WBBvStEds-Schmidt-241125
Amelia Lukassen
68
Winner Western Colo. WC 7-3,3-1 RMAC
50
Regis (CO) Regis 5-5,3-1 RMAC
Winner
Western Colo. WC
7-3,3-1 RMAC
68
Final
50
Regis (CO) Regis
5-5,3-1 RMAC
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 F
Western Colo. WC 13 22 20 13 68
Regis (CO) Regis 13 7 15 15 50

Game Recap: Women's Basketball | | Gregg Petcoff

Mountaineers Knock Off Rangers

DENVER  Western Colorado held first-place Regis University to 22 points below its season average, notching a 68-50 Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference win over the host Rangers – the Mountaineers' first win at Regis since December 2011. 

JUST THE FACTS 
Final score: Western def. Regis, 68-50 
Records: Western 7-3 overall (3-1 RMAC), Regis 5-5 (3-1) 
Location: Regis Fieldhouse, Denver, Colo. 

HOW IT HAPPENED 
  • The Rangers for the first 9 minutes and 50 seconds played like a team that was unbeaten in conference play. They scored the opening bucket and were holding off Western…until they weren't. 
  • With time ticking down on both the shot clock and the game clock, Chloe Daniels banked in a 3-pointer from the right wing to tie the score at 13-13 heading into the second quarter. 
  • Rachel Cockman converted a pair of free throws early in the quarter, followed by three consecutive buckets from Ivey Schmidt that broke the game open. 
  • The Mountaineer defense, leading the league allowing just 57.0 points per game, held Regis scoreless for over five minutes of the frame, eventually outscoring the Rangers 22-7 to go into the halftime break with a 35-20 lead. 
  • Western was never threatened over the remaining two quarters, enjoying a lead of between 19 and 23 points through much of the third, and allowing Regis to get as close as 15 late in the fourth before extending the advantage to its final 18-point margin. 
COURT NOTES 
  • Schmidt posted a game-high 21 points in the win, which was also her season high. 
  • Daniels finished with a season-best 13 points on a perfect afternoon. She was 5-for-5 from the floor, including her trey that tied the game, and was 2-for-2 from the foul line. 
  • The Mountaineers dominated the boards, finishing with a 43-32 edge in rebounding. They entered the game averaging 39 rebounds per game and with a plus-8.8 rebounding margin, exceeding both of those figures at Regis. 
  • Jayda Maves and Jayde Tschritter, two of Western's shooting guards, seemed to be wherever the ball bounced, tying for team-high honors off the rim with six rebounds each. Brooklyn Seymour and Cockman both came down with four, and every other player that saw minutes had at least one rebound. 
  • The Mountaineer's action in their scoring end resulted in layup after layup, 11 in all, as they rung up 38 points in the paint, while in their defensive end they forced Regis to the outside, allowing the Rangers to score only 14 points from in close. 
  • Pouring in 10 3-pointers in Thursday's win at MSU Denver, the long-range buckets didn't come as easy at Regis, hitting just 5 from behind the arc. It didn't seem to matter, however, as Western shot 45 percent from the floor, aided by the double-digit layups total. 
  • The win gives Western a sweep of its road trip to the Front Range, and leaves the Mountaineers tied for second in the league standings with three other RMAC teams. 
UP NEXT 
  • Western heads back to Denver for a December 18 exhibition game against Division I University of Denver before the holiday break. 
  • The Mountaineers are back on Paul Wright Gym beginning with a non-conference game on January 4 against Northern New Mexico. 
    
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