And somehow the Bruins never quite ran out of oxygen at 7,220 feet.
Wyoming’s season came to an exhausting end with an 82-81 triple-overtime loss to UCLA in the third round of the WNIT on Thursday night in front of a crowd of 4,297 at the Arena-Auditorium.
The Cowgirls (17-13) – who defeated Idaho State 76-73 in overtime and Tulsa 97-90 in a triple-overtime thriller to reach the tournament’s Sweet 16 – treated their fans to 35 minutes of extra basketball during the run before falling to the Bruins (17-12) for the second consecutive postseason.
Alba Sanchez Ramos led the Cowgirls with 21 points on 8-for-13 shooting, but the senior forward was called for a costly foul in the second overtime and fouled out on Natalie Chou’s three-point play that gave the Bruins the lead for good in the third overtime.