Nevada had an abysmal shooting night in the first half, then got only slight better in the second as UC Santa Barbara took a 76-63 win on Wednesday night in Santa Barbara Calif.

The Gauchos led 40-24 at the half as Nevada made 8-of-28 from the field and 1-of-9 from 3-point range.

Nevada improved to make 23-of-58 for the game, but just 2-of-18 from the arc.

The Wolf Pack dropped to 2-1 and the Gauchos improved to 3-0.

Nevada returns home to play Utah Valley (2-0) on Saturday night. The Wolverines are coming off a 101-93 win over Weber State on Saturday.

• Monday, Nov. 2: Nevada 86, Robert Morris 49

• Sunday, Nov. 8: Nevada 96, Saint Mary’s 95, OT (at South Lake Tahoe)

• Wednesday, Nov. 11, UC Santa Barbara 76, Nevada 63

• Saturday, Nov. 14, 7 p.m. vs. Utah Valley

• Wednesday, Nov. 18, 7 p.m. vs. Idaho (TV- NSN, Ch. 21)

• Monday, Nov. 23, 1:30 p.m. at San Francisco

• Tuesday, Nov. 24, 4 p.m. at Santa Clara

• Saturday, Nov. 28, 2 p.m. vs. Cal Poly Humboldt (TV- NSN, Ch. 21)

•  Wednesday, Dec. 2, 7 p.m. vs. Pacific (TV- NSN, Ch. 21)

•  Wednesday, Dec. 9, 7 p.m. vs. Loyola Marymount (TV- NSN, Ch. 21)

• Saturday, Dec. 12, 7 p.m. vs. Sam Houston (TV- NSN, Ch. 21)

•  Friday, Dec. 18, 1:30 p.m. at Colorado State

•  Sunday, Dec. 20, 5:30 p.m. at Loyola Chicago

• Tuesday, Dec. 29, 7 p.m. vs. South Dakota State (TV- NSN, Ch. 21)

• Saturday, Jan. 2, 5:15 p.m. at Wyoming (CW)

• Tuesday, Jan. 5, 7 p.m. at New Mexico (CBS Sports Network)

• Friday, Jan. 8, 6 p.m. vs. Hawaii (FS1)

• Tuesday, Jan. 12, 7 p.m. at UTEP (CW)

• Saturday, Jan. 16, 7 p.m. vs. Grand Canyon (FS1)

• Tuesday, Jan. 19, 7 p.m. vs. Air Force 

• Saturday, Jan. 23, TBD at San Jose State

• Tuesday, Jan. 26, 8 p.m. vs. UTEP (CBS Sports Network)

• Saturday, Jan. 30, 7 p.m. at UNLV (CW)

• Wednesday, Feb. 3, 7:30 p.m. at UC Davis (FS1)

• Saturday, Feb. 6, 1:30 p.m. vs. Wyoming (CW)

• Saturday, Feb. 13, 1 p.m. at Grand Canyon (FS1)

• Tuesday, Feb. 16, 7 p.m. vs. UC Davis (TV- NSN, Ch. 21)

• Saturday, Feb. 20, 5:30 p.m. at Hawaii (CW)

• Tuesday, Feb. 23, 7 p.m. vs. San José State (TV- NSN, Ch. 21)

• Saturday, Feb. 27, 7:30 p.m. vs. UNLV (CBS Sports Network)

• Tuesday, March 2, TBD at Air Force

• Friday, March 5, 6 p.m. vs. New Mexico (CBS Sports Network)