This week's Mountain West women's basketball schedule features five games against Pac-12 opponents. Three games will be on Wednesday night with Colorado State at Colorado, USC at Fresno State and San Diego State at Washington.
• Quick Hits ... Air Force freshman Missy Byrd registerd the first double-double of her career with 10 points and 14 rebounds against Kansas City on Dec. 1. Her 14 rebounds were a Falcon season-high. Freshman Taylor Parker joined the team last week after wrapping up her first season on the Falcon women's volleyball team ... Boise State senior Lauren Lenhardt and freshman Miquelle Askew were named to the Air Force Classic All-Tournament Team. Lenhardt scored her 1,000th career point on Nov. 30, the 16th Bronco to reach the milestone ... Colorado State stays on the road this week with a trip down the highway to Colorado on Dec. 5 ... Fresno State junior Ki-Ki Moore faced her former school, Washington State, last week and scored 27 points, one point shy of her career-high ... Nevada's Danika Sharp tied a career-high with 21 points against Cal Poly on Dec. 2. The Wolf Pack heads to Portland and Oregon this week ... New Mexico (6-2) is off to its best start since the 2008-09 season. Five different players have led the team in scoring through the first eight games ... Wednesday's game at Washington will be San Diego State's Beth Burns' 600th game as a head coach ... UNLV senior Kelli Thompson was named to the ASU Classic All-Tournament Team last week. She scored a season-high 27 points against then No. 23/22 Dayton during the tournament ... Wyoming is now 4-0 on the season if the Cowgirls score 70 or more points in a game. UW has won by an average of 23.3 points in those victories.
• An International Flavor ... Mountain West women's basketball rosters feature 14 international student-athletes in 2012-13. Five hail from Australia, two from Canada, and one each from Latvia, Belgium, Gabon, Guadeloupe, Germany, Senegal and Serbia.
• Durbin named Senior CLASS Award Top 30 Candidate ... New Mexico senior Caroline Durbin has been named a candidate for the Senior CLASS award, one of 30 selected. The award is an acronym for Celebrating Loyalty and Achievement for Staying in School. It focuses on the total student-athlete experience and encourages students to use their platform in athletics to make a positive impact as leaders in their communities.
