FORT COLLINS — The Rams’ unprecedented reign atop the Mountain West appears to be over.

The Colorado State women’s basketball team rolled off six straight wins over the past month to vault themselves up the conference standings and in position to successfully defend yet another regular season title.

But with a crowded race that saw five teams within a half-game of each other entering the day, CSU had no room for error in its quest for a record fifth straight championship.

A significant rebounding disadvantage and a below-average shooting day caught up to the Rams in a 75-64 overtime loss to visiting Fresno State on Saturday at Moby Arena. The Rams (18-8 overall) fell to 10-5 in the MW, 1.5 games back of first-place Wyoming (11-3) and UNLV (11-3) and a game behind Boise State (11-4) and Fresno State (11-4) with just three left to play.

“It’s tough, but I think every loss is tough,” CSU senior guard Stine Austgulen said. “We don’t really look at our record to be honest with you.”

Grace Colaivlu made a layup in the final seconds of regulation to force overtime, but CSU was no match in the extra period where the Candice White-led Bulldogs began the frame on a 12-3 run to take control.

“Honestly we were just so excited to get in to overtime, and then sometimes that happens in games,” Colaivalu said. “We’ve got to learn from it.”

White finished with a game-high 29 points while her team ended with a 51-31 edge on the glass and limited CSU to 32.9 percent shooting.

A key ingredient to the Rams’ sustained success over the years has been their ability to limit the opposing team’s best player. CSU did that to White through the first three quarters, but the junior guard started heating up with six points in the fourth before taking over with 12 in overtime.

“(White)’s the best player in the league with the ball in her hands. She’s so smart. We were really soft on our switches,” said Williams, who has led the team to an MW title each season since his initial campaign with the program in 2012-13. “We didn’t switch very well tonight at all, so her stepback-3, she wasn’t bothered or contested at all. That was the most disappointing thing in that overtime.”

Austgulen made five 3s and finished as the lone Ram in double figures with 21 points. Sofie Tryggeddson and Colaivalu each added nine points for CSU, which finished 9 of 33 (27.3 percent) from behind the arc.

The 3 ball helped get the Rams get back in the game when they made three straight triples to spark an 11-0 run in the third quarter to overcome a seven-point deficit. But it also was a major factor in their downfall with CSU going just 3 of 16 from deep the rest of the way.

Berthoud grad Kristina Cavey continued to provide the Bulldogs (16-10) a huge lift off the bench, scoring 17 points to go with four rebounds. It marked Cavey’s fifth double-digit scoring game in her team’s past nine contests.

Cavey scored five straight points for Fresno State during a key stretch early in the fourth, knocking down a 3 before making a pair of free throws to turn a one-point deficit into a four-point lead. CSU never had the lead again after that.

Sean Star: sstar@reporter-herald.com or twitter.com/seanvstar

Fresno State 75, Colorado State 64 (OT)

At Moby Arena

Fresno State

Utti 4-10 0-0 8, Ogier 1-4 0-0 2, Knishka 0-1 0-0 0, White 10-17 6-7 29, Gamez 3-10 3-4 10, Porter 4-4 0-0 9, Delaney 0-1 0-0 0, Cavey 5-14 6-6 17. Totals 27-61 15-17 75.

Colorado State

Mikrovic 2-7 0-0 4, Austgulen 5-11 6-7 21, Edwards 1-6 0-0 3, Tryggedsson 3-10 0-0 9, Tvrdy 2-16 0-0 4, Kaiser 3-7 0-0 6, Colaivalu 4-5 1-2 9, Brady 0-2 0-0 0, Devos 3-6 2-2 8. Totals 23-70 9-11 64.

Score by quarters:

Fresno State 15 16 10 16 18 — 75