The Black Hills State University women's basketball team made 17 3-pointers helping them defeat the Westminster Griffins 71-68 Saturday afternoon. The win makes them 2-0 on the weekend and 3-1 in the RMAC.

The Yellow Jackets were able to secure an early lead after scoring 22 points to the Griffins' 18 in the first quarter; however, a slow second quarter for the Jackets saw the Griffins take a lead that they would hold onto for much of the remaining game. However, defense was the name of the game again in the fourth quarter as the Yellow Jackets allowed Westminster to score only 12 points compared to their own 22.

The win ultimately came down to the final ten seconds of game play as the defense defended against not one, but two 3-point shots in the final five seconds to come up with the victory.

On the night, the Yellow Jackets hit 25-69 (36.2 percent) including shooting 17-37 (45.9 percent) from beyond the arc. Free throws were few and far in between but the Yellow Jackets capitalized on the shots they were able to take shooting 4-5 at the charity stripe (80 percent). The Yellow Jackets racked up steals in the second half of the game overall collecting 10 steals… six of which came in the second half.

The team was again led by senior Racquel Wientjes, the only double-digit scorer for the night, recording 28 points for the second night in a row. Wientjes shot 11-21 including 4-7 beyond the arc throughout the contest. Raven Cournoyer, Alyssia Martinez, and Wientjes each recorded 2 steals throughout the contest helping to secure the victory.

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The Yellow Jackets have one game next weekend Saturday afternoon at 4:00 p.m. in Colorado Springs, Colo. versus UC-Colorado Springs.