Devos paces Rams in 61-59 victory over North Florida on Sunday

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FORT COLLINS, Colo. – Sophomore guard Lore Deovs registered a 23-point effort to pace the Colorado State women's basketball team to a 61-59 win on Sunday afternoon from Moby Arena.

Devos shot 9-for-16 from the floor en route to her second outing with 20 points or more this season. Devos was supported by 20 points off the bench, with half accounted for by sophomore forward Lena Svanholm on 4-for-6 shooting (2-for-3 on threes). The Horsholm, Denmark native added five rebounds to her line in her 17 minutes played. Senior guard Myanne Hamm tallied a season-high eight points on 3-for-5 shooting off the bench. Overall, the Rams' bench combined to shoot 8-for-14 (57.1 percent).

The most significant basket for Devos on Sunday was her last, a layup to put the Rams ahead, 59-57, with just over 30 seconds to go. Colorado State had led by as many as five with just under three minutes to play, but a timely three and pair of free throws for the Ospreys forced the 57-57 deadlock. The Rams had built up their lead in the third quarter, outscoring the Ospreys, 11-5. The Rams held the Ospreys to just 14.3 percent shooting (2-for-14) over that 10-minute stretch.

Colorado State (3-3) and North Florida (3-3) played a tight first half, with the Ospreys taking a 34-33 lead to the break. CSU was the superior shooting team in the first half, tallying a 48 to 39 percent advantage from the floor. However, North Florida made four more threes than CSU in the first half and made the only free throws of the opening 20 minutes en route to its one-point halftime advantage. The Rams finished the game on top in three-point field goal percentage (31.6 to 30.6 percent) and free throw percentage (100 to 66.7 percent) while maintaining their overall shooting edge (40 to 33.9 percent).

IN THEIR WORDS
Colorado State head coach Ryun Williams
"That was a fun finish for everybody, and that's a good win for our basketball team against a North Florida team that we knew was going to cause us fits. Their quickness is a lot better than ours, and they can be quite disruptive. They shot the three well … I thought our kids fought, battled and came away with a fun win in Moby."

NOTES

Sophomore guard Lore Devos has scored in double digits in five of six games the Rams have played this season.
Deovs has led the Rams in scoring in five of six games this season.
Junior guard Mollie Mounsey corralled 13 rebounds on Sunday, a single-game high for her at Colorado State. Mounsey averaged 12 rebounds per game this week.
Sophomore guard Grace Colaivalu recorded a team-high seven assists on Sunday. She has led the team in assists in five of six games this season.
Sophomore forward Lena Svanholm has scored in double figures twice this season. Those are the first two double-digit scoring games of her career.
Colorado State and North Florida had never previously met in women's basketball before Sunday.
Sunday's win marked the second time CSU has defeated another school in its first meeting against that program this season. The Rams also faced Cornell for the first time on Nov. 25, defeating the Big Red, 56-53.
Colorado State is now 2-1 against schools from the state of Florida under head coach Ryun Williams.
Colorado State moves to 84-20 at Moby Arena during Williams' tenure.
The Rams have won five of their past six games at home, dating back to last season.

UP NEXT
The Colorado State women's basketball team remains at Moby Arena for a pair of home contests next week. The Rams host Northern Arizona at 11:30 a.m. MT on Wednesday and Arizona State at 2 p.m. MT on Sunday.

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