Road trouble continues for CSC women

The Eagles’ women’s basketball team continued to have difficulty on the road this weekend. Friday, they played Colorado School of Mines and were defeated 52-81. Saturday, they fell to University of Colorado at Colorado Springs 45-80.

The Eagles fall to 4-19 overall and 3-14 in the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference.

Back on Jan. 25, at home, the Eagles had played UCCS close, eventually losing 66-64; the next night they defeated Colorado Mines 76-73. 

Saturday, UCCS led the first quarter 25-8. The Eagles were competitive in the second quarter and managed to outscore the Mountain Lions 19-18 in the third, but they couldn’t account for the early deficit; after three quarters UCCS still had a nearly 20 point lead. 

The Eagles shot just 27.3 percent, sinking just 15 of their 55 field goals. On the other side of the court UCCS made 30 of their 65 attempts, good for a 46.2 shooting percentage. 

“We shot the ball against UCCS, but we didn’t capitalize on the opportunities,” CSC Head Coach Janet Raymer said.

“We are excited to be home this weekend, we always have great energy,” Raymer said. “Unfortunately, we haven’t really taken that energy with us on the road.”

The Mountain Lions’ Chelsea Pearson, junior of Highlands Ranch, Colorado , was the leading scorer in the game with 21 points. Jae Ferri, senior of Morrison, Colorado scored 18 points and Madi Gaibler, junior of Longmont, Colorado had 13. Gaibler also had eight rebounds.

CSC sophomore Taryn Foxen, of Aurora, Colorado, led the Eagles with 18 points. Following her was Eagle freshman Jori Peters with 14. Both had four rebounds.

Friday, against the Orediggers, the Eagles’ were behind 39-24 at the half and were outscored in each quarter.

CSC made just 18 of their 54 shot attempts while Mines shot 48 percent, finishing 31 of 65. 

Denali Pinto, freshman of Boulder, Colorado led the Orediggers with 16 points. Cassidy Budge, senior of Colorado Springs, Colorado; Raven Herrera, sophomore of Albuquerque, New Mexico; and Anna Kollmorgen, senior of Des Moines, Iowa had 13, 11 and 10 respectively. Megan Van da Graaf, freshman of Spring, Texas led both teams in rebound with 16.

Foxen, and Harvey led the Eagles with 16 and 13 points respectively. Peters had eight assists.

The Eagles return home Friday and Saturday to play their final home games. Friday they face South Dakota School of Mines, and Saturday, Black Hills State University.