Feb. 10, 2010
LARAMIE, Wyo. - Wyoming hit a pair of 3-pointers in the final 43 seconds of the first half to change a two-point game into an eight-point San Diego State deficit at the break, as the Aztec women's basketball team went on to fall to the host Cowgirls 63-51 Wednesday evening at Arena-Auditorium in Laramie, Wyo. SDSU dropped back-to-back games for the first time since November, falling to 14-8 overall and 6-4 in league action, while the Cowgirls improved to 15-7 and 6-4 in MWC play.
Aztec senior Quenese Davis (Sacramento, Calif.) matched her career high with 11 rebounds to go with 10 points for her second double-double of the season, while also adding a team-best five assists and three steals in 40 minutes of action. Classmate Jené Morris (San Francisco, Calif.) was limited to 12 points on 4-for-18 shooting, but matched her career best with seven rebounds and posted three assists, two steals and two blocks.
SDSU junior Paris Johnson (San Diego, Calif.) logged six of the team's nine total rejections on the night for a season best and also tallied nine points and seven rebounds. Junior forward Allison Duffy (Lakeside, Calif.) was the third Aztec in double-figure points with 10, including a pair of 3-pointers.
The Aztecs missed their first five shots of the game until their first basket by Johnson made it 7-2 and was followed by a fastbreak lay-up by Davis to get them back to within three at 7-4. The gap remained three points, but then rose to seven on two occasions at the 9:18 and 5:27 mark.
SDSU answered back, nailing three consecutive 3-pointers, including a pair by Morris, to keep the visitors to within a pair with a minute left in the half. Following a timeout, Wyoming's Jade Kennedy hit an open triple and after an Aztec miss at the other end, Kennedy struck again from beyond the arc to turn a two-point Aztec deficit into eight points at 30-22 heading into the locker room.
San Diego State scored the opening bucket of the second half, but the Cowgirls got the next two to build their largest lead of the night to that point at 34-24. The deficit was still 10 points at 38-28, until a triple from the top of the arc with one second left on the shot clock by Hillary Carlson gave Wyoming an 11-point advantage and kick started a 6-0 run to move the score out to 44-30.
The Aztecs trailed by as many as 17 with 4:53 to go, but came as close as nine at 54-45 at the 1:45 mark. Wyoming, however, hit nine of 10 free throws to secure the 63-51 victory.
SDSU shot under 30 percent from the field (29.2) for just the second time this season. Both sides had 15 turnovers apiece, but the Cowgirls owned a +7 margin on the glass, recording 23 offensive rebounds, and shooting 79.2 percent at the free-throw line.
Wyoming was led by Carlson, who scored 21 points and added 10 rebounds and six blocked shots, while Aubrey Vandiver contributed 18 rebounds and 15 boards in the win.
San Diego State continues its two-game road trip with a Saturday afternoon game at UNLV, beginning at 3 p.m. PT. The game is being televised live on CBS College Sports.