PUEBLO, Colo. – The Black Hills State University women's basketball team fell in its rematch to Colorado State University-Pueblo on Saturday night, 58-47.

The ThunderWolves remain undefeated in Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference action at 9-0, and improve to 11-4 on the season, while Black Hills State falls to 11-4 overall and 5-4 in RMAC play.

In the first half, the Yellow Jackets got off to a slow start shooting just 11.1 percent from the field. CSU-Pueblo started out on a 6-0 run before two free throws by Lyndzi Rich landed the Green and Gold on the board to trail by four at 6-2.

At the end of the first quarter, Black Hills State trailed by 10 before Katie Messler hit a jump shot from the corner of the key to cut the lead to eight, 14-6.

In the second quarter, the ThunderWolves continued to increase their lead over the Yellow Jackets to close out the first half, 29-13.

The second half saw a better performance for the Green and Gold, especially in the fourth quarter. The Yellow Jackets outscored the ThunderWolves, 22-16 in the fourth. Starting at 6:33 remaining in the third, Black Hills State trailed by 21 points and rallied back to trail by 11. The Yellow Jackets lit it up in the fourth, with Rachel Erickson and Keely Bertram scoring five points right away to bring BHSU within 12 points. From there, the teams traded off points, as the ThunderWolves were not letting up on the lead, and closed it out, 58-47.

Rachel Erickson led the offense with 13 points, scoring 12 points in the second half. Danielle Noble was right behind Erickson, scoring eight points in her third game in the Green and Gold.

Katie Messler grabbed six rebounds for the defense.

The Yellow Jackets finished 24.1 percent (14-of-58) from the field and 68 percent (17-of-25) from the line. The ThunderWolves out rebounded the BHSU, 42-34.

"In the second half, we finally started to compete," said head coach Mark Nore. "We lost by 11 to a really good team and Pueblo is an effective team. We showed a lot of fight in the second half but we need to start getting our transition game going and not think as much and just execute playing more. I thought the second half we played well compared to the first. We just need to be consistent with our effort. We need to be all in mentally and physically."

Following the weekend, the Yellow Jackets return home for a four-game home stand starting on Friday, January 12 and Saturday, January 13, hosting Fort Lewis College and Adams State. Tipoff is slated for 5:30 p.m. on Friday and 4 p.m. on Saturday.