MOSCOW ? The University of Idaho women's basketball team sputtered offensively from start to finish and the Vandals lost a key Western Athletic Conference game at home on Wednesday as Nevada took home a 57-39 win at the Cowan Spectrum.

“Mentally, for whatever reason, it was about people not showing up tonight and I'll take responsibility for that,” Idaho coach Jon Newlee said. “It's my fault. I didn't get them ready to play and (Nevada head coach Jane Albright) did.”

The Vandal women shot a season-low .264 (14-53) from the field had a season-low two assists, along with WAC season lows in points (39), field goals made (14), 3-point field goals made (1) and 3-point field goals attempted (12).

 “It was a total individual effort tonight,” Newlee said of his team's play. “I told them, ?We got where we are because we play together, we share the ball and different people score, but everyone had their own agenda tonight.'”

Sophomore Yinka Olorunnife led Idaho in scoring with 14 points and grabbed a season-low six rebounds, but was just 5-of-17 from the field. Her six rebounds give her sole possession of Idaho's single-season rebounding record, which had stood at 277 for 28 years. Olorunnife now has 283 rebounds on the year.

Idaho junior Derisa Taleni, who entered the game ranked second in the WAC in scoring at 15.8 per game, had a season-low one point on 0-of-6 shooting. Freshman Shaena Kuehu and sophomore Rachele Kloke added eight points apiece, but combined to shoot just 6-of-21 from the field.

“It's everybody who has to come together and figure out that the strength of us is our team, not individuals,” Newlee said. “As a team and as a unit, we do pretty well. It's just a matter of them trusting each other and where that trust went tonight, I'm not sure.”

To say that Idaho started the first half slowly would be an understatement. The Vandals went scoreless for the first 5:13 of the game and turned it over five times during that span. The only thing that went well for Idaho was that Nevada had just as much trouble hanging on to the ball, as the Wolf Pack had four turnovers during that time and managed just seven points.

Idaho finished the first half shooting an abysmal .182 (4-22) from the field, while Nevada hit 10 of its 24 shots and finished with a .417 percentage from the field. The two teams combined for 22 turnovers in the first half, but only combined for six points off turnovers.

Nevada used its superior height to out-rebound Idaho by a comfortable 49-30 margin, including 16 offensive rebounds that became 16 points for the Wolf Pack. Idaho had 13 offensive boards, but only converted them into nine points.

After Wednesday, the Vandals lost more than just the game, they also lost precious ground in WAC Tournament seeding. With the loss, Idaho slips into a three-way tie with Nevada and Boise State for third place, but the Wolf Pack now holds a head-to-head tiebreaker over Idaho. A win at Boise State on Saturday could possibly give Idaho hopes of a third or fourth seed, but a loss could push the Vandals all the way down to the six spot.

The Vandals close out their regular season on Saturday with a trip to face Boise State on the road. BSU won the first game between the two teams back on Jan. 3 in both teams' WAC opener by a score of 60-56.