Brooke Carlson scored 17 points, Madelyn Bragg added 15 and Colorado State’s women’s basketball team pulled away in the fourth quarter to beat Air Force 56-42 on Tuesday night at the Thomas & Mack Center for the Rams’ first Mountain West Conference championship since 2016.
No. 3 seed Colorado State (27-7) took a 34-32 advantage into the final period and outscored Air Force 22-10.
The No. 9 seed Falcons (16-18) entered as the lowest-seeded program to earn a spot in the title game. Air Force beat No. 8 seed Wyoming, top-seeded San Diego State and No. 5 seed Boise State.
