SPEARFISH, S.D.- The Black Hills State Yellow Jackets (18-10 (14-6 RMAC)) are heading down to Grand Junction for the second time this season and they will be once again facing the #4 Colorado Mesa Mavericks (31-1 (20-0 RMAC)) for the second time in the past week in the RMAC Semifinal. The Yellow Jackets were the sole road team to advance to the semifinal in either the men and women's tournaments. The winner will get a chance to play for the RMAC Championship versus the winner of Adams State and UCCS.


KNOW BEFORE YOU GO:
Date/Time/Location:  Tuesday, March 6, 2026 / 5PM / Grand Junction, Colo. / Brownson Arena
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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.

BLACK HILLS STATE STORYLINES

• The Yellow Jackets are 18-10 and 14-6 in the RMAC and went 11-5 in the 2026 regular season with wins over Regis (x2), MSU Denver, New Mexico Highlands, Fort Lewis, Chadron, South Dakota Mines, CSU Pueblo, Mines, Adams State, and Westminster. BHSU advanced to the Semifinals with a solid win over Western Colorado, who beat them in the regular season. The Yellow Jackets landed their second straight RMAC Quarterfinals win after they beat CSU Pueblo last season at home. It was only the sixth five-seed win in 32 games between the five and four seed in RMAC Women's Tournament history. It was previously 26-5 in advantage of the four seed.
• The Yellow Jackets had their best three-point shooting game of the season making 11-23 (.478) from three. They also shot 45.2 percent from the field and 83.3 percent from the line. BHSU held a really good three-point shooting Western Colorado team to .278 from deep and only 36.1 percent from the field. The Yellow Jackets also only had eight turnovers and outrebounded WCU 44-32 with 17 assists.
• BHSU won nine of ten RMAC home games to end the season and are 10-1 at home overall.
• Through 28 games of the season BHSU is averaging 68.9 points, 44.4 rebounds, 15.8 assists, 8.6 steals, and 1.9 blocks per game, while shooting the ball 40.5 percent from the field, 28.4 percent from 3-point range, and 68.9 percent from the free throw line. Their opponents are averaging 56.5 points, 30.8 rebounds, 10.0 assists, 7.4 steals, and 2.9 blocks per game, while shooting the ball 38.0 percent from the field, 28.4 percent from 3-point range, and 68.0 percent from the free throw line.
• BHSU is ranked in the top 35 in the country in eight different stats so far this year. They are third in rebound margin (13.6), fifth in rebounds per game (44.39), 16^th in offensive rebounds per game (16.1), 26^th in assists per game (15.8), 29^th in assist/turnover ratio (1.06),  32^nd in scoring defense (56.5), 34^th in defensive rebounds per game (28.3), 35^th in scoring margin (12.4).
• The Yellow Jackets are 9-10 all time in the RMAC Tournament, and have made the championship three times, and won it once, but BHSU has lost their last three of their last five RMAC Tournament games since their championship in 2021. Their most recent trip to the RMAC tournament came last year when BHSU took down CSU Pueblo in the first round and then fell to the #1 seed CMU in the second. They then took out Western to win two straight Quarterfinals matchups.
• 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 14-6 in the RMAC and in a tie for fourth in the RMAC with WCU
• The Yellow Jackets have won the rebounding battle in 26 of their first 28 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 16.1 offensive rebounds per game and for the first time in BHSU's RMAC history have won the offensive rebounding battle in 27 of 28 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 12^th 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 wire-to-wire win over Mines was their second wire-to-wire win in the last three games and their sixth of the season. They also beat CSUP, Regis, PUCPR, CCU, and SEU that way as well.
• 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.
• In the matchup versus Regis, the Yellow Jackets 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. The Yellow Jackets held opponents to 2-30 from three in their matchups versus Regis and UPR Mayaguez combined.
• Brinlee McRae is the only senior on the team and has been a leader and brought since arriving. She was named Second Team All-RMAC this year. The senior has been on a tear recently. She has jumped from eighth on the team in scoring to first and is averaging 11.5 points per game and 3.8 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 reached double-figures in 12 games in a row and reached 15 points in eight of those 12. She is currently shooting 44.9 percent from the field on 292 shots and has multiple threes in eight of the last 12 games, including six in the RMAC QF versus WCU. She had an incredible game against MSU Denver, where she dropped 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. This past weekend, she put up a team-high 15 points versus the Orediggers and then put up 18 versus Regis going 7-11 (.636) from the field and 4-7 (.571) from three. She had 13 points and 8 rebounds versus Adams State with 11 in the first half. She had 17 points and six rebounds in the loss to NMHU. She led the team again with 14 points in the win over Westminster. To end the regular season, she had 18 points and three steals. In the RMAC QF, she had easily the best game of her career when she dropped 31 points on 12-19 (.632), and 6-7 (.857) from three with eight rebounds. Her three point percentage tied the record for best three-point percentage in a game in team history and she also set career highs in field goals made and three-pointers made.
• Reigning All-RMAC Second Team Bradie Schlabs is the only starter returning this year. She was named to the Preseason All-RMAC Team and turned that into a First Team All-RMAC season. She has averaged 10.4 points per game, which is second on team, 4.0 rebounds, and 5.5 assists. After becoming the first player in BHSU history to have 300 points, 100 rebounds, and 100 assists in a season last year, she is only eight points away from reaching that stat line this year, the sophomore has reached ten points in 16 of the 28 games this season. Schlabs is now ranked third in the RMAC in assists/turnover ratio (1.45), seventh in the country and first in the RMAC in total assists (154), and is sixth in the country and is leading the conference in assists per game (5.5). She has had two assists in every game this year and has had four in 24 of 28. She also has two steals in 14 of the last 23 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. 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. Schlabs put up her second 20-point game of the season versus Regis with five assists, and then bested that with 23 points and six assists versus Adams State, where she shot 9-17 (.529) from the field. She added 11 points, six rebounds, and five assists in the win over Westminster. She had 10 assists versus Mesa. She put up 10 points and six assists in the win over Western.
• Sawyer Stoebner is fourth on the team in scoring with 8.1 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 6.6 rebounds, which is ninth in the conference. She was named All-RMAC Honorable Mention. Stoebner is second in the RMAC in offensive rebounds per game (2.9). 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 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. She put up 10 points versus CSM  and had eight points and 11 rebounds versus NMHU. She put up a new career-high 14 rebounds last night versus the Griffins.
• 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 17.8 minutes per game this season. She is averaging 8.2 points per game and is shooting a team-high 54.3 percent from the field on 95-175 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. She put up three blocks and four steals in the win over Mines. She put up ten points in the win over WU going 5-7 from the field in that game. She had 12 points on 6-8 (.750) from the field versus Mesa. She had a massive game in the RMAC Tournament opener versus WCU. She put up 16 points on 8-12 (.667) from the field.
• Alli Glasscock is making a massive impact as a freshman. She has only been averaging 17.0 minutes per game but has averaged 7.3 points and 4.8 rebounds. She is shooting 42.2 percent from the file don 68-161 shooting. She is also shooting 80.0 percent from the charity stripe making 28-35 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. She had ten points and nine rebounds versus CSM. She finished with just under her career-high versus Westminster with 13 points and six rebounds. Against the Mavericks, she had 10 points and went 5-10 (.500) from the field.
• Maureen Ulrich has started 14 of 28 games this season and is starting to come on as of late this season. She is averaging 6.9 points per game and 4.9 rebounds per game while shooting 71-155 (.458) from the field. She has scored double digits nine times this year and in three straight games 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. She had a ten-point game versu Regis, where she also had seven rebounds. She matched that with another ten-point game versus Adams with five rebounds. She put up a third straight ten point game versus NMHU with eight rebounds. In the win over Western, she had a near double-double versus Western with ten points and nine rebounds.
• Emily Cooper is in the midst of a breakout sophomore campaign, the Eau Claire, Wisconsin native is averaging 6.3 points, 2.9 rebounds, and 2.8 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. After a rough stretch of games, she had one of her best games of the season in New Mexico, when she had 13 points, three rebounds, and two assists on 5-10 (.500) from the field and 3-7 (.429) from three. She had eight points, four rebounds, and four assists while going 2-4 (.500) from three. Cooper was the team's number two scorer in the loss to Mesa scoring 13 points and going 3-6 (.500) from three. She's now shot 9-21 (.429) from three over the last four games
• 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 5.8 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 18 of 24 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. She put up 11 rebounds against NMHU.
• Head coach Kelly Kruger is in the midst of his first season as Interim Head Coach of the BHSU Yellow Jackets. He is 18-10 in his time with the Green and Gold. He is in his 35th season as a head coach, however, and has a record of 549-456 with programs across all levels of college basketball including Northwestern College, Southwest Minnesota State, Adams State, Ashford University, and Iowa Central Community College. Kruger just coached his 1000^th career game this past weekend versus Regis.

 
#4 COLORADO MESA STORYLINES

• Colorado Mesa is currently sitting on the longest RMAC win streak in conference history with 36 straight wins in RMAC play. The Mavericks are 31-1 and 20-0 in RMAC play this year and have won a nation-high 28 straight games. They have not lost since November 14th when they lost by five to West Texas A&M. They are currently sitting in third in the region behind only Texas Women's and West Texas A&M and are ranked fourth in the country in the WBCA poll behind only Texas Women's, Grand Valley State, and Minnesota State. Mesa has only one win this year in conference play by less than ten points and that was a one-point win in Las Vegas, N.M. at Highlands. Every other game has been pretty much a dominant win. Mesa has a 25.2 average win margin in RMAC play this year and have won eight conference games by more than 30. With that, they have clinched the RMAC regular season title almost two weeks ago and it will be their eighth in 14 years.

• After beating BHSU by only 12 and turning the ball over a season high 24 times, Mesa bounced back in a major way absolutely dismantling Colorado School of Mines in the RMAC Quarterfinal 96-51. They shot 57.4 percent from the field, 42.9 percent from three and made 17-22 (.773) free throws. The Mavericks outscored CSM 33-4 in the first quarter and took a 50-19 lead going into halftime. Where they ended up winning by 45 to host the RMAC tournament in Grand Junction.
• The Mavericks have only been held to less than 38 percent from the field one time during RMAC play this season and that was against BHSU in Grand Junction in late January. They have shot over 40 percent from the field in 23 of the last 27 games, but have struggled from three as of late. They also have shot over 80 percent from the charity stripe in ten of the last 12 games and have reached 40 rebounds in ten of 12 games as well.
• Through the first 32 games of the season CMU is averaging 75.3 points, 42.7 rebounds, 17.4 assists, 8.5 steals, and 3.7 blocks per game, while shooting the ball 43.7 percent from the field, 30.9 percent from 3-point range, and 79.0 percent from the free throw line. Their opponents are averaging 51.1 points, 30.8 rebounds, 9.5 assists, 7.5 steals, and 2.0 blocks per game, while shooting the ball 32.8 percent from the field, 27.6 percent from 3-point range, and 71.4 percent from the free throw line.
• CMU is ranked top 10 in eight stats. They are ranked first in winning percentage (96.9), third in scoring margin (24.2), fourth in field goal percentage defense (32.8), fourth in scoring defense (51.1), fifth in fouls per game (12.7), fifth in assist/turnover ratio (1.30), and eighth in rebound margin (11.9), and tenth in assists per game (17.4).
• Colorado Mesa was picked to finish first in the conference with 191 points with nine first place votes and five second place votes. They finished as the outright RMAC Regular Season Champion by going a perfect 20-0 in conference play and are two wins away from a perfect RMAC season.
• Their star player is arguably the best player in division two in Olivia Reed Thyne. Reed Thyne is a back-to-back-to-back RMAC Player of the Year, a four-time All-RMAC First Team selection, RMAC Freshman of the Year, a two-time All-Academic Player of the Year and was an All-American last year. She is on her way to having her best season this year where she is averaging 21.2 points per game and 11.1 rebounds per game. She is already a five-time RMAC Defensive Player of the Week winner this year and a three-time RMAC Offensive Player of the Week. She is the first player in RMAC history with 2000 points and 1000 rebounds in her career. She ranks second in the country in total rebounds (355), second in total field goals (265), fifth in total points (678), seventh in points per game (21.2),  fourth in field goal percentage (61.6), seventh in defensive rebounds per game (7.7), ninth in double-doubles (17), tenth in rebounds per game (11.1), She has reached double-digit rebounds in 18 of the 32 games this year including 20 versus Saint Martin's and 18 against New Mexico Highlands. She has reached 15 points or more 27 times this year, 20 points 19 times, and 30 points three times including 37 versus Seattle Pacific. One weekend versus Western and Westminster, she combined for 47 points averaging 23.5 and had 27 rebounds averaging 13.5 per game. This included a 24 point, 19 rebound double-double versus Westminster. She also shot 19-33 (.576) from the field. She has scored double-doubles in each of the last five games and had a 22 point, 16 rebound double-double versus Western Colorado. She became first player in CMU history and fourth player in the country this season to record a triple-double in the win over BHSU by putting up 24 points, 10 rebounds, 11 assists, and four blocks. Her double-double streak ended in the first round of the RMAC tournament, but she still put up 34 points in the win.
• Mason Rowland is the other head of the one-two punch for the Mavericks. She is averaging 17.7 points per game, 6.0 rebounds per game, and 3.9 assists per game. She was named to the First Team All-RMAC for the first time this season. She was named RMAC Freshman of the Year in 2023-24 and then suffered a season-ending injury early last season after earning a weekly award in the first week of the season. She was named RMAC Offensive Player of the Week once this season as well. Rowland is third in the RMAC in field goal attempts (439), is third in points (567), is second in free throw percentage (85.2), is third in free throw attempts (162), and then is the top three point shooter in the conference. She is second in three pointers (69), third in three attempts (188), and third in three-point percentage (36.7). She also is third in assists (124). She has reached ten points in all but one game this season and has reached 20 11 times including a 26-point outing versus UCCS. She has reached 20 in each of the last five games. She has seven double-doubles and has hit at least one three in all but two since the season opener. This past weekend, She averaged 21 points per game and had a 27-point double-double versus South Dakota Mines with 12 rebounds. She has dropped 22 in each of the past two games and has shot 6-9 (.667) from three over the past two games. She's also a perfect 12-12 from the charity stripes in those two games as well.
• Senior Mykaela Moore has been the last top option for Mesa. She is averaging 9.6 points per game, 4.8 rebounds per game, and 3.5 assists per game. She is leading the conference and is sixth in the country in assist/turnover ratio (2.60) and is fourth in total assists (104). She started off slow only scoring double-figures twice in the first 11 games, but has reached that number five times of eight games midseason including a season-high 21 versus Adams State and Colorado School of Mines. Since the BHSU game, where she only had four, she reached ten points five times and in each of the last three games. She's had an assist in all but one game this year and has one double-double against CSM, where she went 21 points and 10 rebounds. She averaged 15.5 points per game last weekend with 17 versus Western Colorado. She then dropped 19 points, six rebounds, and six assists versus South Dakota Mines.
• Taylor Wagner is in his 14th season with Colorado Mesa and is in a historic career. He just was named RMAC Coach of the Year this year. The head coach has a 325-91 record with a .781 winning percentage. He has seven RMAC Coach of the Year awards including each of the last three seasons and has led his Mavericks to eight NCAA Tournaments including three of the last four years. He has won or shared eight RMAC regular season titles and has four RMAC championships.

SERIES HISTORY

• The Yellow Jackets have a rough 8-19 record for CMU and have lost each of the last five matchups versus the Mavericks. Their last win was in Spearfish during the 22-23 season.
• BHSU faced Colorado Mesa three times last year and lost all three including a heartbreaking three-point loss to them in Grand Junction. The Mavericks also knocked BHSU out of the RMAC tournament last year beating the Green and Gold by 15 at home, which ended BHSU's season.
• In each of the three games, Schlabs was BHSU's leading scorer. She averaged 16 points per game versus Mesa last year and reached double-digits in all three matchups including 20 in the close loss in Grand Junction.
• Earlier this season, BHSU met with Mesa and gave them their hardest test of RMAC play so far in Grand Junction. They held them to 37.3 percent from the field, which was their lowest of RMAC play. They held their top three scorers to 33 points, which is 14 points below their average combined scores. However, BHSU only had one player reach double digits in Bradie Schlabs who had 13 and only scored 49 points.

• In the most recent matchup, BHSU surprised Mesa with the amount of turnovers forced and the early hot shooting from BHSU. The Green and Gold forced 24 turnovers, which was easily the most in all of CMU's RMAC games previously being 19 versus Pueblo. BHSU also shot 51 percent in the first half and made four of the first five shots in the second half before not making another point for six minutes. It was still one of our best games of the year.
• The Yellow Jackets have met CMU four times in the RMAC Tournament since BHSU joined in 2012. They are currently 0-4 all time versus Mesa in the tournament. BHSU also faced the Mavericks in the semifinals last season and lost 68-53.

• Head Coach Kelly Kruger was 7-11 versus Mesa during his time at Adams State and Black Hills State and lost the last six matchups to them.