Eagle women 0-2 in final home games

Black Hills State made six three-pointers in the first quarter and five different players scored in double figures as they defeated Chadron State 85-57 Saturday night. The Eagles also suffered a 64-52 loss to South Dakota Mines, Friday. 

 Three Eagle seniors, Mickenzie Brennan, of Ellsworth, Rebecca Stevenson, of Lacey, Washington, and Savannah Weidauer, of Pleasant Grove, Utah, were honored after the conclusion of the game Saturday’s game, the Eagles final home game of the season. 

 “All of our seniors are great people with high character,” CSC Head Coach Raymer said. “It was an honor to coach them and I’m going to miss them.”

 Chadron State led 10-9 in the first quarter before the Yellow Jackets made three straight 3-pointers and took the lead, two being by Julia Seamans, a senior of Gillette, Wyoming. Seamans finished with 11 points in the quarter.

 Black Hills finished 25 of 60 from the field for 42 percent and made 12 of 28 shots from behind the arc for 43 percent.  

 CSC shot 22 of 56 for 39 percent and made 12 of its 18 free throws. The Yellow Jackets finished 23 of 31 from the charity stripe, for 74 percent.

 The Eagles out-rebounded Black Hills 39 to 35 but committed eight more turnovers with 24, which were turned into 38 Yellow Jacket points.

 Three players scored in double-digits for Chadron State. Sophomores Taryn Foxen, of Aurora, Colorado, and Jessica Harvey, of Morrill, led the team with 16 and 13 points respectively. Weidauer had a season-high 12 points and Foxen led with seven rebounds.

 Racquel Wientjes, a senior of Onida, South Dakota, led Black Hills with 19 points. Seamans finished with 15, Morgan Ham, sophomore of Shadehill, South Dakota, scored 13 and Alyssia Martinez, sophomore of Highlands Ranch, Colorado, and Morgan Koepsell, freshman of Canova, South Dakota, each had 11.

 Chadron State falls to 4-21 on the year and 3-16 in the RMAC. The Yellow Jackets improve to 14-9 and 10-9 in the conference.

 Friday, Sami Steffeck, junior of Fort Collins, Colorado, scored 21 points and Anna Haugen, a sophomore, also from Fort Collins, had 16 points and 14 rebounds as the South Dakota School of Mines & Technology Hardrockers defeated the Chadron State women’s basketball team 64-52.

 “Haugen is quick, very aggressive and kept beating us to the hole. We had a hard time with her both nights we played them,” Raymer said.

 The Hardrockers shot 50 percent in the second half and 44 percent for the game in the victory. Chadron State finished 22 of 58 from the field, for 38 percent.

 “We didn’t finish well tonight,” Head Coach Janet Raymer said. “We shot poorly and didn’t move the ball like we wanted to.”

 Chadron State scored the first two points of the game on a pair of free throws by Haley Urbatsch, junior of Gillette, Wyoming, but a three-pointer by Steffeck gave Mines the lead for good.

 The Eagles recorded one more rebound than the Hardrockers, with 33, and had one more turnover with 21. Chadron State committed 22 fouls compared to nine by Mines.

 South Dakota Mines finished 12-15 from the charity stripe, while the Eagles made five of seven attempts.

 Both teams scored 15 points off turnovers.

 Jori Peters, freshman of Mitchell, led CSC with 10 points and five assists and only one turnover. Angelique Gall, freshman of Fruita, Colorado, had a team-high seven rebounds.

 Steffeck shot 8-12 from the field, five being from three-point land. As a team, the Hardrockers had five assists.

 The Eagles return to action as they travel to Pueblo, Colorado, to face the Thunderwolves on Friday.