The Western Colorado University women’s basketball team accelerated past Northern New Mexico College at home on Jan. 4.
The Mountaineers sank 72% of its 3-pointers in the second half to turn a 2-point halftime lead into a 64-51 non-conference victory. Jayde Tschritter led all scorers in the game with 15 points, all from behind the arc. The lead changed hands 11 times, with the visiting Eagles leading 29-28 late in the third quarter.
Rachel Cockman knocked down a 3-pointer from the right side to push Western in front, and then Tschritter took over. The graduate student made one triple each in the first and second quarters. The Eagles answered with a layup to cut back into the lead, but Tschritter continued to terrorize the visitors. She answered with two more triples to lengthen Western's advantage to nine, 40-31.
Leading at the start of the fourth, Alyssa Eckroth joined in the long-range fun, dropping a 3-pointer to begin the scoring. Later in the quarter Ivey Schmidt hit one from behind the arc and Jayda Maves added two more to the day's total. Western hit 8 of 19 from three, drastically improving from its 3-for-14 first half tally. It ended 64-51 for the Mountaineers.
The matchup with the Eagles marks the final non-conference game of the season for Western. The team jumped back into Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference play on Jan. 9 with a visit from Fort Lewis College. Results were not available by press time.
(Gregg Petcoff is the assistant athletics director for communications at Western Colorado University and can be reached at gpetcoff@western.edu.)
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