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GUNNISON, Colo. - Western State Colorado University men's and women's basketball will embark on one of the final road trips of the season for games against Colorado Christian University and Colorado School of Mines. Western will face the CCU Cougars on Friday, while the Mountaineers will make the trip to Golden, Colorado on Saturday to face the CSM Orediggers.
Women's basketball will begin with a 6 p.m. game against Colorado Christian Friday night in the CCU Event Center. In the previous meeting this season, the Cougars defeated the Mountaineers 80-49 in Gunnison.
With nine games left in the regular season, Western (4-13, 3-10 RMAC) still has a shot to make the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference playoffs. Currently sitting tied for 12th place, Western is four games out of the eighth and final playoff spot.
Western's
Jade McIntosh (Sr., Colorado Springs, Colorado) leads the Mountaineers' scoring attack, averaging 13.2 points per game. McIntosh will look to become the sixth Western women's basketball player to reach 1,000 career points. The forward sits just two points away from becoming the first Mountaineer women's basketball player to reach 1,000 points since Audra Lawson in 2008.
CCU (8-11, 8-5 RMAC) sits tied for third in the conference standings. The Cougars are riding a two game win streak entering the weekend.
CCU's Kate Louthan leads the team in scoring and ranks ninth in the RMAC at 13.4 points per game.
On Saturday, Western will face Colorado Mines for the second time this season at 5 p.m. from Lockridge Arena. The Mountaineers won the first meeting at home, 55-44.
CSM (9-10, 4-9 RMAC) is one win ahead of Western, sitting tied for 10th in the conference standings.
Leading the way for the Orediggers is the conference's sixth leading scorer Courtney Martin. Martin is averaging 13.7 points per game.
Western men's basketball will get underway against Colorado Christian at 8 p.m. in Lakewood, Colorado. The Mountaineers won the previous meeting, 81-77 at home.
Like the Western women, the Mountaineers sit four games out of the eighth and final conference playoff spot. Western (3-14, 2-11 RMAC) is currently tied for 13th place in the RMAC.
Western's
Mason Biddle (Sr., Riverside, California) is the conference's seventh leading scorer, averaging 18.4 points per game. Biddle and the Mountaineers will face the RMAC's eighth leading scorer in CCU's Michael Brown, who is averaging 17.4 points per game.
Coming off three straight losses, CCU (9-10, 6-7 RMAC) sits eighth in the RMAC standings.
On Saturday, the Mountaineers will face No. 13 Colorado Mines (15-2, 11-2 RMAC) in Lockridge Arena at 7 p.m. Tied for first in the RMAC, the Orediggers have lost two of their last three games. CSM is 2-2 when opponents score 80 or more points.
CSM's leading scorer is Brian Muller. Muller is ranked as the RMAC's 10th leading scorer, averaging 16 points per game.
