Feb. 23, 2008
Box Score
LAS VEGAS - Wyoming made six three-pointers in each half and shot 57.1% from the floor to claim an 88-78 victory over UNLV on Saturday night in Mountain West Conference women's basketball action from the Cox Pavilion. The win moved the Cowgirls to 22-4 overall, 10-3 in league play, while the Lady Rebels dropped to 8-17, 4-8 in the MWC.
The win for Wyoming broke its 11-game losing streak to UNLV in Las Vegas, as the Cowgirls are now 2-11 all-time on the Lady Rebels' home court. It was also the second straight time Wyoming has hit 12 three-pointers in its game with UNLV. Wyoming knocked down 12-of-26 from three-point range on the way to an 87-39 win in Laramie on Jan. 23. It was a much closer contest this time around, as the Lady Rebels never quit fighting, and became the first team to score more then 70 points against Wyoming this year. The 88-78 score was also the most combined score in a Lady Rebel contest since a 92-87 win over Colorado State on Jan. 22, 2004.
The Cowgirls never trailed in the game, and opened up an early 15-5 lead just over five minutes into the contest. UNLV would cut the lead to six, 21-15, on a Brittany Halberg jumper with 7:03 to play in the half. Wyoming then took control of the game with an 11-2 spurt, which was capped by Jodi Bolerjack's trey at 3:06 to make the score 32-17. A jumper in the final 10 seconds from Sequoia Holmes brought UNLV within 11, 41-30, entering halftime.
In the second half, Wyoming answered four straight UNLV scoring possessions with a three-pointer, to push a 12-point lead, 44-32, to a 19-point edge, 56-37, with 15:29 to play. The lead then hovered between 13-21 points for the next 13 minutes.
Wyoming lead 77-57 with 5:40 to play when UNLV made one last charge, as a 12-4 run cut the lead down to just 12, 81-69 with 2:13 left. The Lady Rebels would also score seven of the final nine points, but were never able to bring the deficit into single digits.
Shamela Hampton led UNLV with 23 points and was 11-of-13 at the line, while Holmes added 21 points, nine rebounds, three assists, two blocks, and three steals. Dominique Harris scored 10 points, while India Chaney came off the bench with a career-high 16. UNLV shot 42.2% (27-of-64) for the game, was 3-of-11 from three-point range (27.3%), and made 21-of-27 at the line for 77.8%. UNLV held a 36-30 edge on the boards, and came up with 13 steals.
Five players finished in double figures for Wyoming, led by Hanna Zavecz and Justyna Podziemska with 22 points each. Bolerjack posted 19 points, Dominique Sisk added 11, and Aubrey Vandiver recorded 10 points. Bolerjack finished 5-of-9 on three-pointers, while Podziemska was 4-of-7 from behind the arc. As a team, the Cowgirls made 12-of-21 from downtown for 57.1%, and were 28-of-49 overall from the floor for 57.1% as well. They were also 20-of-28 at the line for 71.4%.
UNLV will return to action on Wednesday, Feb. 27, when it faces San Diego State at 8 pm in San Diego in a game televised by The Mtn.
