DENVER – The Black Hills State University women's basketball team fell 63-46 to Metropolitan State University of Denver Friday night in Denver, Colorado.

The Roadrunners dominated the boards holding a 46-27 advantage, including 23 on the offensive end for 24 second chance points.

Black Hills State (4-4, 3-2 RMAC) got off to a quick start, an 8-0 lead behind a pair of forced turnovers. Chelsey Biegler scored the first four points while Logan Cowan scored the next four for the Yellow Jackets.

The Green and Gold stretched their lead to 13-5 as Jennie Scharn scored the five-straight points for BHSU. The freshman had an old-fashioned three-point play followed by a layup.

The Roadrunners fought back quickly as Emily Hartegan came off the bench as a spark with eight points and pulled within one point at 16-15.

The two squads continued to battle throughout the first half as the Roadrunners entered intermission with a 31-30 lead.

MSU Denver came out firing on all cylinders to start the second half, opening a 37-30 lead before a Dakota Barrie three-point play stopped the Roadrunner run.

However, with MSUD holding a 43-39 advantage, the Roadrunners used a 14-4 run to open a 57-43 lead with 3:04 remaining to open the game up. The lead was too much for the Yellow Jackets to overcome as MSU Denver won 63-46.

Biegler led the Yellow Jackets with 11 points while Cowan and Jennie Scharn each had eight apiece. Hartegan led the Roadrunners with a double-double of 20 points and 10 rebounds while Deni Jacobs also secured a double-double with 12 points and 11 boards.

The Yellow Jackets remain in Denver for their final game of 2014 at Regis University. Tipoff is slated for 3 p.m.