Fresno State Athletics
Fresno State
West Virginia
Fears Nets 14 at No. 23 West Virginia
12/20/2009 12:00:00 AM | Women's Basketball
Dec. 20, 2009
Morgantown, W.V.- - In an early morning contest, the Fresno State women's basketball team lost to No. 23 West Virginia 72-52 Sunday morning at the WVU Coliseum. The Bulldogs are now 7-4 while the Mountaineers improved to 10-1.
Jaleesa Ross moved into the second place on the Fresno State career list for 3-pointers made. She made three on Sunday and now has 224 for her career. The school record is 272 set by Lindsay Logan from 2000-03.
LaShay Fears led the Bulldogs in scoring with 14 points. Ross had nine points and Rosie Moult led the Bulldogs in rebounding with eight. Fresno State shot 31 percent from the field while West Virginia shot 45.8 percent.
The Mountaineers out rebounded the Bulldogs 47-28. Fresno State hit seven of 26 3-point attempts.
"They did a good job of making our 3's contested," Fresno State coach Adrian Wiggins said. "I thought we always had someone in our face most of the night."
Sunday's game was played at 10 a.m. eastern time after Saturday's game was postponed due to the heavy snow fall that hit the East on Saturday. The Governor of West Virginia declared the state in a state of emergency on Saturday after the heavy snowfall. Newspapers reported that the Morgantown area received six to eight inches of snow on Saturday.
"We just tried to keep a normal schedule," Wiggins said on the early game. "You can't avoid the fact that it was an early game but you can't make any excuses about it. We felt like we got plenty of rest and nourishment. It was a great opportunity to play. It wasn't a huge disadvantage. We just didn't play as well as them today."
Fresno State trailed 37-28 with 18:52 to play in the game. West Virginia then went on a 17-5 run over a seven minute period to lead 54-33 with 11:51 remaining in the contest. WVU led by as many as 25 points at 68-43 with 3:51 left in the game.
The Bulldogs only lead of the game was when they scored the opening basket to take a 2-0 lead at the 18:56 mark. WVU then led 10-2 seven minutes into the game and the lead was extended to 21-6 with 7:34 to play in the half.
Fresno State scored the next seven points to come within eight at 21-13 a little over a minute later. The Dogs continued to battle and trailed 34-25 at halftime.
"We Are Your Team"- The Bulldogs return to the Save Mart Center on Tuesday when they play host to Pacific at 7 p.m. For ticket information log onto gobulldogs.com.
