Spearfish, S.D. – Despite Chelsey Biegler's 21 points, Colorado Christian (5-2, 2-1 RMAC) squeaked past the Black Hills State women's basketball team (2-5, RMAC 1-2) 51-52 on Friday night.

"We guarded well. We had a few things not go our way down the stretch, but I thought we gave a great effort tonight," said head coach Mark Nore.

Biegler was 7-of-14 from the field including 2-of-4 from behind the arc and recorded six rebounds. Calli Bechtel was the second on the team in scoring with nine points and recorded a team-high nine rebounds.

The Yellow Jackets and Cougars were neck-in-neck for the majority of the first half with the game tied 20-20 with 5:42 remaining. Colorado Christian went on an 8-0 run to finish the half and led 28-20 going into the locker rooms. Kylee Lamb had all six of her points in the first half and Yellow Jackets shot 31.8 percent in the half.  The Cougars were led by Gillian Foster who had eight points and five rebounds in the first half. Colorado Christian shot 42.9 percent from the field.

Bechtel hit two 3-pointers and Biegler added one in the first four minutes of the second half to help bring the Yellow Jackets back within one, 29-30. Colorado Christian maintained a small lead, until a Biegler layup at 6:39 gave BHSU a 43-42 lead. The Yellow Jackets preserved the lead until Colorado Christian's BJ Moyes had a go-ahead layup with 10 seconds remaining to take the lead 51-52, and that's how the game would end.

The Yellow Jackets got to the free-throw line 15 times (9-of-15) compared to the Cougars' two attempts from the stripe. BHSU shot 19-of-50 (38 percent) from the field and Colorado Christian shot 36.9 percent. Foster had a double-double for the Cougars with 18 points and 14 rebounds.

The Yellow Jackets will now travel to Golden, Colo. tomorrow to face off against the Colorado School of Mines (5-4, RMAC 2-1) at 5 p.m.