LARAMIE, Wyo. - Nevada women's basketball fell to Wyoming 81-66 on Thursday night at Arena-Auditorium. 

Sophomore Audrey Roden and junior Lexie Givens led Nevada with 19 points each while graduate student Megan Ormiston scored 11 points to go with six rebounds. Wyoming shot 58.9 percent from the floor and 63.6 percent from 3-point range on Thursday. 

The Pack were the early aggressors, with quick baskets from Givens and Roden giving Nevada the early advantage. Roden continued to work, knocking down her first three shot attempts to give Nevada an early 12-8 lead. 

Wyoming, however, used a 9-0 scoring run to swing the advantage, but a jumper by sophomore Kaylee Borden made it a one possession game. The Cowgirls converted a driving layup to move back ahead by five with 34 seconds left in the first period and Givens answered immediately by drilling a 3-pointer just before the buzzer. 

Shooting 66.7 percent from the floor in the second quarter, Wyoming closed the first half with a 24-7 scoring run to move ahead by 19 going into the locker room. 

The Cowgirls continued to stay hot on offense, shooting 68.8 percent in the third quarter to stretch their lead to as many as 25. Nevada finished the game on a 22-13 scoring run in the fourth quarter, but the Pack were unable to make up the deficit in the final minutes. 

Nevada wraps up its road trip at Air Force on Saturday 12 p.m. 

Postgame Notes

• Sophomore Audrey Roden hit her 20th consecutive free throw on Thursday. She finished 3-for-4 from the line. 
• Roden has now scored at least 17 points in four of her last five games, averaging 16 points per game during that stretch. 
• Freshman Kennedy Lee returned to the Pack lineup after missing the last four games with injury.  
• Wyoming shot 66.7 percent in the second quarter and 68.8 percent in the third quarter. The Cowgirls finished with 58.9 percent shooting. 

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