Around the WAC

Hawaii was held to a season-low 52 points in a loss to Utah State on Monday. … Bracket Buster assignments for the WAC: Fresno State at Creighton; Louisiana Tech at Southern Illinois; Akron at Nevada; and Northwestern State at Utah State. … Louisiana Tech’s Paul Millsap and Nevada’s Nick Fazekas have been named to the Wooden Award Midseason All-American team. The two are waging a battle for the WAC scoring crown. … Louisiana Tech’s one-game lead in the WAC is more impressive considering it has played five of eight games away from home. … Idaho’s 35-point loss to Fresno State was its worst loss since falling 80-41 to Saint Louis on Dec. 2, 2000. … Utah State and Nevada are receiving votes in the polls. … Idaho is last in the conference in attendance. The Vandals draw an average of 1,475. … Utah State is ranked in the top 50 nationally in nine statistical categories.