LAS VEGAS—Amaka Uzomah, Bonnie Barbee and Zoi Simmons scored 11 points each as No. 8 seed Colorado State beat No. 5 seed Wyoming 64-56 in the first round of the Mountain West Conference Tournament on Tuesday.
The win sends the Rams (10-20) to the quarterfinals, where they’ll meet No. 4 seed New Mexico on Wednesday.
Wyoming (16-14) was paced by Hillary Carlson with 17 points and Emma Langford with 16.
Colorado State led 38-24 at halftime.
Wyoming scored the first five points of the second half and came within eight with 10:47 left, but the Rams quickly pushed the lead back to 12.
Wyoming used a 7-0 run in the final minutes to cut the lead to 58-52.
Colorado State’s Kim Mestdagh and Uzomah each missed the front end of 1-and-1 free-throw opportunities, but the Rams got the rebound each time and sealed the win on two free throws by Mestdagh with 1:17 left and two more by Britney Minor with 1:05 remaining.
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Information from: Fort Collins Coloradoan,
