The Wyoming Cowgirls broke out of a scoring and shooting slump in a big way, thumping Air Force 87-60 Wednesday night in Colorado Springs.
The Cowgirls had scored just 95 points in consecutive close losses to BYU and Utah, but found their scoring touch again for their second road win in Mountain West Conference play. The Cowgirls are now 8-7 in the MWC and 17-10 overall.
Wyoming, which hit 20 of 30 3-pointers in the 61-point blowout against Air Force earlier in the season in Laramie, once again found the Falcons zone defense to their liking, hitting 18 of 31 attempts.
“Once again, we shot the ball extremely well against Air Force,” UW head coach Joe Legerski said. “The big three -- Hillary (Carlson), Aubrey (Vandiver) and Emma (Langford) -- led this group and shot the ball well. Jade Kennedy had by far her best floor game with 11 assists. Our offense flowed through Jade and she made great decisions with the basketball. I’m very pleased to get a win at Air Force a difficult place to play.”
Vandiver, who was 0-for 7 from behind the 3-point arc Sunday against Utah, finished with a game-high 24 points and nine rebounds, while shooting 8-of-14 from the field and 5-of-8 3-pointers. She was followed by Carlson with 21 points and nine boards, while Langford added 17 points and seven rebounds. Kennedy's 11 assists were a career high. she also had nine assists against Air Force in the first game.
Wyoming shot 31-of-51 (.636) from the field, while recording 37 rebounds and 27 assists.
Air Force (0-15, 3-25) was led by junior Raimee Beck with 14 points and seven rebounds. She was followed by Kathleen Schjodt and Anna Leipprandt with eight points each. The Falcons shot 22-of-60 (.367) from the field and 6-of-18 (.333) from beyond the arc.
The Cowgirls will play their final regular season game Saturday as they host the UNLV Lady Rebels. The game is set to tip off at 2 p.m. at the Arena Auditorium.
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