RENO, Nev. — Nevada coach Mark Fox can't say enough about Nick Fazekas' abilities.

Fazekas scored 19 points to become the first player in school history to top 2,000 career points and the 25th-ranked Wolf Pack beat St. Mary's, 76-58, last night.

"He's been the perfect example of what a student-athlete should be," Fox said.

"He goes to school. He's going to get a degree. He plays the game the right way, works at it in his free time and the offseason. He's being rewarded for his efforts and he's a talented kid."

Marcelus Kemp went 4 for 4 from 3-point range and finished with 20 points for Nevada (8-1), which outscored St. Mary's 13-1 in the first 4 minutes of the second half to bounce back from a home loss to UNLV on Saturday.

Diamon Simpson had 18 points and Brett Collins 16 points and nine rebounds for the Gaels (6-5).

Fazekas, a 6-foot-11 senior who entered leading the NCAA in rebounding with 14.1 per game, became the 12th player in the Western Athletic Conference to score 2,000 career points and just the fifth to top 2,000 points and 1,000 rebounds.

Fazekas now has 2,005 points. He also had five rebounds to move into second on Nevada's career rebounding list with 1,018 rebounds, passing Edgar Jones, who had 1,016 from 1975-79.

"I didn't expect to do that when I first came to Nevada," said Fazekas, who considered forgoing his senior year to enter the NBA draft but decided against it. "For me to pass all these records and put my name in the record book, it feels good."

NO. 13 TEXAS A&M 84, FORDHAM 61

Josh Carter scored 24 points, Antanas Kavaliauskas added 19 and the Aggies (8-2) bounced back from two losses — to No. 12 LSU and No. 1 UCLA — last week to roll past the Rams (5-4) at College Station, Texas.

HAWAI'I DIVISION II

NO. 16 SEATTLE UNIVERSITY 76, NO. 14 BRIGHAM YOUNG-HAWAI'I 65

Sam Kirby scored 22 points to lead three teammates in double figures as the Redhawks (6-1) beat the Seasiders (6-2) at Cannon Activities Center in La'ie.

David White added 15, Ryan Webb 14 nd Ryan Coldren 10 for the Redhawks, who led 44-32 at halftime.

Wu Tai-hao scored 20 points and Lucas Alves 14 for the Seasiders.