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No. 20 BYU Advances in MWC Tounrey with Win Over Colorado State, 65-45
Ambrosia Anderson scores 20 points to lead Cougars.
March 8, 2006
DENVER (AP) - Ambrosia Anderson scored 20 points and led a second-half charge to help No. 20 BYU beat Colorado State 65-45 in the Mountain West Conference tournament Wednesday night. The top-seeded Cougars (24-4) took the lead for good at 7:22 of the first half when Jennie Keele's short jumper made it 22-21, but they went to the locker room clinging to a 29-26 halftime lead. The Cougars opened the second half with a 13-0 run to end Colorado State's hopes of an upset two hours after three-time defending tournament champion and 21st-ranked New Mexico fell to UNLV on the same court. Colorado State (9-20) had played BYU close at home last week, falling 69-67, giving the Rams hope they could hang with the Cougars at the Pepsi Center, too. But Colorado State was playing less than 24 hours after beating San Diego State in the play-in game and fatigue became a factor after halftime. The Rams turned the ball over 24 times and had no answer for Anderson, the conference's co-player of the year along with Utah's Kim Smith. Anderson scored 12 of her points in the second half. Dani Kubik added 10 points and six rebounds for the Cougars. Vanessa Espinoza's 15 points led Colorado State, which also got 10 points from Sara Hunter.
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