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• Washington had 17 points on a variety of dunks, layups and 3-pointers along with 11 rebounds, while Martinez sank a career-high seven 3-pointers - on just nine attempts - and scored 21 points as Wyoming rolled over South Dakota 71-51 in the Global Sports Hoops Showcase on Thursday night.
• "The guys found me tonight and thank God they were going in," Martinez said. "As a shooter you just don't stop shooting once you're missing. If you feel it, you just let it go."
• Washington's presence down low fueled the outside game, he said.
• "When he's doing a good job, playing his game, it opens it up for everybody," Martinez said. "Leonard's just a beast, and he gets it done."
• South Dakota coach Dave Boots felt his team actually played fairly well on defense.
• "That kid (Martinez) shot over the top of us," Boots said. "We missed him on a few cuts that he got open on and knocked them down. Washington is just so physical and stronger than our guys. That's just a man playing in there. We've played him two years now, and we've had a tough time guarding him."
• Larry Nance Jr. rounded out Wyoming's double-figure scorers with a career-high 12. Casey Kasperbauer had 12 to lead South Dakota (0-2), while Juevol Myles added 11 and Tyler Flack 10.
• Wyoming (3-0) led wire to wire and shot 46 percent while holding South Dakota to 30 percent.
• The Cowboys broke to a 10-0 lead, and after the Coyotes drew within 14-10, Washington keyed a 9-1 Wyoming run with 4 points, three rebounds and a blocked shot. His NBA-length 3-pointer put Wyoming up 28-16 at the 5:40 mark of the first half and the lead never shrank below single digits after that.
• Cowboys coach Larry Shyatt said it was his team's best performance so far, including five exhibitions.
• "I thought we shared the ball really well on offense, and I thought defensively we connected the dots," he said. "We had a real focus. . There were mistakes made, but I didn't think we ever dropped our level of focus."
• The widest lead was 66-42 after Riley Grabau's trey with 4:19 remaining. Grabau played 32 minutes, dishing out a career-high six assists to go along with five points. He has yet to commit a turnover this season.
• The four-team, round-robin tournament wraps up Friday with South Dakota playing North Carolina Central and Wyoming meeting Southern. In between, the Wyoming women host Denver.
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