Late drought costs Nevada on Sunday in regular-season finale at Lawlor

Nevada scored just two points over the final 3:41, and made just one of its final 12 attempts, in its regular-season home finale Sunday, as its late lead slipped away in a 62-55 loss to Colorado State.Amaya West’s wide-open layup with seven minutes to go brought the Pack within one at 50-49, then hit a pair of free throws on the ensuing possession to give Nevada its first lead at 51-50. Both teams went nearly three minutes without scoring, before Nia Alexander’s free throws put the Pack in front, 53-50.But Colorado State (18-7, 9-6 MW) would wake up, scoring nine-straight points to take control. After a free throw from McKenna Hofschild, Upe Atosu stole the ball from Da’Ja Hamilton just past midcourt, and walked in for the uncontested layup to tie it up, 53-53.Coming out of a timeout after a Kylie Jimenez missed 3-pointer, the Rams got the kill shot on a corner triple from Kendyll Kinzer with 1:41 to go. Hofschild followed another Nevada miss with a jumper in the paint, upping the Ram lead to five.Hamilton, who led the Pack with 19 points, broke the scoring drought with a layup with 12 seconds left to cut it to…
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