Box Score SILVER CITY, N.M. – The Western New Mexico University women's basketball team was tied at halftime before Colorado School of Mines took the lead in the second half on their way to the 70-53 Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference victory Friday night inside Drag's Court.


Colorado School of Mines (CSM) started the game strong jumping out to an 11-4 lead four minutes in. Western New Mexico University (WNMU) would fight back with Kassie Scott (El Paso, TX/Coronado High School) tallying a layup, Heather Hamilton (Ely, NV/White Pine High School) a pair of free throws, Morgan Wohltman (Queen Creek, AZ/Highland High School) a jumper and after Scott drilled another jumper, Wohltman gave WNMU (1-4, 0-1 RMAC) their first lead on a three at 15-12 at the 11:49 mark.


The lead would get as high as six with Scott making a three on the next trip down the floor for an 18-12 lead at the 11:07 mark to extend the Lady Mustangs run to 14-1. The teams would tie five more times over the rest of the first half with the teams going into halftime at 29-all.


The Lady Mustangs opened the second half with a basket from Scott in the paint for the 31-29 lead. CSM (4-3, 1-0 RMAC) would storm back with a 9-0 run to take a seven-point lead, 38-31, nearly three minutes into the second half.


The Lady Mustangs would trim the deficit to five a minute later on a pair of foul shots from Scott and Scott would help bring WNMU within six a little later splitting a pair from the line.


Each time WNMU came close, CSM had an answer. The Orediggers pushed the lead to 11 on a quick 5-0 run. After the Lady Mustangs got back to within seven at 45-38 on a free throw from Hamilton, the Orediggers used a 10-0 run to take a 17-point lead near the midway point of the half.


The Lady Mustangs would get as close as 14 a couple of times down the stretch with the last coming at 1:36 on a layup from Sasha Montez (Waianae, HI/Nanakuli High School).


Scott led the Lady Mustangs with 18 points, while Wohltman added 17. Hamilton led the team in rebounds with seven.

Angie Charchalis led the Orediggers and all-scorers with 23 points, including six three-pointers.


CSM also had an advantage in offensive rebounds, pulling down 15 to two for the Lady Mustangs.


WNMU will return to action Saturday night when they will host Colorado Christian with game time set for 5:30 p.m. inside Drag's Court.
 
COLORADO MINES 70, WESTERN NEW MEXICO 53
COLORADO MINES (4-3, 1-0 RMAC)
Angie Charchalis 8-15 1-1 23; Allie Grazulis 5-8 5-7 15; Taylor Helbig 3-10
3-4 11; Danielle Skinner 3-5 2-3 8; Courtney Gallo 2-6 0-0 5; Tory Langas
2-5 0-2 4; Courtney Martin 0-3 2-2 2; Taylor McBain 0-3 1-2 1; Sam Rusk 0-4
1-2 1; Erin Koehler 0-0 0-0 0; Kjirsten Olson 0-0 0-0 0; Catherine Jimenez
0-0 0-0 0. Totals 23-59 15-23 70.
WESTERN NEW MEXICO (1-4, 0-1 RMAC)
Kassie Scott (El Paso, TX/Coronado High School) 6-11 3-4 18; Morgan Wohltman (Queen Creek, AZ/Highland High School) 6-17 3-4 17; Heather Hamilton (Ely, NV/White Pine High School) 2-6
4-8 8; Larissa Loera (Mira Loma, CA/Jurupa Valley High School) 2-3 0-0 5; Kim Clark (Santee, CA/West Hills High School) 1-3 1-2 3; Sasha Montez (Waianae, HI/Nanakuli High School) 1-1 0-0 2;
Veronica Celaya (Chandler, AZ/Williams Field High School) 0-3 0-0 0; Desiree Young (North Ogden, UT/Weber High School) 0-0 0-0 0; Andrea Reiff (San Diego, CA/Onate) 0-4 0-0 0;
Cassie Arias (Silver City, N.M./Silver) 0-1 0-0 0; Susie Guerrero (Willcox, AZ/Willcox High School) 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 18-49 11-18 53.
Colorado Mines................   29   41  -   70
Western New Mexico............   29   24  -   53
3-point goals--Colorado Mines 9-19 (Angie Charchalis 6-9; Taylor Helbig 2-6;
Courtney Gallo 1-3; Sam Rusk 0-1), Western New Mexico 6-13 (Kassie Scott (El Paso, TX/Coronado High School)
3-5; Morgan Wohltman (Queen Creek, AZ/Highland High School) 2-5; Larissa Loera (Mira Loma, CA/Jurupa Valley High School) 1-1; Cassie Arias (Silver City, N.M./Silver) 0-1; Kim Clark (Santee, CA/West Hills High School)
0-1). Fouled out--Colorado Mines-None, Western New Mexico-None.
Rebounds--Colorado Mines 50 (Allie Grazulis 13), Western New Mexico 27
(Heather Hamilton (Ely, NV/White Pine High School) 7). Assists--Colorado Mines 15 (Courtney Gallo 6), Western
New Mexico 10 (Kassie Scott (El Paso, TX/Coronado High School) 3; Larissa Loera (Mira Loma, CA/Jurupa Valley High School) 3; Morgan Wohltman (Queen Creek, AZ/Highland High School) 3). Total
fouls--Colorado Mines 16, Western New Mexico 14. Technical fouls--Colorado
Mines-Angie Charchalis, Western New Mexico-None. A-305