By Con Marshall Box Score
      The Chadron State College women’s basketball team lost for the 20th time this season, falling 62-50 Saturday at Colorado State-Pueblo.
Chadron State went on an 8-point run in the final 4 minutes of the first half to take a 27-24 halftime lead, then made the first two baskets in the third quarter to build a seven-point margin.
The homestanding ThunderWolves countered by tallying the next 19 points to go ahead 43-31 as the Lady Eagles committed 7 turnovers and missed 8 shots during a 7-minute drought.
Chadron State cut what had been Pueblo’s 12-point lead to down to 7 midway in the 4th quarter, but couldn’t completely close the gap,
The winners shot 38% (24-63) from the field and the Eagles 30% (19-63). Pueblo hit six 3-pointers, 2 more than CSC, and both teams made 8 free throws. Chadron State out-rebounded the hosts 53-35, but had 21 turnovers to Pueblo’s 10.
CSC’s Samiyah Worrell was the game’s leading scorer with 18 points while going 7-15 from the field, including three 3-pointers. The Pack, as the CSU-P teams like to be known, was able to limit Shay Powers, the Eagles’ top scorer for the season with a 17-point average, to just five points. However, Powers was the game’s top rebounder with 13.
Pueblo’s super seniors, JaNaiya Davis and Charisse Fairley, each scored 15 points and combined to grab 17 rebounds.
The victory evened Pueblo’s record to 12-12 overall and 9-9 in the RMAC. The Eagles are 4-20 and 4-14, and will play at Metro State and Colorado Mines this weekend.
Chadron State 14 13 9 14 — 50
CSU-Pueblo 15 9 23 15 —- 62
Chadron State—Samiyah Worrell 18, Claudia Dollinger 7, Riley Aioni 6, Shay Powers 5, Allison Olsen 4, Kyra Tanabe 2, Emily Achter 2, Kadyn Comer 2, Elle Ravenscroft 2, Megan Counts 2. Totals: 19-63 (4-23) 8-13 50 points 53 rebounds, 21 turnovers.
CSU-Pueblo—JaNaiya Davis 15, Charisse Fairley 15, Tomia Johnson 10, Daeja Johnson 8, Amaya Lewis 7, Landri Hudson 4, Morgan Dial 3. Totals: 24-63 (6-29) 8-14 62 points, 35 rebounds, 10 turnovers.
3-pointers: CSC–Worrell 3, Olsen 1. CSU-P—Fairley 3, D. Johnson 1, Hudson 1, Lewis 1.