LOGAN, Utah — Utah State women's basketball (5-24, 2-15 MW) wrapped up the regular season portion of its 2023-24 campaign Tuesday evening inside of the Dee Glen Smith Spectrum, falling to No. 23 UNLV 104-44.
The Aggies were led by junior guard
Livia Knapp, who scored nine points while going 3-of-5 from the 3-point line, just one point shy of tying her career high. Sophomore forward
Tiairra Hill-Brown went for eight, also just a point shy of tying her career high.
Utah State finished the contest shooting 28.3 percent (15-of-53) from the floor, 25.0 percent (5-of-20) from 3-point range and 56.9 percent (9-of-16) at the charity stripe. UNLV shot 62.1 percent (41-of-66) from the field, including 34.6 percent (9-of-26) from deep and 86.7 percent (13-of-15) from the free throw line.
The Lady Rebels were paced by Nneka Obiazor, who finished with a game-high of 16 points.
Up Next
Utah State (5-23, 2-13 MW) now travels to Las Vegas, Nevada, for the Mountain West Championships. The Aggies will be the 11-seed and will play in the first round on Sunday, March 10, at 8 p.m. (MT). Its first round opponent is yet to be determined The game will be streamed on Mountain West Network, with links to the live stream and stats available on utahstateaggies.com.
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