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Black Hills State University Yellow Jacket Athletics
70
Winner UC Colorado Springs UCCS 13-6, 9-4 RMAC
60
Black Hills State BHSUWBB 13-4, 10-3 RMAC
Winner
UC Colorado Springs UCCS
13-6, 9-4 RMAC
70
Final
60
Black Hills State BHSUWBB
13-4, 10-3 RMAC
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 F
UC Colorado Springs UCCS 23 14 22 11 70
Black Hills State BHSUWBB 16 15 15 14 60
67
Winner BHSU BHSUWBB 14-4,11-3
65
Colo. Christian CCU 13-5,10-4
Winner
BHSU BHSUWBB
14-4,11-3
67
Final
65
Colo. Christian CCU
13-5,10-4
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 F
BHSU BHSUWBB 16 28 5 18 67
Colo. Christian CCU 21 11 15 18 65

Game Recap: Women's Basketball |

WBB: Toms' Late Trey Gives Yellow Jackets Win at CCU

LAKEWOOD, Colo. – Sierra Toms came through most when the Black Hills State University women's basketball team needed it most. Down one, the junior sank a 3-point basket to give the Yellow Jackets a 67-65 lead over Colorado Christian University, the final score with just over a minute to play.

The shot proved to be the game winner as the Green and Gold defense withstood a pair of Cougar offensive possessions for the victory, moving to 14-4 on the season and 11-3 in Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference action.

The first half was a see-saw battle with CCU winning the first quarter 21-16. The Yellow Jackets came back and dominated the second quarter by a score of 28-11 and a halftime lead of 44-32. The third quarter was all Colorado Christian (13-5, 10-4 RMAC), as the Cougars held the Yellow Jackets to just five points, and outscoring the Green and Gold 15-5.

The resilience of Black Hills State showed as the Cougars grabbed the lead at 55-53 on Claire Paxton's jump shot. The Yellow Jackets immediately answered with a pair of free throws from Toms and followed up with a layup from Kassidy Scott for the 57-55 lead with 6:25 on the clock.

However CCU regained the lead and opened a 64-60 with just over four minutes on the clock. Black Hills State answered back with a pair of free throws from Cheyanne Balster, then knotted the game on a shots from the charity stripe from Rachel Erickson and Christine Thorn.

With 1:30 on the clock, Kate Louthan hit one-of-two free throws to give CCU the 65-64 leading, setting Toms up for the Yellow Jackets heroics.

On the ensuing Black Hills State possession Taylor Trohkimoinen hit Toms for the shot that gave the Yellow Jackets the lead, and win.

Trohkimoinen led the way for the Yellow Jackets with 11 points, six rebounds and four assists. Toms followed with 10 points as the Green and Gold shot 37.1 percent (23-of-62) from the field and hit 9-of-22 (40.9 percent) shots from long range. Louthan led the way from CCU with 17 points.

Black Hills State returns to action Saturday facing the RMAC's top team in Colorado Mines. Tipoff from Golden, Colorado, is slated for 5 p.m.

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