San Jose State rides 3-pointers to victory over Lady Rebels

In the blink of an eye, the San Jose State women’s basketball team ran away with a close game.

Maybe a bit more than a blink of the eye, but not much.

After UNLV tied the score at the end of the third quarter, the Spartans pulled away at the start of the fourth with an 8-0 run in less than 30 seconds to boost them to a 76-65 victory Saturday at Cox Pavilion.

“They came out firing in the fourth quarter,” Lady Rebels guard Brooke Johnson said. “They got hot (with) the first 3. Usually, as shooters, once you see one shot go in, it’s just kind of automatic that you’re going to start feeling (it) more, and that’s kind of what happened with them, and we just kind of weren’t as composed as we should…