Men lose 2 games, drop to 7-12 in RMAC

In another RMAC match-up, the CSC men were defeated, 94-74, Friday at Colorado Christian University, Lakewood.

The Cougars out shot the Eagles both from the floor and the free-throw line.

The Cougars could not be stopped as they shot 31 of 54 from the field and were 94.4 percent from the free-throw line.

Michael Brown, junior of Heber City, Utah, led the Cougars with 31 points. Brown was the driving force of the Cougar offense.

CSC’s Brandon Pippenger, sophomore of Banning, Calif., commented about the game and the Cougar defense.

“They shot the lights out and they played really good defense,” he said. “They over-played the wings, making it hard to get into our offense.”

Chadron started the game, competing well, but Colorado Christian made an 11-point run, setting the Cougars up for a 20-point victory over the Eagles.

The Eagles came within 12 points of the Cougars with a halftime score of 42-30.

The Cougars pulled forward and led by as much as 22 points in the second half.

CSC was 27 of 63 from the floor and had a 62.5 percentage from the free-throw line.

Chris Taylor, senior from Amman, Jordan, led the Eagles on Friday night with 13 points. Taylor was five of nine from the floor and two of five from the free-throw line.

Kyle Vinich, junior of Casper, Wyo., tallied 11, and David Downey, senior of Scottsbluff, sank 10.

Zac Bargen, senior of Chadron, Evan Brooks, junior of Ontario, Calif., Justyn Anderson, sophomore of Las Vegas, and Kendrick Holliman, junior of Spanish Fort, Ala., added eight points each.

Grant Stone, senior of Canton, Mich., added six and Pippenger chipped in with two.

The CSC men also competed against Colorado School of Mines, Golden, on Saturday. Colorado Mines came out with the win, 104-72.

The game started quickly. Within the first minutes, each team had scored once. Colorado Mines with a 3-point shot and CSC’s Holliman with a layup.

At the end of the first half, Colorado Mines was ahead, 57-36.

The Eagles scored 45.8 percent of its field goals in the first half. CSC made 33.3 percent of its 3-pointers in the half. They made 62.5 percent of their free throws.

The second half did not start off well for Chadron. After several missed shots a time-out was called. Less than a minute out of the time-out CSC’s Stone made a 3-pointer assisted by Taylor.

Chadron played to the buzzer where Bargen attempted to make a 3-pointer with five seconds left.

CSC scored 39 percent of its field goals in the first half and 54.5 percent of their free throws in the second half.

The Eagles made 36 points in each half, proving their consistency.

Colorado Mines scored 57 in the first half, but CSC held them to 47 points in the second half.

Christopher Smith, junior of Pasadena, Calif., led the team in points on Saturday with a total of 17 points throughout the game.

Stone and Holliman followed with 12 points and 11 points respectively.

“It was a tough weekend for us,” CSC’s Josiah Lee, junior of Colorado Springs, said. “But we will bounce back as a unit and do what we can to finish the season strong.”

Chadron State’s current overall record is 10-13.

CSC has three basketball games left, all at Armstrong.

This weekend they play University of Colorado—Colorado Springs at 7:30 p.m. Friday, and Colorado State University—Pueblo, at 7:30 p.m. Saturday.