40 minutes wasn’t enough to decide Sunday’s matinee between Nevada and Saint Mary’s during the first-ever men’s basketball game at the Tahoe Blue Event Center.
The inaugural Caesars Lake Tahoe Classic featured an all-time classic between these two programs in front of 3,323 fans in the first of three men’s basketball games in Stateline as Nevada topped Saint Mary’s 96-95 in overtime.
The Gaels jumped out to a quick 9-0 lead and the Wolf Pack responded with a 9-0 scoring run of its own to tie up the game. The Pack and Gaels went toe-to-toe for nearly the first 20 minutes until Nevada closed out the first half on a 10-3 scoring run, taking a 42-35 lead at the break. Weems led the Pack with 16 of Nevada’s 42 first half points…