The Chadron State College women’s basketball team will host a pair of Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference foes this weekend when they host Colorado State University-Pueblo and the University of Colorado-Colorado Springs Friday and Saturday. Both games tip off at 6 p.m.

The Pueblo and Colorado Springs women are two of the RMAC’s top teams, tied for third in the league with identical records…11-4 overall and 8-3 in league play. Each has lost narrowly to 8th-ranked Colorado Mesa and to Metro State, with the other UCCS loss coming to Pueblo’s and the ThunderWolves other loss last weekend at Colorado Christian.

Leading Pueblo is 6-foot senior Laurel Kearsley, who is averaging 14.6 points and 10 rebounds. Next in line is 5-10 senior Erica Hicks, who is shooting 39 percent from 3-point range and is averaging 13 points.

The Colorado Springs women, off to the best start in program history have two guards as their main threats.  Abby Kirchoff  is shooting almost 50% from the field and averaging 14 points, while  Jeri Pikul is hitting about 48% from the field and is averaging 10.7 points. Both are also claiming about 5.5 rebounds a game.

Chadron State is 3-12 overall and 3-8 in the RMAC. Kattie Ranta leads the Eagles in scoring (15.7) and rebounding (8.0) but two others average over nine points a game. Dallas Shaw, who has had two double doubles in the last three games, averages 10.9 points and Kate Simonton is next at 9.6.