Feb. 3, 2000

LAS VEGAS - Angie Gorton drove the left side of the lane and made a layup with 1.5 seconds remaining as Colorado State edged UNLV 81-79 in a Mountain West Conference women's basketball game Thursday at the Thomas & Mack Center.

UNLV trailed CSU by 10 points, 57-47, with 14:13 left, but battled back to tie the score at 70-70 with five minutes to play.

CSU then took a six-point advantage at 76-70 with 3:36 left, but the Lady Rebels went on a 9-3 run which included two Constance Jinks' free throws with 18.1 seconds left to tie the score at 79-79.

Colorado State led 43-40 at the half.

Colorado State (15-4, 5-1 MWC) had four players score in double-figures and was led by Gorton's 21. Jacque Johnson added 18, Heather Haanen had 14, while Ashley Augspurger contributed 13.

The Rams shot an amazing 66.0 percent from the field (33-of-50), which is a season-high. CSU's best performance before was 54.8 percent vs. Vermont on Nov. 26.

UNLV (10-9, 2-4 MWC) also had four players score in double figures and was led by Linda Fr?hlich's 21 points. Jinks added 19, Kinesha Davis contributed 15, while Carlesa Dixon had 11.

UNLV's next action will be on Saturday, Feb. 5, as it hosts Wyoming at 5:00 p.m. at the Thomas & Mack Center. The game will be part of a UNLV basketball double-header and will precede the men's basketball game vs. Utah.

All Lady Rebel games may be heard live on KENO 1460 AM in Las Vegas and by logging onto the internet at www.unlvrebels.com.