Emotionally charged in its Senior Day game, the Fresno State women's basketball team crushed UNLV 90-64 in the regular-season finale Saturday afternoon.

But afterward the focus turned to the near triple-double by Ki-Ki Moore, all the more impressive a day after it was announced she would skip her senior year of eligibility and end her career after this season because of injuries and pain.

Moore had a game-high 19 points, 10 assists and seven rebounds in her final game at the Save Mart Center, and for the most part also locked down Mountain West leading scorer Kelli Thompson of UNLV.

Next is a 6 p.m. Thursday quarterfinal for the second-seeded Bulldogs (21-8, 13-3) against No. 7 Boise State in the Mountain West Conference tournament in Las Vegas.

"It's fine in a game," Moore said in a postgame interview, with first-year coach Raegan Pebley to her right. "It's the after pain, going to rest, home to rest. It's just like throbbing pains. My ankles.

"When playing, you'd never know anything is wrong with me. As long as I keep that face, I feel like I'm fine. No one knows what I go through behind the scenes."

Pebley said she was not surprised when Moore told her Wednesday she was leaving after this season. The two had spoken of the possibility about two months ago, Pebley said. And Pebley added she did not try to talk Moore into sticking around.

"I didn't feel that was my role to talk somebody out of such a huge decision," Pebley said. "It was to support her in the process to make a decision. When a person decides to finish their career -- I made the decision to retire (from the WNBA) at the ripe age of 24 or 25 because of an injury, so I was sensitive to her situation -- the No. 1 thing was I just wanted her to have peace with her decision.

"The thing that we told her was that her career deserved to be honored. And if she knew that she would be done, we wanted to give her a senior night."

Moore officially told her teammates after Thursday's practice, and Fresno State honored her as well on a day that also was a send-off for seniors Rosie Moult and Jeanna Furst.

Moult and Furst exited late in the game to loud applause from the announced crowd of 2,923, then received a warm embrace from Pebley. Moore's exit also drew applause, with some even standing to clap, but no hug with Pebley until a brief one after the game at center court.

Moore, averaging a team-best 16.8 points with 6.2 rebounds and 4.1 assists, also showed little postgame emotion in talking about her Fresno farewell.

"Just thinking what I've been through this season, how much pain it's given me, (and) if I was still going to be able to take the pain in the future," Moore said. "It's constant, come and go. It's not just here or here. It's not just one thing. It's many things.

"I'm happy with the decision. I think it's best for me. It's never an easy decision to leave something so special, a team that's made history in this program -- teammates and sisters."

Moult's brother and mother, meanwhile, flew out from Australia on airline tickets that cost roughly $2,000 each. They saw her enjoy a big game, too, with 18 points on 6-of-10 3-point shooting. She had two steals and two blocks.

Taylor Thompson added 14 points and 10 assists. Fresno State finished with 27 assists -- three shy of tying a school record. Furst scored four points.

UNLV's Thompson, who missed about 5 minutes after an elbow to the face early in the second half, was held to 11 points after entering the game averaging 18.8. UNLV (12-18, 8-8) went 6 minutes, 55 seconds between field goals and scored just two points in a stretch to close the first half and start the second.

Fresno State led 47-30 at the half and by as many as 30.

MWC tournament

WOMEN: FRESNO STATE VS. BOISE STATE

Thursday: 6 p.m. in Las Vegas

Radio: KFPT (AM 790)