LARAMIE - The game will stand in the record books as: Wyoming 80, Prairie View A&M 75.

And Derek Johnson will always have one more career point than he probably should.

The official scorers at the Arena-Auditorium credited Johnson with a phantom free throw on Wednesday night, a fact that had plenty of UW media relations members scurrying for a minute, but didn't affect the outcome of the game and probably will be quickly forgotten.

The confusion started with more than 14 minutes remaining when the referees changed a 3-pointer to a long two.

With 13:25 remaining in the second half, Prairie View A&M's Darnell Hugee completed a three-point play at the free-throw line.

The scorers didn't add a point to the scoreboard and play had to be stopped the next time down the floor to address the situation.

It got more interesting when Derek Johnson went to the line for two shots with 13:01 remaining.

He missed the first free throw and made the second, but was credited for two points.

The in-house video feed was panning the crowd at the time of the missed free throw, and with no video evidence, the point couldn't be corrected, a problem that was nearly a bigger issue when the Panthers cut their deficit to 76-75 (officially) with a minute and a half to play.

MOUJEKE HAS ANOTHER BIG GAME: UW freshman Afam Muojeke, fresh off a 31-point outing in his debut, poured in 23 more points against the Panthers.

But the post-game talk wasn't all about his success.

"He's a talented kid," UW coach Heath Schroyer said. "But as good as he was offensively, he was just as bad defensively, if you want to know the truth."

The media requested Muojeke for a post-game interview, but he was a no-show - a decision made by Schroyer.

EWING SHOWS FRUSTRATION: UW senior guard Brandon Ewing didn't hesitate to show some displeasure as his team turned the ball over 17 times, which led to 29 Prairie View A&M points.

"The frustration wasn't at the team directly, it was more like I knew we were a better team than that," Ewing said. "It's good to have a lead, but we're a better team than that.

"Even though we're 2-0, we still have to get better day by day."

Ewing had 14 points and eight assists, one off his career high. He also had five rebounds and moved into a tie for fifth all time in UW history with his 95th career start.

LINSKENS STARTS: Sophomore center Mikhail Linskens got the start over freshman Adam Waddell, who had started the first regular season game and the exhibition.

"Mikhail was better in practice," Schroyer said. "He was our leading rebounder in the week. And Adam has been fighting a sinus infection and has been kind of out of it."

Linskens played 17 minutes and had two points and six rebounds.

Waddell played 12 minutes and had just one basket, a two-handed jam.