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Woman’s basketball loses 59-38 against Missouri Western

Eagle Staff

CSC women’s basketball team lost their season opener 59-38 Saturday against the Missouri Western State University Griffons of St. Joseph.

Missouri Western took the lead at the beginning with a 10-0 advantage at the 13-minute mark. The Eagles’ cold shooting stood out during the game, but they only gave up 59 points to the opponent.

The Eagles made three of 25 field goal attempts, and they only made 20 percent of their free throws in the first half. The Eagles performed better the second half, but they still shot under 50 percent from the floor. They only connected on nine of 14 from the free throw line in the second half.

Guard, Hattie Guzman, sophomore of Scottsbluff, goes up for a layup in a match-up against Colorado Mines, Saturday, Feb. 16. —File photo by Ashley Swanson
Guard, Hattie Guzman, sophomore of Scottsbluff, goes up for a layup in a match-up against Colorado Mines, Saturday, Feb. 16. —File photo by Ashley Swanson

“We played a very good defense this weekend, but we need to work on our offense,” Dallas Shaw, junior guard of Buffalo, Wyo., said. “We are fine-tuning it this week, and we are hoping to come out on both sides of the court this week (against Wayne State College and Montana State University Billing).”

Kayli Rageth, senior transfer of Kimball, led the Eagles in scoring and rebounding with 16 points and 10 rebounds, and she shot seven of 11 for free throws. This is the second straight weekend that Rageth led the way in scoring.

No other Eagle scored more than five points against the Griffons.

Tiara Hall, a 6-foot-1 transfer, led Missouri Western with 13 points and 10 rebounds. Two other Griffons, Quensiha Lockett and Ariana Novak scored eight points. Thirteen players scored for Missouri Western in this contest.

The Griffons were 10-32 from the field in the first half. The Griffons shot 23 of 57 from the field for 40.4 percent in the game.  Missouri Western out-rebounded the Eagles 48-38.

The Griffons dominated in the paint, scoring 40 points inside the key and 18 other second chance points on 17 offensive rebounds.

The Eagles tallied 18 turnovers against Missouri Western.

The Eagles will play their first home game at 6 p.m. today against Wayne State College, and will travel to play Montana State University Billings, at 7 p.m. Saturday.

The Wayne State women are 1-0 after winning 105-41 against Peru State.

The Yellowjackets of Montana State are 1-2 this season having won 77-73 against California State University East Bay, Anaheim, Calif., and losing 77-71 against Pittsburg State University, Anaheim, Calif., and 87-45 to the University of Indianapolis, Anaheim, Calif.