Date/Time/Location: Colorado School of Mines: Thursday, February 12, 2026 / 5 PM / Spearfish, S.D. / A2 Arena

Regis: Saturday, February 14 / 1 PM / Spearfish, S.D. / A2 Arena
Tickets: Tickets can be purchased online at the link above.
RMAC Network: Beginning in the 2025-26 season the RMAC Network will now move to Pay-Per-View. Fans can purchase a single game pass ($10), monthly ($25) or annual subscription ($130). Individuals with bhsu.edu or yellowjackets.bhsu.edu email address can still take advantage of the Peak Pricing Promotion by using the code Y26-RMACEDU.

Promotions: It is “I Hate Winter” night for Thursday night’s game versus the Orediggers. Break out the tropical apparel and cheer on the Yellow Jackets on Thursday night. First 100 strudents wearing tropical/Hawaiian apparel receive a Tropical Smoothie Café gift card.

Linear TV: BHSU Athletics has partnered with Forum Communications to bring you BHSU games to your live TV. You will now be able to watch all home events on cable at the KNBN-2 Station in Rapid City and the KSFL-TV station in Sioux Falls. Channel numbers and schedules for each of those channels for all sports can be found at the link above.

KDSJ Radio: Black Hills State women's basketball continues to air live on KDSJ Radio with the voice of the Yellow Jackets, Steve Ammerman, giving the play-by-play for all the action.

• The Yellow Jackets are 13-8 and 10-4 in the RMAC and started their 2026 7-3 with wins over Regis, MSU Denver, New Mexico Highlands, Fort Lewis, Chadron, South Dakota Mines, and CSU Pueblo. The Yellow Jackets once again were fantastic on the glass. They averaged 51 rebounds over the course of two games and that included 56 rebounds in the loss to UCCS. The Yellow Jackets averaged 15 offensive rebounds per game and had 16 in the UCCS game.
• The Yellow Jackets shot pretty well this past weekend they shot around 40 percent from the field and 64 percent from the charity stripe, however they did struggle from deep again going 5-28 (.179) over the span of two games and have only shot over 30 percent from deep in one of the last eight games.
• The defense stepped up as well holding SDM to 28.1 percent from the field, which was the third lowest mark in RMAC play for BHSU this year. They also held them to 21.1 percent from three, which is the 12th time this year BHSU has held teams to under 30 percent from deep. SDM only had five assists, which was the second lowest amount in RMAC play for the Green and Gold this year and the 41 points allowed was the third lowest in conference games in 2025-26.
• Through the first 21 games of the season BHSU is averaging 68.4 points, 45.1 rebounds, 15.4 assists, 9.0 steals, and 2.0 blocks per game, while shooting the ball 40.2 percent from the field, 26.5 percent from 3-point range, and 69.1 percent from the free throw line. Their opponents are averaging 54.0 points, 30.0 rebounds, 9.3 assists, 7.2 steals, and 2.6 blocks per game, while shooting the ball 36.9 percent from the field, 28.1 percent from 3-point range, and 66.0 percent from the free throw line.
• BHSU is ranked in the top 25 in the country in six different stats so far this year. They are third in rebound margin (15.1), third in rebounds per game (45.10), 14th in scoring defense (54.0), 14th in offensive rebounds per game (16.5), 20th in scoring margin (14.5), and 24th in defensive rebounds per game (26.6).
• The Yellow Jackets are a brand-new team. They only have seven returning players and only two saw meaningful minutes last year with only one starter returning in Bradie Schlabs. Last year the Yellow Jackets went 18-11 (13-7 RMAC) and finished fourth in the conference and won a game in the RMAC Tournament. They bring in three transfers and six freshmen, while getting two girls back from injury.
• The Yellow Jackets were picked to finish sixth in the conference in the RMAC Preseason Coaches' Poll with 127 points and one third place vote. They are currently 10-4 in the RMAC and in a tie for third in the conference.
• The Yellow Jackets have won the rebounding battle in 20 of their first 21 games to begin the season. They just had the longest streak in BHSU's RMAC history that they've won the rebounding battle and the first time that they've not lost it in 17 straight to begin the season snapped in the win over Chadron.
• The Yellow Jackets are averaging 16.5 offensive rebounds per game and for the first time in BHSU's RMAC history have won the offensive rebounding battle in 20 of 21 games this season, which just snapped the longest streak in program's D2 history of 17 straight games winning the offensive rebounding battle and the streak for longest streak to begin a season.
• The Yellow Jackets were able to dominate the glass in their win over SDM, where BHSU set multiple records. The Yellow Jackets had 66 rebounds, which was the most in BHSU's D2 era, they had 31 offensive rebounds, which was also the most in the D2 era, and they had a fan crowd of 2,571, which was the fifth largest crowd in D2 this year and the largest crowd in the D2 era for the Yellow Jackets.
• The defense stepped up as well holding SDM to 28.1 percent from the field, which was the third lowest mark in RMAC play for BHSU this year. They also held them to 21.1 percent from three, which is the 12th time this year BHSU has held teams to under 30 percent from deep. SDM only had five assists, which was the second lowest amount in RMAC play for the Green and Gold this year and the 41 points allowed was the third lowest in conference games in 2025-26.
• The nine game win streak that ended in a loss to Colorado Mesa is the longest streak in Yellow Jacket's D2 history. It just past an eight-game win streak in 2017-18, when BHSU started the season 8-0 before losing to Colorado School of Mines.
• The Yellow Jackets have six wins this year by 20 points or more. They only did so five times in all of the 2024-25 season.
• The Yellow Jackets were in a defensive battle with FLC with BHSU winning 59-52 in what has been their lowest scoring win of the year. Both teams shot less than 38 percent from the field during the game with BHSU barely edging out FLC with 37.5 percent from the field and FLC shooting 37.3 percent. The two teams also combined for 4-31 (.129) from three-point range, which was the first time since BHSU's opening D2 game that the two teams have combined for less than four threes on more than 30 attempts
• Against PUCPR, The Green and Gold set the record for most rebounds in a single game in BHSU's RMAC history (61), most offensive rebounds in a single game in BHSU's RMAC history (29), least fouls in a single game in BHSU's RMAC history (4), and it was the first time since 2019 that the Yellow Jackets scored 90 points in a game (91), and the most assists in a game since 2017 (26). The Yellow Jackets used all of this to set the biggest win margin of the season and the biggest since 2017 (58).
• They won three games in a row by 50 or more points, which is the first time in program history. They beat PUCPR by 58 and then beat UPR Mayaguez by 51. Just last night they beat Regis by 53 to keep the 50-point streak alive.
• They defeated the Chadron State Eagles by 49 in what is now the second largest RMAC margin of victory in program history. The Yellow Jackets held a 51-10 lead at halftime. This held the record for largest RMAC margin of victory for just over a month before the Yellow Jackets broke it with a  53-point win over the Regis Rangers.
• The win over Western Colorado was the first time this season that BHSU had three players score over 15 points in a game. Bradie Schlabs had 18, Brinlee McRae had 16, and Audrey Norville had 15.
• The Yellow Jackets shot 25-31 from the free throw line in the win versus UCCS. It was only the second time since 2021 that BHSU made 25 free throws in a game. It was also only the fourth time in the program's D2 era that they made 25 or more free throws in a game and shot over 80 percent from the line.
• On the other hand, the 38.9 percent from the charity stripe (7-18) that UCCS shot was the lowest free-throw percentage by an opponent who shot over 15 free throws in BHSU's D2 history.
• Reigning All-RMAC Second Team Bradie Schlabs is the only starter returning this year. She was named to the Preseason All-RMAC Team. She has started the year averaging 10.1 points per game, which leads the team, 4.1 rebounds and 5.3 assists. After becoming the first player in BHSU history to have 300 points, 100 rebounds, and 100 assists in a season last year, the sophomore has reached ten points in 12 of the 21 games this season and in three out of the last five. Schlabs is now ranked fourth in the RMAC in assists/turnover ratio (1.45), 13th in the country and first in the RMAC in total assists (112), and is eighth in the country and is leading the conference in assists per game (5.3). She has had two assists in every game this year and has had four in 18 of 21. She also has two steals in 11 of the last 16 games including a career-high five versus CSU Pueblo. She had a career-high 11 assists in the win over CSU Pueblo and had nine versus PUCPR. In the matchup versus Regis, she had 11 points, eight rebounds, six assists, and three steals in one of her better all-around games of the season. Against Western she had 18 points and 6 assists which led the team in both categories. She had her best all-around game of the season against Chadron. She put up 12 points, 8 assists, and had what was a career-high four steals. The eight assists was the most she's had in an RMAC game in her career. She finished January scoring 12 points with seven rebounds and four assists in the win over SDM. She had 16 assists this past weekend versus CSU Pueblo and UCCS with six steals.
• Brinlee McRae has been on a tear recently. She has jumped from eighth on the team in scoring to second and is averaging 9.3 points per game and 3.6 rebounds per game, but she averaged 17.0 points per game in Puerto Rico scoring 19 and 15 in the two games there, while coming back and scoring eight points with four assists against Regis. She has 20 of her 31 assists in the last ten games. She had the best game of her career against MSU Denver, where she dropped a career-high 27 points and six rebounds. She shot 11-17 (.647) from the field and 5-8 (.625) from three. It was the most points, field goals made, and threes made by any Yellow Jacket this season. After a few rough games, McRae bounced back against Western putting up 16 points and three steals while shooting 6-13 (.461) and 2-5 (.400) from three in the comeback attempt. She had 12 points and two assists versus Chadron. She had an incredible game against Mines dropping a team-high 15 points, with eight rebounds, two assists, and three steals. She shot 3-5 from three point range. She has now led the team in scoring in three straight games. She put up 14 points and five rebounds versus CSU Pueblo and 17 points and eight rebounds versus UCCS.
• Sawyer Stoebner is third on the team in scoring with 8.9 points per game and had three ten plus point outing in a row against CSC, UCCS, and CCU. She is also leading the team with 6.5 rebounds. Stoebner is second in the RMAC in offensive rebounds per game (3.2). She went out and put 15 points on the Cougars and shot 7-7 from the free throw line. This was just after she had her first 20-point game of her career versus Minnesota Crookston. She also had 14 rebounds during the East/West Challenge with a career-high eight versus Sioux Falls. Stoebner had 11 points, five rebounds, and six steals in the dominant win over the Eagles. Then turned it around and had 10 points and 5 rebounds versus the Mountain Lions. Finally, she finished 2025 RMAC play by scoring 11 points and grabbing eight rebounds against the Cougars. Stoebner has now reached ten points in three straight games and had her first double-double of her career against MSU Denver when she put up 11 points and 13 rebounds, which was a career high. She followed that performance with another near double-double with 13 points and nine rebounds against NMHU. After a rough five games stretch, where she didn’t score double digits, she put up 12 in the loss to UCCS and had her second double-double of the year with 10 rebounds.
• Taylin Serlen has made a massive impact as of late for the Yellow Jackets. The Regis transfer, after only playing a combined 40 minutes in the first six games of the season has averaged 17.4 minutes per game this season. She is averaging 8.2 points per game and is shooting a team-high 52.8 percent from the field on 67-127 shooting. She has entered the starting lineup and made her presence known. Against UCCS, she was tasked with guarding one of the RMAC's top scorers the entire game and held her to eight points. She also shot 6-8 from the free throw line in that game en route to eight points, four rebounds, and a block. Against CCU, she had her best RMAC game of her career on Saturday. She had an RMAC career-high 17 points on 7-12 (.583) from the field and 3-4 (.750) from the line, she also had five rebounds and a block. In the two games in Puerto Rico, she averaged 15 points per game reaching 16 versus PUCPR with 7 rebounds and then 14 versus UPR Mayaguez with four rebounds. Serlen went 12-17 (.705) from the field in the two games. She had 14 points and eight rebounds versus MSUD including eight points in the first quarter. Serlen led BHSU in scoring against FLC with 12 points to go along with four rebounds and two blocks. She set a new career high in rebounds with 11 against SDM. She had 13 points and six rebounds last weekend versus CSUP.
• Alli Glasscock is making a massive impact as a freshman. She has only been averaging 16.5 minutes per game but has averaged 7.3 points and 4.8 rebounds. She is shooting 43.0 percent from the file don 49-114 shooting. She is also shooting 82.1 percent from the charity stripe making 23 of 28 free throws. She nearly had a double-double versus Northern State, where she had 12 points and nine rebounds which were both career-highs. Against CSC, she had eight points, six rebounds and four steals. Coming back to the lineup against Regis, she had 14 points, 5 rebounds, and three steals in 15 minutes of action. 12 of those 14 points came in the fourth quarter and she shot 6-10 (.600) from the field. She had eight points and six rebounds versus the Roadrunners. She had her third ten-point game of the season against the Cowgirls. She also had six rebounds, which she has reached ten times in her last 14 games that she has had at least five rebounds. She had a 12 point game versus Chadron, where she went 8-8 from the free throw line including 6-6 in the fourth quarter. She put up ten points and seven rebounds in the win over the ThunderWolves this past weekend,
• Maureen Ulrich has started 14 of 21 games this season and is starting to come on as of late this season. She is averaging 6.7 points per game and 4.5 rebounds per game while shooting 54-115 (.470) from the field. She has scored double digits five times this year including 12 in the win versus Chadron State and a season-high 13 points in the win versus Regis on January 8. She shot 6-8 (.750) from the field in the game. She had eight points and an RMAC-game high of eight rebounds versus Fort Lewis, which she matched with eight rebounds in the loss to the Mavericks. She added another 12 points in the second game versus Chadron with six rebounds, where she went 4-7 from the field and 4-4 from the free throw line. She just missed out on her first double-double of her career versus SDM. She had nine points and a career-high ten rebounds. She had a near double-double again versus UCCS, where she had nine points and nine rebounds with six points and five rebounds in the first half.
• Audrey Norville has turned into a solid player for BHSU. She played a lot of minutes last year and has now been thrown into the starting lineup. She is second on the team in rebounds with 6.0, while averaging 6.4 points per game. After not scoring in the first game versus SEU, Norville had a stellar second start, where she had her first career double-double with 12 points and 10 rebounds. Each of those were career highs. She had the best game of her career offensively against Western Colorado, where she put up career-high 15 points, five rebounds, and three assists. She went 4-6 from the free throw line in that game. Norville has had five or more rebounds in 16 of 21 games this year. She had six points to go along with the eight rebounds versus CCU and shot 2-2 from behind the arc. She had 17 combined points in P.R. and then had ten rebounds versus UPR Mayaguez. In the game against MSUD, she had a career-high six assists beating her previous career-high of two. She had six points and six rebounds versus NMHU. She then matched that with six points and seven rebounds versus the Skyhawks. She had one of her better games this season against Mesa with nine points, eight rebounds, and two assists. She then put up 15 points and five rebounds versus Western. In the win versus Chadron, she had eight points, five rebounds, and four assists. She had her third ten rebound game of the season versus SDM, but only had one point. She put up 11 points and five rebounds in the loss to UCCS.
• Emily Cooper is in the midst of a breakout sophomore campaign, the Eau Claire, Wisconsin native is averaging 6.5 points, 3.2 rebounds, and 3.1 assists this year. Cooper had a great game earlier in the season where she had 14 points versus Sioux Falls. She shot 5-12 from the field and 3-10 from the three-point line. While also adding three rebounds and three assists. Cooper beat that with a career-night versus UCCS, where she had a career-high 19 points, with 12 of them coming in the fourth quarter. She shot 4-8 from the field, 4-8 from three, and 7-8 from the charity stripe including making three of four in the final 18 seconds. She had nine points, four rebounds, and three assists versus the Roadrunners and went 3-5 (.600) from three-point range.
• Head coach Kelly Kruger is in the midst of his first season as Interim Head Coach of the BHSU Yellow Jackets. He is 13-8 in his time with the Green and Gold. He is in his 35th season as a head coach, however, and has a record of 544-454 with programs across all levels of college basketball including Northwestern College, Southwest Minnesota State, Adams State, Ashford University, and Iowa Central Community College.

• Colorado School of Mines is currently 12-13 and sitting at 7-7 in RMAC play. They are currently on a five game losing streak after starting RMAC play 7-2 and are on the bubble of possibly missing the RMAC tournament. The Orediggers have faced three of the RMAC’s top six teams in that five game stretch in MSU Denver, Western Colorado, and Adams State, but also lost to Fort Lewis and Westminster. The Orediggers also played a tough non-conference schedule, where they faced three ranked teams in UT Tyler, Texas Women’s, and Minnesota State. They lost all three and also fell to Nebraska-Kearney and MSU Billings in the D2CCA TipOff Classic. 
• During this rough stretch, CSM has lost their last five games by an average of 7.8 points per game with the biggest loss being 13 to MSU Denver and the smallest being a three-point loss to Fort Lewis. Their opponents have shot over 40 percent from the field in all five games and over 30 percent from three-point range in four of the five games. In CSM’s case, they have shot under 40 percent in four of the five games, and under 30 percent from three in three of the five games.
• Through the first 25 games of the season CSM is averaging 69.5 points, 37.4 rebounds, 14.9 assists, 9.9 steals, and 2.6 blocks per game, while shooting the ball 41.0 percent from the field, 33.0 percent from 3-point range, and 74.6 percent from the free throw line. Their opponents are averaging 68.4 points, 36.1 rebounds, 13.9 assists, 10.3 steals, and 3.2 blocks per game, while shooting the ball 40.7 percent from the field, 30.1 percent from 3-point range, and 76.6 percent from the free throw line.
• CSM is ranked top 80 in the country in five stats. They are 45th in assists per game (14.9), 48th in three-point percentage (33.0), 52nd in three pointers per game (7.4), 60th in free throw percentage (74.6), and 79th in three point attempts per game (22.3)
• Sofia Baldessari is having a massive year for the Orediggers. The sophomore is averaging 20.1 points per game, 7.9 rebounds per game and is shooting 84.9 percent from the charity stripe with 111 attempts. She is also shooting 32.6 percent from three with 132 attempts. She is currently sitting at second in the RMAC and 11th in the country in points per game (20.1). Baldessari is leading the RMAC in free throw percentage (84.9), fourth in total free throws made (94), third in field goals (146), fourth in field goal attempts (326), fourth in the RMAC and 20th in the country in total points (423), fourth in rebounds per game (7.9), and is fourth in three-point attempts (132). She has been named RMAC Offensive Player of the Week twice this season. The first time was the first weekend of January when she put up 45 points against Nelson and 25 versus Northern New Mexico. The second time was two weeks later when she put up a 22 and 10 double-double versus CSU Pueblo and a 30 and 14 versus Colorado Christian in the same weekend. She has reached 20 points 13 times, 25 points seven times, 30 points four times, and 40 points once. She is coming off a huge weekend where she averaged 27 points per game versus Western and Westminster, including a 28 and 11 double-double versus the Griffins.
• Jenna Shandy is coming off a first-team All-RMAC nod last year and the redshirt senior is back at it again this year in a lighter capacity averaging 12.1 points per game and 3.2 assists per game. Shandy is shooting great from the three-point line making 46 of 125 attempts for a 36.8 percent clip. She’s not having as strong of year this year, but she is still sixth in the conference in three pointers made (46), assists (76), and seventh in assist/turnover ratio (1.21). She struggled to begin the season minus a 20 point game versus Kearney, but she seems to have gotten back close to form hitting ten points or more in 14 of the last 19 games including a 27 point game versus Rogers State. She also put up nine assists in their first matchup versus the Griffins. This past weekend, she averaged 11 points per game, but only shot 34.8 percent from the field.
• Emma Sixta is the third player averaging double-figures for the Orediggers. Sixta is averaging 11.8 points and 3.1 assists per game while ranking third in assist/turnover ratio (1.51). She has only started in 11 of the 21 games and has honestly had kind of an up and down season. Besides back-to-back 20-point games in early January versus Chadron and SD Mines, she has put up 15 points only twice this season and has made it to double digits in 12 of the 21 games and only three of the last seven. She is coming off a weekend where she didn’t reach double figures and had back-to-back nine-point games where she only took 11 total shots in 65 minutes.
• Brittany Simpson is the all-time winningest coach is CSM’s history and is in her 14th season with the program. She has a 243-152 record and is a three-time RMAC Coach of the Year, has three RMAC titles, and has made it to the NCAA Tournament five times.

SERIES HISTORY

• The Yellow Jackets have really struggled in this matchup as of late. They are 9-12 all time but have lost seven of the last ten and five of the last six. They have one win in 23-24, but besides that, they haven’t beaten the Orediggers since 2021. 
• The Yellow Jackets fell 49-51 to the CSM last season in their sole match in Golden. The Green and Gold did not make a single three in that game and still shot 40 percent from the field. They only had two girls in double digits.

• Regis is currently sitting at 1-16 and 1-13 in RMAC play, but after three months, the Rangers got their first win of the season and snapped a 16 game losing streak dating back to last season. Regis made the RMAC tournament last season, but have not been able to get on the board this season until they faced Westminster on Thursday, where they beat the Griffins by 28, 80-52.  
• During that win, the Rangers shot 46.4 percent from the field and 46.7 percent from three, while making 21 of 28 free throws in that game. It was the fifth game in the previous six that the Rangers shot over 40 percent from the field and the second straight game and third all year that they hit over 40 percent from three.
• Through the first 17 games of the season RU is averaging 56.3 points, 34.4 rebounds, 9.4 assists, 7.4 steals, and 1.6 blocks per game, while shooting the ball 35.9 percent from the field, 27.7 percent from 3-point range, and 68.6 percent from the free throw line. Their opponents are averaging 72.8 points, 37.1 rebounds, 15.8 assists, 12.8 steals, and 3.4 blocks per game, while shooting the ball 44.7 percent from the field, 33.2 percent from 3-point range, and 72.6 percent from the free throw line.
• RU was picked to finish 15th in the RMAC this year with 21 points. They currently sit in a tie for 14th in the conference with Chadron at an 1-13 record.
• Kate Gallery has been one of the top players for Regis this year. She has been dominant averaging 17.4 points per game for the Rangers and 4.8 rebounds per game. She is shooting 43.1 percent from the field on 204 attempts. She is third in the RMAC in three pointers per game (2.33), seventh in three point percentage (34.7), and ninth in points per game (17.4). Gallery has dropped 20 points in five of nine games since the BHSU game and had 29 points in the win against Westminster. She only dropped four points versus Colorado Mesa and had her first double-double when she got 28 points and 10 rebounds versus CSU Pueblo.
• Jessica Bollwahn has also had a great season. She is averaging 10.9 points and 9.5 rebounds per game this season and leads Regis with 36 total assists. Bollwahnn leads the conference in defensive rebounds per game (7.3), is second in rebounds per game (9.5), third in total rebounds (174), sixth in offensive rebounds per game (2.4), and seventh in free throw percentage (79.7). Since playing BHSU, Bollwahn has seven of nine games in double figures including 25 against New Mexico Highlands. She has three double-doubles this season including a 19 point, 19 rebound double-double versus Fort Lewis, a 25 and 12 one versus Highlands and a 17 point, 12 rebound versus Westminster. She has three straight games of ten rebounds after putting up ten points than Mesa.
• Caitie Turnbow is also having a good season. She is averaging 9.5 points per game and 5.9 rebounds. However, after starting the season with seven ten-point games in the first nine games, she has only reached that mark once in the last five games. She has one double-double this season with 11 points and 10 rebounds against Chadron and this past weekend she had 11 points and six rebounds versus Westminster.
• Head Coach Jason Kohler is in his first year as head coach of Regis after serving as  a graduate assistant for the past three seasons. He is now 1-16 as head coach of the Rangers.

SERIES HISTORY

• BHSU holds the series lead 16-7 over the RU after having won 11 of the last 14 matchups and won both matches last year versus the Rangers.
• Last year they won in Denver 67-59 and Schlabs had 16 points and five assists. They also beat them by 24 in Spearfish earlier in January with Schlabs having 15 points and six assists.

In the matchup versus Regis earlier this year, the Yellow Jackets broke the D2 era record for largest margin of victory in an RMAC game and they set the season record for steals in a game with 21. They outrebounded the Rangers 50-22 and outrebounded them offensively 20-2. They shot 47.2 percent from the field on 35-74 and held Regis to 31.0 percent from the field and .67 percent from the three-point line.