FORT COLLINS — Colorado State closed the game on a decisive surge Saturday afternoon to defeat Wyoming 79-68 at Moby Arena, while Boise State capped a late rally to slip past the Cowgirls 56-54 in Laramie.
In Fort Collins, the Cowboys went scoreless for more than four minutes in the final 10 minutes as Colorado State pulled away to earn a season split in the annual Border War.
“31 minutes of really good basketball and trusting your teammates and nine minutes to go we got soft and selfish,” Wyoming head coach Sundance Wicks said. “CSU stuck with the gameplan down the stretch and we didn’t. We need to look for each other when times get tough. We took care of the basketball, and the shot selection late was not great.”…