Rangers take down Eagles in overtime, 80-75
Chadron State’s women’s basketball team could not take the win in overtime and the game result in an 80-75 victory for Regis University last Saturday.
The Eagles put up a fight, tying the game twice in the last 15 seconds of regulation during their final home game for this season.
The first half of the game, the Eagles and Rangers changed lead constantly and neither team trailed by more than 3.
Regis led 30-28 at the half.
A five point run early in the second half gave Chadron momentum, but Regis did not let up easy.
Like the first half, the ball switched hands until the final minutes.
With 15 seconds left, Jazmyne Webster, freshman guard of Cheyenne, Wyo., tied the game 64-64 with a free throw.
Regis’ Kaitie Vader, sophomore guard of Gunnison, Colo., sank a jumper to take the lead 66-64, but Marla Munsen, sophomore guard of Hershey, Neb., found an open lane for a layup sent the game into overtime.
A 3-pointer by Lexi Smidt, sophomore forward of North Platte, Neb., put the Eagles in the lead in the first minute, but a nine-point run by the Rangers shut down the Eagles.
A Regis free throw ended the game 80-75.
Vader led the Rangers with 26 points and three others joined her in double figures.
Smidt sank 21 points, Munsen and Kada Williams, junior guard of Green River, Wyo., both added 14, while Webster chipped in 9.
The Eagles travel to Colorado this weekend to compete against the University of Colorado-Colorado Springs Mountain Lions Friday and the Colorado State University-Pueblo Thunderwolves Saturday.
