New Mexico's Angela Hartill
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Women's Basketball Update - Jan. 27
Jan. 27, 2008
The third week of conference play concluded last night, highlighted by the San Diego State at UNLV match-up being televised live on The Mtn. Wyoming and Utah remained perfect in conference play with wins at Colorado State and TCU, respectively.
| BYU 41, New Mexico 38 |
| Albuquerque, N.M. |
Sat., Jan. 26, 2008 |
- BYU won at The Pit for the second year in a row. BYU is the only team to win at The Pit in back-to-back years as a member of the MWC.
- The Cougars won the game despite scoring only 41 points. The last time BYU won a game while scoring 41 points or less was a 40-39 win at Utah on Feb. 15, 1974.
- The Lobos have started conference play 0-3 for the first time in the history of the MWC.
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| Utah 60, TCU 50 |
| Fort Worth, Texas |
Sat., Jan. 26, 2008 |
- Utah's Kalee Whipple scored a career-high 30 points on 9-for-11 shooting, including 4-for-5 from beyond the arc, in the win vs. TCU.
- The Utes have now won 11 straight games, its longest win streak since winning 15 straight games in the 2000-01 season.
- The loss to Utah snapped a six-game home win streak for the Horned Frogs.
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| #18/#19 Wyoming 68, Colorado State 55 |
| Fort Collins, Colo. |
Sat., Jan. 26, 2008 |
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The Cowgirls win marked their 12th straight victory this season, the largest win streak in school history. Wyoming's No. 18 national ranking is also the team's highest in school history.
- Wyoming had four players score in double-figures for only the third time this season.
- Colorado State's Amaka Uzomah scored her first career double-double in the loss to Wyoming. She scored 12 points and 18 rebounds, good enough for second in the conference this season.
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| San Diego State 75, UNLV 55 |
| Las Vegas, Nev. |
Sat., Jan. 26, 2008 |
- San Diego State's win at UNLV marked its first MWC road-win since a 77-61 win at Air Force on Feb. 26, 2005.
- The Aztecs' Jene Morris scored a career-high 35 points, including seven straight 3-pointers in the win.
- UNLV committed 20 turnovers in the first half and 26 overall. Prior to last night's game, the Rebels were averaging 20 turnovers per game.
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