Tuesday, March 3
Las Vegas, Nev.
9:30 PM MT
Boise State
23-9,13-5Mountain West
79
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71
Wyoming
17-12,12-6Mountain West
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Wyoming
15
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25
14
71
Boise St.
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29
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79
Photo by: Morgan Engel/NCAA Photos
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3/4/2020 1:17:00 AM | Women's Basketball
LAS VEGAS - Boise State advanced to its fourth-straight Mountain West Championship Game Tuesday night, defeating Wyoming, 79-71, in the late semifinal.
The Broncos (23-9) used a 29-17 second quarter to take control of the contest, and gamely fought off multiple Cowgirl comeback attempts in the second half.
"I thought we had a great, great second quarter. And our second quarter created some space so they never really -- they came close to recovering that space, but they didn't," said Boise State head coach Gordy Presnell.
Five Broncos scored in double figures for the fourth time in the past five games, led by A'Shanti Coleman's 20 points. For Coleman, it was another banner night as she posted her fifth-straight 20-point performance, and hit the 1,000-point mark for her career (Arizona, 2015-16; Boise State, 2017-present). She also posted her fourth double-double of the season, grabbing a career high-matching 12 rebounds.
She also hit the 1,000-point mark for her career, combining 938 career points at Boise State (2017-present) with 70 points from her freshman season at Arizona in 2015-16.
"I missed a few shots in the beginning, but I didn't let that get to me. My teammates were encouraging me because sometimes I tend to focus on the shots that I miss. But overall we were just working well with each other, the chemistry," Coleman said.
Point guard Jayde Christopher posted the rare rebounds-assists double-double, grabbing 10 boards and passing out 10 helpers.
Christopher and Coleman combined for the game-changing sequence Tuesday night. With the Bronco lead down to five at 68-63 with just over four minutes to play, Wyoming's Alba Sanchez Ramos stole a Bronco inbounds pass and streaked downcourt for what appeared to be an uncontested layup, but Christopher, in a full sprint, caught up and swiped the ball, and Wyoming's hopes, away. Seconds later, Christopher would feed Coleman for a bucket that put the Broncos up seven with under four minutes to go, and the lead would never be less than seven the rest of the way.
Coleman scored again with 2:40 to play to get the Broncos up 72-63, and over the final minute, Braydey Hodgins, who finished the night with 10 points, went 4-for-4 from the line to ice the win.
Riley Lupfer scored 13 points and hit a pair of 3-pointers, and Jade Loville added 10 points to round out the Bronco quintet in double figures. Tereza Vitulova led Wyoming with 16 points while Taylor Rusk had 14 and Quinn Weidemann added 13.
Boise State opened the game 2-for-12 from the field before hitting 12 of its next 17 and outscoring the Cowgirls, 31-17, to eventually take a 44-32 halftime lead.
The Broncos (23-9) used a 29-17 second quarter to take control of the contest, and gamely fought off multiple Cowgirl comeback attempts in the second half.
"I thought we had a great, great second quarter. And our second quarter created some space so they never really -- they came close to recovering that space, but they didn't," said Boise State head coach Gordy Presnell.
Five Broncos scored in double figures for the fourth time in the past five games, led by A'Shanti Coleman's 20 points. For Coleman, it was another banner night as she posted her fifth-straight 20-point performance, and hit the 1,000-point mark for her career (Arizona, 2015-16; Boise State, 2017-present). She also posted her fourth double-double of the season, grabbing a career high-matching 12 rebounds.
She also hit the 1,000-point mark for her career, combining 938 career points at Boise State (2017-present) with 70 points from her freshman season at Arizona in 2015-16.
"I missed a few shots in the beginning, but I didn't let that get to me. My teammates were encouraging me because sometimes I tend to focus on the shots that I miss. But overall we were just working well with each other, the chemistry," Coleman said.
With 12 points in the first half tonight, @shantizzzle now has exactly 1️⃣,0️⃣0️⃣0️⃣ points over her career at Arizona and Boise State!#BleedBlue pic.twitter.com/dqkYLyUkKU
— Boise State WBB (@BroncoSportsWBB) March 4, 2020
Point guard Jayde Christopher posted the rare rebounds-assists double-double, grabbing 10 boards and passing out 10 helpers.
Christopher and Coleman combined for the game-changing sequence Tuesday night. With the Bronco lead down to five at 68-63 with just over four minutes to play, Wyoming's Alba Sanchez Ramos stole a Bronco inbounds pass and streaked downcourt for what appeared to be an uncontested layup, but Christopher, in a full sprint, caught up and swiped the ball, and Wyoming's hopes, away. Seconds later, Christopher would feed Coleman for a bucket that put the Broncos up seven with under four minutes to go, and the lead would never be less than seven the rest of the way.
HUSTLE. PLAY.@jookieee23 doesn't quit on the play, and makes a critical steal to prevent a Wyoming bucket!#BleedBlue pic.twitter.com/xTgXhpxZr3
— Boise State WBB (@BroncoSportsWBB) March 4, 2020
Coleman scored again with 2:40 to play to get the Broncos up 72-63, and over the final minute, Braydey Hodgins, who finished the night with 10 points, went 4-for-4 from the line to ice the win.
Riley Lupfer scored 13 points and hit a pair of 3-pointers, and Jade Loville added 10 points to round out the Bronco quintet in double figures. Tereza Vitulova led Wyoming with 16 points while Taylor Rusk had 14 and Quinn Weidemann added 13.
Boise State opened the game 2-for-12 from the field before hitting 12 of its next 17 and outscoring the Cowgirls, 31-17, to eventually take a 44-32 halftime lead.
Team Stats
UW
Boise
FG%
.459
.433
3FG%
.077
.308
FT%
.933
.813
RB
34
40
TO
11
11
STL
7
5
Game Leaders
Pts
20
FGM
9
3FGM
2
FTM
0
Pts
13
FGM
4
3FGM
2
FTM
3
Pts
12
FGM
6
3FGM
0
FTM
0
Pts
10
FGM
2
3FGM
0
FTM
6
Players Mentioned
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/ Women's Basketball
Guard
/ Women's Basketball
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/ Women's Basketball
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