GOLDEN, Colo. - Colorado School of Mines got out to a big first half lead and stayed away from Texas-Permian Basin, beating the Falcons 82-58 at Lockridge Arena.

The Orediggers (3-2) put five players in double figures led by the bench production of Cassidy Budge, who had 16, and Raven Herrera, who hit her second straight double-double with 13 points and 14 rebounds. Mines shot a red-hot 56.5 percent from the outside (13-of-23) led by Budge, who was 4-for-5, and Sammy Van Sickle, who was 4-for-7.

Van Sickle ended with 12 points, and Anna Kollmorgen and Madelene McDonald pitched in 10 apiece.

The game was close for much of the first quarter until Mines ended on a 9-0 run to turn a four-point game into a 25-12 lead. The Orediggers made it rain threes to start the second as Kollmorgen started things off before Van Sickle hit two in a row, and by that point Mines led 36-20; another 10-0 run later in the quarter all but put the game out of reach as Mines led by as much as 22 in the period and 47-28 at halftime.

The Mines lead never went below 18 in the second half as the Orediggers won both quarters and sank five three-pointers. 

NOTABLES
- Mines shot 47.4 percent for the game and 15-of-20 at the line. UTPB was held to 34.5 percent overall including just 6-of-22 for three.
- Herrera's 14 rebounds reset her career high after a 13-board performance Friday night against Texas A&M International. She also added three steals to her stat line.
- Redshirt freshmen Heaven McKinley and McKale Grant both scored their first career points in the game. McKinley scored five off the bench, hitting a fourth-quarter three-pointer for her first points; Grant made a free throw for hers.
- Freshman Madisyn Wriedt made her Mines debut with two minutes off the bench. 
- Mines scored 40 of its 82 points off the bench.
- It was Mines' second consecutive 80+ point game. 
- The win was the 98th of head coach Brittany Simpson's career.

NEXT UP
Mines begins RMAC play on Dec. 1 with a visit to UCCS.