Rams thump Cowboys again

FORT COLLINS, Colo. -- Wyoming’s miseries continued while Colorado State’s fortunes are looking up. The combination was another CSU win, 80-64 Saturday in Moby Arena.

With the win, the Rams (5-4 MWC, 14-9) completed their first regular-season sweep of the Cowboys since the 1999-2000 season.

The loss was the third straight for Wyoming, which fell to 2-7 and 9-14. It was a bad week overall, as the Cowboys fell by 28 points on Wednesday at home to UNLV and on Thursday, lost sophomore A.J. Davis, who left the program.

Travis Franklin scored 18 of his 20 points in the second half as the Rams enjoyed a 10-17 point lead for much of the game. Franklin was 4 for 8 from the floor and 12 of 19 from the free-throw line. Andy Ogide added 13 points and 11 rebounds for Colorado State, which has won three of its last four.

Dorian Green and Andre McFarland had 11 points each.

Adam Waddell and Desmar Jackson had 16 points each for Wyoming, which has lost all seven of its road games this season.

The Rams shot a remarkable 8-of-9 from 3-point range in the first half and went into the locker room with a 43-26 halftime lead. Twenty-one of CSU’s first half points came from its bench, which finished the game with 27.

In the second half, the pace slowed, as a combined 35 fouls were called. A steal and a dunk by Jackson cut the Rams’ lead to 10, 57-47, with 8:27 left to play in the game. But that would be the closest the Cowboys would get for the remainder of the contest. The Rams shot 17-of-24 from the line after intermission, which was enough to keep the Cowboys at bay.

Despite 10 rebounds from Waddell, CSU also outrebounded the Cowboys, 42-26.

The Cowboys will look to break out of its slump Wednesday night at San Diego State, before returning home Saturday to host TCU.