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Rams looking for seventh seed in MWC with a win
Justin Warren
Issue date: 2/27/09 Section: Sports
With just two games left in the women's basketball season, it is possible for the Rams (9-18, 4-10 MWC) to enter the Mountain West Conference Tournament on March 10 sitting seventh in conference play.
The Rams are currently tied for the eighth seed with UNLV, a team CSU has swept this season, and will travel to Albuquerque, N. M., Saturday to take on the New Mexico Lobos (18-8, 7-6 MWC) for their last away game of the season. UNLV will be taking on Air Force, who is 0-13 in conference play, the same afternoon, making Saturday's game a must win for the Rams.
"We just have to go and not worry about anyone else. We cannot worry about if UNLV is going to beat Air Force. We have just got to control our own destiny," head coach Kristen Holt said. "Bottom line is whoever we play it is what it is. We just have to take it a day at the time and not worry about who is losing."
"It is a tough place to play. New Mexico is a tough team, but we can be a tough team at times so I know it is a game we can play with them," senior forward Britney Minor said. "To beat New Mexico we have to come out focused an hour before the game, not once the game starts. When we come out flat, that's when we always get behind and those are the games we lose."
The higher CSU stands in the conference heading into the MWC Tournament, the better shot they will have at facing an even caliber team in the first round.
After a loss to the Wyoming Cowgirls 71-62 Wednesday night in Laramie, the Rams' bid for the sixth position in MWC ended.
"When I watched the tape I saw so many things that we could have corrected and just some fundamental things," coach Holt said. "You can have effort but if you are not being smart and you are not where you are suppose to be, then that is going to hurt you."
Wednesday night the Rams' defense allowed seven three-pointers in the first half and allowed four of the Cowgirls' players to score in double figures. Emma Langford led Wyoming in scoring with 17 points, while her teammate Hilary Carlson tallied 16 points, along with nine rebounds and five of the Cowgirl's 10 blocks.
The Rams are currently tied for the eighth seed with UNLV, a team CSU has swept this season, and will travel to Albuquerque, N. M., Saturday to take on the New Mexico Lobos (18-8, 7-6 MWC) for their last away game of the season. UNLV will be taking on Air Force, who is 0-13 in conference play, the same afternoon, making Saturday's game a must win for the Rams.
"We just have to go and not worry about anyone else. We cannot worry about if UNLV is going to beat Air Force. We have just got to control our own destiny," head coach Kristen Holt said. "Bottom line is whoever we play it is what it is. We just have to take it a day at the time and not worry about who is losing."
"It is a tough place to play. New Mexico is a tough team, but we can be a tough team at times so I know it is a game we can play with them," senior forward Britney Minor said. "To beat New Mexico we have to come out focused an hour before the game, not once the game starts. When we come out flat, that's when we always get behind and those are the games we lose."
The higher CSU stands in the conference heading into the MWC Tournament, the better shot they will have at facing an even caliber team in the first round.
After a loss to the Wyoming Cowgirls 71-62 Wednesday night in Laramie, the Rams' bid for the sixth position in MWC ended.
"When I watched the tape I saw so many things that we could have corrected and just some fundamental things," coach Holt said. "You can have effort but if you are not being smart and you are not where you are suppose to be, then that is going to hurt you."
Wednesday night the Rams' defense allowed seven three-pointers in the first half and allowed four of the Cowgirls' players to score in double figures. Emma Langford led Wyoming in scoring with 17 points, while her teammate Hilary Carlson tallied 16 points, along with nine rebounds and five of the Cowgirl's 10 blocks.
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