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Women lose 2 but Ranta reaches 1000 points

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The CSC women’s basketball team lost to the 10-13 University of Colorado-Colorado Springs Lions on Friday in Armstrong.  The Eagles were unable to defeat UCCS with a loss of 81-73.

Guard, Kate Simonton, junior of Bakersfield, Calif., goes up for a layup during the game against University of Colorado, Colorado Springs Friday night in Armstrong. —Photo by Shelby Andersen
Guard, Kate Simonton, junior of Bakersfield, Calif., goes up for a layup during the game against University of Colorado, Colorado Springs Friday night in Armstrong. —Photo by Shelby Andersen

“I thought we didn’t play very smart with turnovers on the offensive side, but we played hard,” Head Coach Tim Connealy said.  “I was proud of the hustle that the girls put in.  They played hard and we were able to catch up in the second half, but we were unable to finish it.”

Forward Kayli Rageth, senior of Kimball, and Dallas Shaw, junior of Buffalo, Wyo., scored 15 points apiece as the lead scorers.

Other double-digit scorers for the Eagles were guard Kate Simonton, junior of Bakersfield, Calif., with 13 points and  guard Kattie Ranta, senior of Rapid City, S.D., with 12 points.

Ranta also led CSC with seven rebounds and five assists.

The Eagles trailed at halftime, 39-28, but managed to catch the Lions in the second half by knotting 62 with 5:49 remaining.  However, they could not maintain the momentum.

The Eagles outscored the Lions from the field with a 66-60 lead, but were outscored at the free-throw line 21-11.

The Colorado State University-Pueblo women defeated Chadron State, 80-64, in Armstrong on Saturday night.

The ThunderWolves, now 20-5 overall and 16-5 in the RMAC, led 46-31 at halftime and their high percentage shooting continued in the second half to propel them to a 16-point victory.

Pueblo’s leading scorer, Alex Evans, senior of Louisville, Colo., was 10 of 13 from the field with 22 points. Taylor Fox, senior of Santa Cruz, Calif., Pueblo’s leading scorer on the year at 14 points a game, poured in 18 points to go along with 10 rebounds.

Ranta, who became only the 10th Chadron State women’s basketball player to score over 1,000 points for her career, led the Eagles.

Coming into Saturday, she only needed 22 points to reach the illustrious barrier and she did so going 11 of 20 from the field for 24 points.

She now ranks 10th in women’s scoring history.

Rageth and forward Maddie Metzger, freshman of Liberty, Texas, scored 14 and 11 points respectively.

The Eagles, now 4-21 and 4-17 in conference play, will wrap up their season this Saturday against Black Hills State University, Spearfish, at Armstrong. Tip-off is set for 5:30 p.m.