Box Score Pueblo, CO --- The New Mexico Highlands women's basketball team traveled to Pueblo, CO where they finished out their season with a loss to CSU-Pueblo.
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The Cowgirls battled in the first quarter as they found themselves down early 14-7, but battled their way back to a 3-point deficit at the end of the quarter.
Desiree Forster and Siigrid Liibilnaghahi both led the Cowgirls with 4 points and 2 rebounds apiece.
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The Pack dominated inside during the second quarter as they went on a 10-3 run to open up the quarter with a 32-22 lead.
Jordyn Lewis would respond with a three-point basket for the Cowgirls as they would cut the lead to 6 points with 3 minutes left until halftime.
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The ThunderWolves would finish the half on an 8-3 point run as the Cowgirls found themselves trailing 45-34 at half.
Jordyn Lewis and
Ashley Antone led the Cowgirls with 9 points while
Desiree Forster added 7 points and 4 rebounds.
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The Cowgirls battled as the Pack maintained an 11-point lead before going on a 13-3 lead to take 64-43 lead.
Faith Flores could grab an offensive rebound and connect on the put back as the Pack maintained a 70-47 lead going in to the fourth quarter.
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The fourth quarter was all ThunderWolves as they pushed their lead to as much as 40-points and would go on to win the game 97-57.
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The Cowgirls finished the game shooting 30.4% (17-56) from the field and 38.7% (12-31) from three-point land while also grabbing a total of 23 rebounds.
Jordyn Lewis finished with 16 points, 2 rebounds and a steal while
Desiree Forster added 12 points and 5 rebounds.
Maiah Rivas (9 points, 1 assist),
Ashley Antone (9 points, 1 block), and Siigrid Liibilnaghahi (7 points, 4 rebounds) would also aid the Cowgirls.
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GO COWGIRLS!!
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