Box Score

LOGAN, Utah -

Utah State 60, Nevada 57

Utah State women's basketball wrapped up its week of Mountain West action in a home win over Nevada, Saturday, as the Aggies topped the Wolf Pack, 60-57.

Utah State was led by sophomore Rachel Brewster who ended the day with 21 points, her third 20-point game of the season. She was joined in double figures by freshman guard Eliza West who tallied 12 points. Freshman forward Shannon Dufficy was tops defensively, adding 11 rebounds. Nevada had two players in double figures, led by AJ Cephas with 17.

Utah State utilized its ninth different starting lineup of the season against the Wolf Pack. New to the starting five was sophomore guard Lizzy Klinker, who made her first-career start. Saturday marked Utah State's fifth-straight win over the Wolf Pack and gave the Aggies their second-consecutive season sweep over Nevada.

With the win, Utah State improves to 14-12 on the season and 7-8 in Mountain West play. Nevada drops to 10-15 overall and 4-10 in conference play with the loss.

Utah State jumped out to an early lead Saturday, highlighted by a pair of 3-point shots from West and freshman guard Dee Moore. The Aggie defense held the Wolf Pack to an early scoring drought, which it snapped with a pair of free throws. That started a quick 9-0 run for Nevada who took its first lead with 38 seconds to play in the first. Moore added another layup at the end of the quarter, evening the score at 14.

The teams traded shots back-and-forth in the early minutes of the second quarter, making for five lead changes and two ties over the first five minutes. Behind two solid trips to the free throw line, Utah State scored six-straight points to build back up to a seven-point lead. Nevada hit two back-to-back field goals, but with a similar finish to the first quarter, Moore hit the last layup. With that shot, Utah State took a 29-24 lead into the halftime break.

Nevada came out of the locker room with an offensive surge, going on a 7-0 run to take the lead back. From there, the third quarter was very evenly played, keeping the score within four the entire time. Brewster had the strongest performance for the Aggies through the third, scoring nine of her points of the day in that period. She and freshman forward Hailey Bassett combined to score all of Utah State's 13 third-quarter points. As Brewster knocked down another pair of free throws, USU pulled back within one, 43-42, at the end of the third.

Not ready to quit, Nevada again had a strong start to the third quarter, as Cephas made three field goals over the first 90 seconds to put the Wolf Pack up seven. However, the Aggies responded with a 9-0 run to pull back ahead. Utah State took the lead for the last time at the 2:39 mark on a 3-pointer from Brewster. The game came down to free throws in the final seconds. Nevada was fouled behind the arc and looked to tie the score, but the shooter went 2-for-3. With three seconds to play, the Aggies drew a foul and West was able to secure the victory at the line.

Overall, Utah State shot 39.6 percent (21-of-53) from the field, including 36.4 percent (4-of-11) from the 3-point line, and was 87.5 percent (14-of-16) from the free throw line. Nevada shot 32.1 percent (18-of-56) from the field, 23.5 percent (4-of-17) from behind the arc and 60.7 percent (17-of-28) from the free throw line.

The Aggies remain at home to open competition next week. Utah State will host San José State on Wednesday, Feb. 22, at 7 p.m.

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