 68.2 Nevada gives up. Nevada has shot at a 47.6% rate from the field this season, 4.4 percentage points higher than the 43.2% shooting opponents of Boise State have averaged.

BOTTOM LINE: Boise State hosts Nevada after Tyson Degenhart scored 27 points in Boise State's 75-72 loss to the Colorado State Rams. The Broncos are 8-1 in home games. Boise State is second in the MWC in rebounding with 34.5 rebounds. Degenhart paces the Broncos with 6.0 boards.

Boise St. 8-25 (Cardenas 2-4, Buchanan 2-5, Degenhart 2-7, Bowie 1-2, Meadow 1-4, Ugbo 0-1, Stanley 0-2). Fouled Out_Meadow. Rebounds_Nevada 26 (Davidson, Foster, Sanders 4), Boise St. 24 (Keene 10).