Cowboys complete sweep of Rams

Wyoming-CSU stats

By Wyoming Sports.org

FORT COLLINS -- Brandon Ewing is evidently saving the best for last as the Wyoming Cowboys completed a regular-season sweep of Border War rival Colorado State for the second straight year, 82-79 on Wednesday in Moby Arena.

Ewing scored four of his 21 points in the final 54 seconds, giving him 2,058 points in his career and moved him past Flynn Robinson (2,049) for second place on Wyoming's all-time scoring list.

Adam Muojeke added 19 points for Wyoming (17-10, 6-7 Mountain West), which has won three straight.

Andy Ogide led Colorado State (9-19, 4-10) with 19 points. Andre McFarland had 16 points for the Rams.

The win meant that Wyoming can't finish any worse than seventh and will thus avoid the tournament play-in game. Last year, Wyoming was forced into the play-in game at the tournament against then league winless CSU and fell to the Rams.

Ewing put Wyoming ahead 78-74 with a spinning layup with 54 seconds left, but Marcus Walker cut the lead to 78-77 with a 3-pointer.

Muojeke buried two free throws with 20 seconds, but Willis Gardner missed a chance to tie the game when he made a layup but missed the free throw.

Ewing sealed the win with two free throws with 8.1 seconds remaining. CSU tried a last-second 3-pointer by Gardner, but the shot was well short of the mark.

Wyoming shot 72 percent from the field (18-of-25) in the second half and 57 percent for the game.

The Rams, playing without starting freshman guard Jesse Carr for the third straight game, jumped out early using a 9-1 run to take a 28-17 lead with 6:32 remaining in the first half. The Cowboys then chipped away at the Rams’ lead and tied the game at 33 on a Djibril Thiam layup with 52 seconds left in the half. CSU’s Mame Bocar Ba hit a pair of free throws with 21 seconds to give the Rams a 35-33 halftime lead.

The Cowboys stay on the road Saturday at Air Force (4 p.m.), before closing the regular season at home with games against BYU and New Mexico.