SALT LAKE CITY, Utah – Black Hills State women's basketball fell to the Westminster Griffins Saturday night 85-49.
 
The loss brings the Yellow Jackets to 4-6 on the season and 2-2 in RMAC play.
 
Leading the Yellow Jackets offensively was Kammie Ragsdale who recorded a season high nine points.
 
Defensively, Haylee Weathersby led the team with six rebounds including five offensive rebounds.
 
The Yellow Jackets got off to a slow offensive start in the first quarter making only five of 17 attempts from the floor. After Westminster sunk the first basket of the night a Megan Engesser 3-pointer would give the Yellow Jackets their only lead of the night before Westminster would go on a 17-5 run to close out the first quarter of action leading 19-8.
 
The Yellow Jackets and Griffins stayed well matched through the second quarter with both offenses tallying double digits and neither team making a basket beyond the arc. In the second quarter five Yellow Jackets stepped up to the charity stripe making a perfect 10 of 10 free throws. The Yellow Jackets would go into the break trailing the Griffins 40-24.
 
The Yellow Jackets three-point struggles continued into the third quarter as BHSU would make no baskets from beyond the arc out of their five attempts. However, the Griffins offense stayed hot out of the break as Westminster tallied another 21 points in the quarter.  The score was set at 61-35 as the teams hit the court for the final quarter of play.
 
A 26-point deficit was too much for the Yellow Jackets to overcome in the fourth quarter. BHSU would tally 14 more points but were outscored by the Griffins 24-14 in the final quarter setting up the final score of 85-49.
 
From the field the Yellow Jackets made a season low 14 of 57 shots for a 24.6% shooting average while only making three of 20 3-pointers for a 15.0%.
 
From the charity stripe BHSU made 18 of 25 free throws earning 72.0% from the free throw line.
 
Up Next
The Yellow Jackets are back in the Donald E Young Center Saturday and Sunday as they take on New Mexico Highlands Saturday at 2:00 p.m. and University of Colorado – Colorado Springs at 2:00 p.m. on Sunday.