The Lady Rebels hoped to be spending Thursday preparing for Friday’s Mountain West tournament championship game.
Instead, for the second year in a row, they were knocked out of the conference tournament in the semifinals by Fresno State, this time around 53-51 late Wednesday night at the Thomas & Mack Center.
No. 7 Fresno State will meet No. 4 Boise State in the championship game for the conference’s NCAA automatic bid on Friday.
“It’s just hard when you work so hard and all of a sudden it’s like ‘Okay, season’s over.’ It’s such a weird feeling, you know?