CHADRON – Laurel Kearsley scored 30 points and added 10 rebounds to lead the Colorado State University-Pueblo women’s basketball team over Chadron State 79-60 Friday evening at Armstrong Gymnasium.
Pueblo, which led wire-to-wire, improves to 12-4 on the season and 9-3 in the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference with the victory.
Chadron State, which falls to 3-13 and 3-9 in the conference, will host the University of Colorado-Colorado Springs tonight (Saturday) at 6 p.m.
On Friday Kearsley was the bright spot for the ThunderWolves. She made 14 of 18 from the field and had just one turnover in 30 minutes.
Paige Ramm joined her in double figures with 17 points, while chipping in six rebounds and five assists.
All nine Chadron State players scored against the ThunderWolves. Dallas Shaw had a team-high 13 points and Greer Babbe scored 10.
Also for Chadron State, Sadie Waugh scored nine and Hattie Guzman scored eight. Kattie Ranta paced the Eagles with nine rebounds.
The Eagles actually managed more shots than Pueblo – 68 to the ThunderWolves’ 61 – but shot just 34 percent from the field, while the Wolves hit over 50 percent.
Alex Helmbrecht, Sports Information Director