Las Vegas, NM --- The New Mexico Highlands Cowgirls dropped a pair of RMAC games over the weekend as they fell to Regis 71-59 and Colorado Christian 60-46, at the Wilson Complex.
AGAINST REGIS: The Cowgirls started the game off slow as Regis jumped out to an early 21-10 after the first quarter. The Rangers continued their offensive attack by pushing their lead to as much as 25 in the second quarter, before taking a 45-45 lead at the break.
Much like the second quarter, the Rangers were able to extend their lead to as much as 28 with 8 minutes left in the third, but the Cowgirls never gave up. At this point, the Cowgirls switched to a 2-3 zone defensively, which started to give Regis some problems by making them miss shots and forcing turnovers. Some help from
Jordyn Lewis and
Maiah Rivas on the offensive side would bring the Cowgirls within 19 points by the end of the third quarter.
The Cowgirls would carry the momentum in to the fourth quarter by cutting the lead down to as small as 10 points but, would run out of time as the Rangers would go on to win 71-59.
Jordyn Lewis finished the night with 19 points off 5-16 shooting from the field and also added 4 assists, 3 steals and 2 rebounds.
Ashley Antone chipped in 13 points and 6 rebounds while
Maiah Rivas tallied 9 points and
Kaitlyn Holl scored 6 points and 4 rebounds.
AGAINST COLORADO CHRISTIAN: The Cowgirls would come out struggling again as they shot 25% (3-12) from the field in the first quarter as the Cougars were able to jump out to a 16-10 lead. The teams would stay fairly even throughout the second quarter as the Cougars would take a 31-23 lead at the break.
The Cougars would clamp down defensively during the third as they held the Cowgirls to 9 points in the quarter as they saw their lead build to 13 points by the end of the third. Still, the Cowgirls never gave up as they cut the lead down to 10 in the quarter, but ran out of time again as the Cougars would take the win 60-46.
Ashley Antone led the way for the Cowgirls as she scored 15 points and also grabbed 5 rebounds.
Jordyn Lewis, who leads the conference in scoring, struggled to find a rhythm offensively as she finished with 9 points and 4 assists.
The Cowgirls will be back in action as they travel to Colorado to take on Colorado Mesa on Friday January 10
th and Western State on Saturday January 11
th.
GO COWGIRLS!!
