Cowgirls Fall to Mountain Lions

Las Vegas, NM- The New Mexico Highlands University Women's Basketball team fell to the University of Colorado-Colorado Springs Mountain Lions, 70-80. This drops your Cowgirls to 2-11 overall and 1-9 RMAC.
 
First Quarter: The Cowgirls came out of the gates looking to shoot the 3 ball, and they succeeded in doing so. Freshmen Juliana Gurule nailed two, then Sophomore Kaylani Maiava hit one of her own to give them the 11-9 lead. Sophomore Ida Valencia ripped off 5 straight points to extend their lead to 16-13. The Cowgirls had their offense rolling as they went into the 2^nd quarter leading, 22-19.
 
Second Quarter: Gurule opened up the 2^nd on fire as she scored the first 8 points for the Cowgirls, giving her team the 30-26 lead. The Mountain Lions went on a quick 5-0 run before Junior Kaelin Shaffer would halt the run with a free throw. The Cowgirls would surrender the lead and head into the half down by 3.
 
Third Quarter: The Mountain Lions would come out of the break and nail a 3 to extend their lead. The Cowgirls were starting to slip behind a bit, but Shaffer would hit a key 3 point shot to cut the deficit to 43-49. They could not get much going for them after this however as they would fall behind, 47-66 to end the third quarter.
 
Fourth Quarter: Maiava got the quarter started the right way for the Cowgirls as she came out and hit a quick jumper. Maiava started to take things into her own hands as she nailed a 3 right after  to cut into the lead. Then, Sophomore Brianna Pribble wanted in on the action as she hit a 3 to bring the score to 55-68. A little more than a minute passed and Pribble was able to get off another 3. The Cowgirls were able to trim the deficit back down to 10 points, but it was too late as they fell to the Mountain Lions.
 
Final Score: Cowgirls-70 Mountain Lions-80
 
Your Cowgirls will have to turnaround quick as they play the Metropolitan State University of Denver Road Runners on January 14^th at 5:00 p.m.
 
Go Cowgirls!