Cowgirls fall to Aztecs

By Wyoming Sports.org

SAN DIEGO – San Diego State proved to be too tough on its home court, stopping the Wyoming Cowgirls 65-50 on Saturday.

“The Aztecs, 2-0 in Mountain West Conference game. play, used a 14-0 run to break open a close game. The Cowgirls, 1-1, 10-4, could never quite come back in the game.

The Cowgirls were led by Emma Langford who scored a season high 21 points, while adding six assists, three steals and two blocked shots. She was 7-13 from the field and 5-6 from beyond the arc. She was followed by Hillary Carlson with 17 points and five rebounds. As a team, Wyoming was 20-of-50 (.400) from the field and 6-of-18 (.333) from beyond the arc.

“I was really pleased to see Emma have a break-out game,” UW head coach Joe Legerski said. “Not only with her scoring but she had six assists, three steals and two blocks. She really did a great job keeping us in the game.”

San Diego State was led by Jene Morris with 22 points and four assists. She was followed by Paris Johnson with 13 points and Quenese Davis with 11. The Aztecs were 27-of-63 (.429) from the field while out-rebounding the Cowgirls 41-29.

The two teams traded leads for the first part of the opening half, as Langford's 3-pointer put the cowgirls up 16-15. It would be their final lead of the game, as the Aztecs answered with 14 straight points. San Diego State led 39-27 at halftime.

The Cowgirls came out of the halftime break and went on a 7-2 run to close the gap to seven, 41-34, but San Diego State answered with two quick baskets to got back up by 11 and then maintain a double-digit lead the rest of the way.

The Cowgirls return home Wednesday to host TCU, beginning at 7 p.m.

“I’m happy with the fact that we are 1-1 with two road games to begin the conference season, but we have to go home and defend our home court against TCU,” Legerski said.