RENO, Nev. - Stephen Madison hit four 3-pointers and scored 18 points, and Idaho's men's basketball team stunned Western Athletic Conference-leading Nevada 72-68 on Saturday night at the Lawlor Events Center.

The Vandals denied the Wolf Pack an opportunity to set a school record with 17 consecutive wins and handed Nevada (19-4, 8-1 WAC) its first loss since Nov. 25, 2011, against BYU. The Vandals (12-11, 5-4) won for the third time in four regular-season tries at Reno under coach Don Verlin.

“I thought we had a lot of guys step up and play very, very well and play very hard,” Verlin said.

Idaho trailed 35-31 at the half before hitting 60 percent from the field in the second half.

Deremy Geiger had 16 points for Idaho and freshman Connor Hill, from Post Falls High, went 3 for 5 from long range and scored 11 points off the bench.

“Connor Hill came off the bench and gave us a lift when we needed it, then Deremy Geiger knocked down some huge shots and Stephen Madison probably played his best game of the last five or six games,” Verlin said.

Senior guard Landon Tatum played tough defense all night long on Nevada star Deonte Burton and filled the stat sheet on the other end with nine assists, six points, five rebounds and a steal. Junior center Kyle Barone had 16 points, seven rebounds and two steals.

Burton finished with 18 points, but went 5 of 12 from the field and 2 of 6 on 3-pointers.

Barone added the highlight of the night at the most crucial moment. He was fouled on a drive with 38 seconds remaining in the game and flipped up a prayer of a lob shot that took one high bounce off the side of the rim and popped in for a three-point play, which he converted to put Idaho up, 67-63.

After a miss on Nevada’s ensuing possession, Barone drained two more free throws to extend Idaho’s lead to six, 69-63. An wild 3-point bank shot by Burton on the next trip down pulled the Wolf Pack back within three at 69-66, but Idaho made three of its final four free throws and the Pack didn’t score again until the final seconds.

Idaho plays host to Seattle U on Tuesday.

IDAHO (12-11)

Bandoumel 2-6 0-0 4, Barone 5-8 6-8 16, Tatum 1-5 4-6 6, Madison 7-10 0-1 18, Geiger 5-10 3-3 16, Habeeb 0-0 1-2 1, Hill 4-6 0-0 11, Borton 0-1 0-0 0, Kammerer 0-0 0-0 0, Faines 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 24-46 14-20 72.

NEVADA (19-4)

Czyz 6-9 0-4 12, Hunt 1-4 1-2 3, Evans 6-12 0-0 14, Burton 5-12 6-7 18, Story 2-8 2-3 8, Nyeko 0-1 0-2 0, Elliott 1-1 2-2 4, Finn 0-0 0-0 0, Burris 2-6 3-5 7, Panzer 1-3 0-0 2. Totals 24-56 14-25 68.

Halftime_Nevada 35-31. 3-Point Goals_Idaho 10-22 (Madison 4-5, Hill 3-5, Geiger 3-8, Borton 0-1, Tatum 0-3), Nevada 6-24 (Evans 2-5, Burton 2-6, Story 2-8, Czyz 0-1, Nyeko 0-1, Panzer 0-1, Burris 0-2). Fouled Out_Hunt. Rebounds_Idaho 26 (Barone 7), Nevada 38 (Hunt 11). Assists_Idaho 17 (Tatum 9), Nevada 11 (Burton 4). Total Fouls_Idaho 17, Nevada 19. A_7,349.