LAS CRUCES, N.M. - The Fresno State women are heading to the NCAA Tournament for the first time in school history, thanks to Saturday afternoon's victory over New Mexico State in the WAC finals at the Pan American Center... View video


1:48 - p.m. Tick, tick, tick on the clock... Less than two minutes left, and the Bulldogs can start celebrating...

1:38 p.m. Tierre Wilson just picked up her third foul... Might not matter, with time running out for the Aggies. Wilson has a game-high 17 points...

1:36 p.m. - Yesterday, the Aggies came back from a 19-point deficit against Boise State... The Aggies are trailing 55-37 right now... 6:06 left in the second half...

1:30 p.m. - FS 48, NMS 33... The Bulldogs are happy to trade baskets, now that they are ahead. The Aggies are missing all kinds of shots at the rim... Oh there goes Tierre WIlson on another layup. 50 points for the Bulldogs.

1:11 p.m. - Tierre Wilson's 3-pointer wit 16:12 left gave the Bulldogs their third 3-pointer of the second half. Wilson has scored five points, and Ross six - both of her shots from behind the arc. FS 39, NMS 27.

1:05 p.m. - During halftime, I ate perhaps the worst baked chicken ever in the media dining area... Chicken is supposed to tate like chicken, not air.

12:50 p.m. - It's halftime over here. Fresno State 28, New Mexico State 23... Erica Henry scored on a putback with four seconds left.

Henry has seven points. Tierre Wilson also has seven. Bailey Amundsen, the only Fresno State player to make a 3-pointer, leads the Bulldogs with eight points off the bench...

Anikia Jawara leads the aggies with 11 points... The good news if you're a Fresno State fan is: Figure out a way to stop Jawara and the game is yours. The bad news: You gotta stop her to do it.

Jawara is finishing at the rim over Erica Henry and Hayley Munro.

12:45 p.m. - Bailey Amundsen makes Fresno State's first 3-pointer. Guess the tenth shot was the charm.

12:39 p.m. - LaShaunte Stephens' layup with 3:42 left in the first half gives Fresno State its first lead... FS 19, NMS 17... The Aggies have 10 fouls.

12:30 p.m. - One day after setting a WAC tournament record for most 3-pointers in a game (13), the Bulldogs have gone more than half of the first half with making one. Missed all eight attempts...

12:25 p.m. - An Emma Stephens shoulder just sent NMS' Bribiescas to the locker room, only after laying on the Pan American Center court for a minute or so.

12:21 p.m. - Anikia Jawara has 10 points, and is dominating the Bulldogs on offense. They hare making it too easy for her to catch the ball in the post. NMS 13, FS, 5.

12:11 p.m. - Bulldogs have yet to score, and 15:55 remains in the first half... NMS's zone is really aggressive. A few possessions ago, Sherell Neal slapped the ball out of Tierre Wilson's hand as she stood on the perimeter. NMS 5, FS, 0.

12:05 p.m. - Senior guard Monique Bribiescas - inserted in the lineup because of Madison Spence's ankle injury Friday afternoon - drew first blood, draining a 3-pointer in the corner off an inbounds. NMS 3, FS, 0

11:58 a.m. - Win or lose, the Bulldogs will get back to Fresno in time to sleep in their beds tonight... The team will take a charter flight home immediately after today's noon game against NMS in the WAC finals.

I thought about standing on the runway with my thumb out, but that never seems to work for me...

NMS earned spots in both the women’s and men's finals... Some will argue that they paid their way into the games, it's state legislature throwing money around to outbid the rest of the conference... Maybe. And so what.

If another school wanted to host the games, all they had to do was outbid em... And the WAC tournament is moving to Reno next year anyway, so Nevada will enjoy a sizeable advantage...

Coaches want to move the WAC tournament to neutral sites, while athletic directors voted 5-4 for Reno over Salt Lake City for 2009 and 2010... It's a money thing.