GOLDEN, COLO. – The Yellow Jackets' win streak comes to an end at the hands of Colorado School of Mines Orediggers as Jade Leon hit a buzzer-beater layup to give CSM the 51-49 win. The Yellow Jackets (14-8 (10-5 RMAC)) could not get their offense going in the middle part of this game being outscored in the second and third quarters, and despite a comeback attempt in the fourth, CSM took the win in Lockridge Arena.
The Yellow Jackets went 0-8 from behind the arc in this game, which is the first time in the D2 era that BHSU has not made a three in a game. The 21 turnovers that BHSU committed were the most in RMAC play this season and were the most since they committed 23 in the season opener versus West Texas A&M.
QUICK DETAILS
Score: Black Hills State 49, UCCS 51
Team Records: Black Hills State 14-8 (10-5 RMAC), Colorado School of Mines 9-14 (7-8 RMAC)
Attendance: 247
HOW IT HAPPENED
• Haylee Weatherby and
Bradie Schlabs started this game off with a layup each to put the Yellow Jackets up 4-0. Peyton Freiermuth and Josephine Howery answered with layups of their own to cut the lead to 5-4. After a pair of
Kalla Bertram free throws and two layups by CSM, the Orediggers took their first lead at 8-7 with 5:30 left in the quarter. BHSU would go on an 8-3 run to end the quarter and take a 15-11 lead thanks to four points from Bertram.
• Mines would start the second quarter on an 8-2 run that included a four-point play and a layup from Emma Sixta to give them a 20-17 lead. BHSU would go on a 6-1 run of their own with four points from
Audrey Norville to give the Yellow Jackets a 23-21 lead with 1:17 remaining in the half. Oredigger's Olviia Lee would make a buzzer-beater layup to give CSM a 25-23 lead going into halftime.
• Halftime leaders for the Yellow Jackets included Weathersby with six points, five rebounds, two assists, a steal, and a block. Bertram with six points, four rebounds, and two steals, and
Gracie Haneborg with six rebounds, two assists, and a steal. For the Oredigges, Sixta had eight points, two rebounds, and an assist and Howery with seven points, two rebounds, and two steals.
• The third quarter started with each team going back in forth before Bertram hit back-to-back shots to tie it up at 30 with 6:14 remaining. CSM went on a 7-2 run, but a
Bradie Schlabs jumper kept the lead at three 37-34. After 2:06 with no scoring, Mines expanded to 7, scoring two buckets the rest of the third and BHSU was held scoreless for the final 4:13 seconds of the quarter.
• BHSU struggled to gain any traction early in the fourth, going back and forth with Mines, before Sixta hit a layup to give CSM a nine-point lead, their largest of the game. The Yellow Jackets finally got something going when Weathersby made a tip-in to spark a 9-2 run that cut the lead to two with 49 seconds to go. Bertram would continue to play hero and make a massive layup to tie the game at 49 with 10 seconds to go. After an
Audrey Norville foul, Leon drove down the lane and made a buzzer-beater layup for only her fifth point of the game to give the Orediggers the win 51-49. The 100 points scored was the second lowest of the season for the Yellow Jackets only behind the 98 points scored in the Colorado Mesa game.
BLACK HILLS STATE STATISTICAL LEADERS:
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Haylee Weathersby: 19 points, 9 rebounds, 3 assists, 3 blocks
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Kalla Bertram: 15 points, 8 rebounds, 2 steals
UP NEXT
The Yellow Jackets head up to Denver, Colorado to face Regis for the second time this season. It will be at the Regis Field House at 1 PM on Saturday.
