The Nevada women’s basketball team fell to Fresno State 54-44 Saturday inside Lawlor Events Center, a second straight loss for the Wolf Pack following its season-high three-game winning streak.
Nevada (7-11, 3-5) led the Bulldogs by two following the first quarter before the visitors outscored the Wolf Pack by six in the second, entering the halftime break with a four-point advantage on the road. After a back-and-forth third quarter, Nevada trailed by three into the deciding 10 minutes.
The fourth was dominated by the Bulldogs with Fresno State storming out to a 15-0 run – the first 11 from Emilia Long – to extend its lead to 50-32 with 4:58 to play. Long finished with 22 points as the Bulldogs eventually outscored Nevada 19-12 in the final ten minutes. The result was similar to Wednesday’s 65-51 loss at Grand Canyon in which Nevada entered the fourth quarter down just five.
The Wolf Pack was led by Olivia Poulivaati’s 10 points and seven rebounds off the bench. Skylar Durley added seven points with five rebounds. Nevada shot 15-51 from the field (29.4%) and 0-9 from three.
Nevada now heads back on the road for a Wednesday night game at San Jose State.