Box Score How It Happened
It was over early as the Colorado School of Mines (18-5, 16-3) buried Western New Mexico (8-17, 5-14) to the tune of 75-37 behind a stifling defensive effort on Saturday, February 13 in Lockridge Arena.
The Mines defense was extra special as they held the Mustangs to only 37 points on 21% shooting – both of which were season bests for CSM. They also posted six blocks and steals in the rout.
After a low scoring first quarter, the Orediggers took it to WNMU in the second period as they outscored the Mustangs a staggering 24-5 to essentially put the game away.
That second quarter run started with a 9-0 with a pair of buckets from freshman Cassidy Budge to stretch a 14-9 lead into a 23-9 advantage. Then a pair of 6-0 runs over the next three minutes of game play pushed the lead to 35-13, and redshirt-freshman Elizabeth Tomon capped the explosive quarter with a three ball with eight seconds in the half.
Mines only grew that lead over the second half as they outscored the Mustangs 16-8 and 21-15 in the third and fourth quarters, respectively, but the heavy lifting was done earlier in the game as they cruised to a 75-37 victory.
Notables
- With the victory, Mines sweeps the season series against Western New Mexico in what could very likely be the last meeting between the two schools. WNMU is set to join the Lone Star Conference next season.
- The win also assures that the Orediggers can finish no worse than the sixth-seed in the RMAC Shootout.
- The 38-point victory was by the largest margin of the season for Mines. The previous best was a 28-point win over Johnson & Wales back in November.
- Mines was just shy of shooting 40% (39.4) while they held the Mustangs to 21% on the night.
- Of CSM's 26 made buckets, 19 of them were assisted on with Brianna Robinson dishing out a career-high eight of them.
- Cassidy Budge had herself an outing as she scored a game-high 19 points with four triples – both of which tie career highs.
- Another freshman in Anna Kollmorgen had 12 points to go along with nine rebounds, three assists and two steals.
- Elizabeth Tomon had 11 points and seven rebounds off the bench.
Up Next
Mines enters the final doubleheader weekend of the regular season next week as they to Western State and CSU-Pueblo on February 19-20.
