With Fresno State trailing 59-56 and four seconds left, Haley Cavinder pulled up for a game-tying 3-point attempt at the buzzer. There was more behind that shot than the Bulldogs’ 2021 Mountain West title hopes.
Fresno State had been on the championship stage a year before, losing by four points to Boise State in controversial fashion. Head coach Jaime White spoke all season about getting back to the title game. And here the Bulldogs were, one shot away from keeping their dream alive.
The ball was in the hands of the 2021 Mountain West Player of the Year.