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Women’s team will host 2 games

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Guard Kate Simonton, senior of Bakersfield, California, shoots the ball Nov. 18 during the game against Montana State University-Billings at the Chicoine Events Center. — Photo by Jordyn Hulinsky
Guard Kate Simonton, senior of Bakersfield, California, shoots the ball Nov. 18 during the game against Montana State University-Billings at the Chicoine Events Center. — Photo by Jordyn Hulinsky

Forward Jordan Spencer, senior of Omaha, scored a game-high 22 points. Two other players scored double figures as the NCAA-ranked #2, Wayne State College, defeated CSC 88-50 on Nov. 21.

Forwards Millie Niggeling, senior of Sioux City, Iowa, and Paige Ballinger, freshman of Pender, scored 21 and 18 points, respectively, to help Wayne State earn its fourth straight win. The Wildcats held a 40-30 lead at halftime and carried that momentum in the second half, outscoring the Eagles 48-20. Wayne State opened up the second half with an 18-3 scoring run and led by as much as 40 points.

CSC shot well in the first half, making over 50 percent of their shots but only took 23 shot attempts, compared to Wayne State’s 33. CSC’s forward Maka Daysh, freshman of Tauranga, New Zealand, scored a team-high 11 points. Guard Kate Simonton, senior of Bakersfield, California, was second, scoring 10 points.

Defensively, CSC struggled to stop Wayne State inside the paint, giving up 36 points.

“We struggled against their posts most of the night, but that’s still no excuse,” said Head Coach Tim Connealy. “We struggled shooting the ball as well and need to improve if we want to beat teams like Wayne State.”

The CSC women’s basketball team’s losing streak continued as South Dakota School of Mines soared past the Eagles, 65-49, in a non-conference game Friday.

The Eagles started out strong with a 10-3 lead and made 12 of 17 free throws, leading 29-26 at halftime. There were seven lead changes in the second half, and it was a pretty even contest until the Hardrockers came up with some big shots and got some even bigger stops to slowly distance themselves. Over the final 20 minutes, South Dakota Mines outscored the Eagles, 39-20.

Individually, center Stacy Hull, freshman of Broomfield, Colorado, came off the bench to lead the Hardrockers with 14 points while guard Alexis Long, junior of New Hope, Minnesota, contributed 12 points.

While no one reached double figures for the Eagles, Daysh led Chadron State with nine points and Simonton added eight.

Playing their first games for the Eagles, point guard Emma Block, junior of Copenhagen, Denmark, and forward Ruby Luders, freshman of Adelaide, South Australia, tallied seven points.

The Eagles scored 18 of 28 from the free throw line whereas the Hardrockers made 12 of 23. Mines shot 45 percent from the field, hitting 25-56 buckets while Chadron State connected on 14-56 for 25 percent.

Another factor in the game was Mines’ ability to force baskets in the paint earning 32 points while Chadron State only marked 17.

The Eagles, currently 0-4 this season, will host Colorado Mesa University tomorrow and Western State Colorado University Saturday to start conference play. Tip-off times for both games are at 5:30 p.m.