Eagles go back on the road

The Eagles’ women’s basketball team went 1-1 during its second-longest road trip of the season after winning 72-65 against New Mexico Highlands, Friday and losing 78-67 against CSU-Pueblo.

With Friday’s game tied at 50 after the third quarter, Chadron State College outscored the Cowgirls 22-15 in the 4th as Taryn Foxen, junior of Aurora, Colorado, scored nine points off three field goals, one three pointer and the Eagles as a whole shot 9 of 13 from the field. 

CSC outrebounded the Cowgirls 38-29 while Malisa Kadic, senior of West Valley, Utah, and Foxen both led the Eagles with 15 points. Highlands was led by a trio of Cowgirls who scored double-digit points as Kaitlyn Holl, sophomore of Roswell, New Mexico, and Mariah Rivas, freshman of Albuquerque, New Mexico, led with 18 points each. The Eagles committed a season-low nine personal fouls.

CSC led Pueblo 49-47 at the end of the 3rd, but saw the JaNaiya Davis, sophomore of Hewitt, Texas, score 17 points en route to the Thunderwolves outscoring the Eagles 31-18 in the fourth quarter. Davis finished the game with a double-double off 30 points and 12 total rebounds and leads the conference with 102 field goals. CSC shot 22 of 56 from the field and 9-21 from beyond the arc while Foxen led with 24 points.

Giving up 72 points-per-game, CSC is tied for last with Highlands in the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference and has allowed 153 three-pointers, the most in the conference. Foxen ranks 5th in the RMAC with 94 field goals and is second with 68 free throws.

CSC ranks 14th in the RMAC with a 2-9 conference record and travels to Colorado Springs, Colorado to play the 3-8 UCCS Mountain Lions, Friday, and Golden, Colorado, to play the 7-4 Colorado School of Mines Orediggers, Saturday.