After an overtime thriller, Colorado Christian finished with a 2 point win over the Roadrunners of MSU Denver. The final score was 73-71.
 
HOW IT HAPPENED: The game was off to an interesting start after there were four turnovers between both teams in the first minute alone. At the end of the first quarter the Cougars were down by 2, 11-13. All 1 points for Colorado Christian came from only two players, Marie Tsoungui and Davenport Brantley with 6 and 5 respectively.
 
Coming into the second quarter, Madison Price got the Cougars rolling with their first five points after a jumper at the top of the key and a three. Sarah McGinley followed Price with a three of her own only 30 seconds after. Three more threes followed, another from McGinley and two from Charnai Anderson. Going into the locker rooms the Cougars had a three point advantage, 33-30.
 
At the end of the first half Colorado Christian had 3 blocks, 2 of them coming from Baer. Baer also had the most rebounds with 6. Charnai Anderson led with 8 points, followed by Sarah McGinley and Marie 
Tsoungui with 6 a piece. After a notable second quarter, the Cougars doubled their points and scored 22. 
 
Coming into the second half, the Roadrunners scored the first four points. The offensive blows continued as the teams continued to tie it up and trade leads, until MSU Denver came away with the upper hand going into the 4th quarter with a score of 50-48.
 
The first 6 points in the 4th quarter for the Cougars came after three in a row from Jordan Baer, all assisted by Sarah McGinley. The third put Colorado Christian up 54-52 with 8 minutes left in the half. The teams continued to go neck and neck and were tied up at 56 with five minutes left. The Roadrunners were down 65-62 in the final seconds, but a buzzer beater 3 from Jaelynn Smith tied it up to take it into overtime. 
 
Colorado Christian was the first to score in overtime after a free throw from Marie Tsoungui. But the Roadrunners retaliated and had back to back layups to put them up by 3 with 2 minutes left. Finishing it out, MSU Denver got in 2 more free throws for their final score of 71. With 6 of their last 7 points, Sarah McGinley closed out the game with a layup and 4 free throws to put them ahead for the win, 73-31.
 
Coach Laster remarks on the win, "I am so proud of them. We have been coming together as a team. I think just surviving the ups and down of how the game went tonight was real impressive to me. I am proud of this team's attitude. We are shipping people in-and-out of the line-up and no one cares how many minutes they are getting. Metro came off a really good win at Regis and to see our team battle through adversity and come out with the win is huge. I think a win like this will help us down the stretch and we have some expectation now for each other and we at the point where we hold each other accountable."
 
 
GAME LEADERS: Leading scorer and rebounder for the Cougars was Jordan Baer, finishing with 18 points and 11 boards. Sarah McGinley finished with 15 points, 5 assists, and 7 boards. Marie Tsoungui was also in the double digits with 11 points. A notable stat was the foul count by the end of the game, after MSU Denver had three players foul and Colorado Christian had one. The teams combined had 52 fouls.
 
UP NEXT: The win gives the Cougars a 3-0 RMAC record, and an overall record of 5-4. The team finishes their five game home streak and will head down the road to play at Colorado School of Mines on Saturday, December 15th at 3pm, followed by UC Colorado Springs on the 16th at 1pm.