Fresno State women pull off another late basketball comeback, hit 11-0 in Mountain West

The Fresno State women’s basketball has been adding suspense to its Mountain West Conference dominance.

The latest example came Saturday afternoon in Albuquerque when the Bulldogs rallied from a 13-point deficit to beat New Mexico 84-78.

Fresno State improved to 11-0 in the Mountain West, 17-4 overall with 10 straight wins. The Bulldogs stay on the road for a Wednesday date at Colorado State before back-to-back home games against third-place UNLV (Feb. 8, 2 p.m.) and second-place San Jose State (Feb. 12, 6 p.m.).

Fresno State has been the Cardiac Kids of the Mountain West, erasing a 12-point deficit at San Jose State, coming back from 16 down (in the fourth quarter!) at home to beat New Mexico, defeating Colorado State on Aly Gamez’s buzzer-beater andn rallying from 17 down to win at Boise State.

The Bulldogs looked to be in trouble again Saturday at The Pit, New Mexico’s imposing home arena where the Lobos (12-12, 3-8) had been 8-5 this season.

Fresno State led only 2-0 and 25-24 and was behind 54-41 at the 5:19 mark of the third quarter.

It was still a 69-57 deficit when New Mexico started the fourth quarter with a 3-pointer. But the Bulldogs closed with a 25-9 scoring burst, getting within a point on Haley Cavinder’s 3-pointer at 1:34 and going ahead 80-78 on Gamez’s 3 with 52 seconds left.

Gamez and Maddi Utti iced it with a pair of free throws each.

Haley Cavinder scored 31 points plus had six assists, five steals and three rebounds. Gamez (16 points, nine rebounds), Utti (14 points, 12 rebounds and Hanna Cavinder (13 points) helped power Fresno State.