Feb. 7, 2003
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SDSU Women's Basketball Rides Momentum Into Saturday's Game With Wyoming
With its 60-47 upset of Colorado State, the San Diego State women's basketball team (8-10, 2-4 MWC) is riding a two-game win streak into Saturday's meeting with Wyoming. The Aztecs led the entire way in the victory versus the Rams Thursday and are now tied for sixth in the Mountain West Conference. Wyoming, meanwhile, broke a three-game win streak by falling at UNLV, 68-65, also on Thursday night.
San Diego State, which is 13-8 all-time against Wyoming, has never won three straight MWC games since play began in 1999-2000. The last time the Aztecs claimed three straight regular-season conference games was in 1996-97, when SDSU won its final eight Western Athletic Conference games, en route to the tournament championship and the program's most recent NCAA bid.
Wyoming Cowgirls (13-6, 3-3 MWC) at
SAN DIEGO STATE Aztecs (8-10, 2-4 MWC)
-When & Where: Saturday, Feb. 8, 2003, Cox Arena (12,414), San Diego, Calif., 5:05 p.m. (PST).
-Webcast/TV: Live audio broadcast on www.goaztecs.com, with Tammy Blackburn, Bill Earley and Dan Lawton.
-The Records: SDSU (8-10, 2-4 MWC) earned its second straight Mountain West Conference victory, beating Colorado State by 13 points on Thursday at Cox Arena. The Aztecs snapped a four-game losing skid to the Rams and posted back-to-back conference victories for the first time since 2000-01. Wyoming (13-6, 3-3 MWC), meanwhile, fell to host UNLV by three points, 68-65, also on Thursday evening. The loss to the Lady Rebels snapped its three-game MWC win streak, which included wins over Air Force, New Mexico and Colorado State in overtime.
-In The RPI: In the 16th RPI rankings released by the WBCA through games of February 5, SDSU moved to 227th, while Wyoming is No. 54. The Aztecs are No. 222 (College Basketball News) and No. 218 (Collegerpi.com), respectively, in the other major RPIs.
-SDSU Head Coach Jim Tomey: Tomey (Michigan '81) is in his first season at San Diego State, taking over the Aztec helm on April 9, 2002. His career and Aztec head coaching record is 8-10.
-Wyoming Head Coach Cindy Fisher: Fisher (Arizona State, '88) is in her fifth year with the Cowgirls, compiling an 54-75 record.
-Series History: SDSU leads 13-8 (Last: Wyoming def. SDSU, 53-43, on Feb. 14, 2002, in San Die