Colorado State University Athletics
Saturday, January 12
Albuquerque, NM
2 p.m. MT
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Photo by: Nick Monaghan
Rams fall in Saturday afternoon contest at New Mexico, 70-58
1/12/2019 7:26:00 PM | Women's Basketball
Rams paced offensively by Mollie Mounsey’s 18 points
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – The Colorado State women's basketball team fell to the New Mexico Lobos, 70-58, in a Saturday afternoon Mountain West contest from The Pit at Dreamstyle Arena.
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Junior guard Mollie Mounsey led all scorers with 18 points on 5-for-9 shooting from the floor and 4-for-7 shooting from beyond the three-point arc. Sophomore guard Lore Devos scored 10 points and led the Rams with seven rebounds. Sophomore guard Grace Colaivalu scored nine points and tallied a game-high eight assists.
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Colorado State (7-8, 1-3 MW) kept the game close early behind sharp defensive work, trailing only 14-10 heading to the second quarter despite converting on only one of its last 13 field goals attempted in the first. New Mexico (13-2, 3-1 MW) extended its lead to 20-13 within the first few minutes of the second, but a three-point play followed by a three-point field goal from Mounsey powered a 10-2 CSU run and gave the Rams a 23-22 lead at the second quarter's midpoint.
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The key stretch of Saturday's game came directly after that CSU run, as the Rams were unable to stop a 14-3 Lobo run and trailed 36-26 at the half. While the Rams cut the deficit to as low as seven in the third quarter and eight in the fourth, UNM sustained the double-digit lead it built for nearly the rest of the way before the final 70-58 tally.
IN THEIR WORDS
Colorado State head coach Ryun Williams
"New Mexico is extremely talented and extremely athletic, but in the area of fighting harder and competing better, we did that. There's a mental side to that as well. We still had 17 turnovers, and there wasn't a lot of pressure to be honest with you. There's plays to be made out there. The areas that we could control for the most part – effort, attitude – it was pretty solid all game. I'm proud of the kids for that. We just have to make plays to win in The Pit and we didn't do it."
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NOTES
The Colorado State women's basketball team returns home to host Utah State in the Rams' Moby March for Cancer Awareness game on Saturday at 2 p.m. MT. The Rams' game against the Aggies will be this season's Pink Out game, and fans are encouraged to attend wearing pink.
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Junior guard Mollie Mounsey led all scorers with 18 points on 5-for-9 shooting from the floor and 4-for-7 shooting from beyond the three-point arc. Sophomore guard Lore Devos scored 10 points and led the Rams with seven rebounds. Sophomore guard Grace Colaivalu scored nine points and tallied a game-high eight assists.
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Colorado State (7-8, 1-3 MW) kept the game close early behind sharp defensive work, trailing only 14-10 heading to the second quarter despite converting on only one of its last 13 field goals attempted in the first. New Mexico (13-2, 3-1 MW) extended its lead to 20-13 within the first few minutes of the second, but a three-point play followed by a three-point field goal from Mounsey powered a 10-2 CSU run and gave the Rams a 23-22 lead at the second quarter's midpoint.
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The key stretch of Saturday's game came directly after that CSU run, as the Rams were unable to stop a 14-3 Lobo run and trailed 36-26 at the half. While the Rams cut the deficit to as low as seven in the third quarter and eight in the fourth, UNM sustained the double-digit lead it built for nearly the rest of the way before the final 70-58 tally.
IN THEIR WORDS
Colorado State head coach Ryun Williams
"New Mexico is extremely talented and extremely athletic, but in the area of fighting harder and competing better, we did that. There's a mental side to that as well. We still had 17 turnovers, and there wasn't a lot of pressure to be honest with you. There's plays to be made out there. The areas that we could control for the most part – effort, attitude – it was pretty solid all game. I'm proud of the kids for that. We just have to make plays to win in The Pit and we didn't do it."
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NOTES
- Colorado State's top scorer on Saturday was Junior guard Mollie Mounsey, marking the seventh time she has led the team in scoring this season.
- Mounsey has led the team in scoring in two of the Rams' four conference games this season.
- Mounsey has scored in double figures in nine of 15 games this season.
- Sophomore guard Lore Devos hauled in a team-high seven rebounds, marking the sixth game in which she finished as the team's rebounds leader this season.
- Devos scored 10 points on Saturday for her 11th game this season with 10 points or more.
- Sophomore guard Grace Colaivalu registered a team-high eight assists on Saturday. She has led the team in assists in nine of 15 games this season.
The Colorado State women's basketball team returns home to host Utah State in the Rams' Moby March for Cancer Awareness game on Saturday at 2 p.m. MT. The Rams' game against the Aggies will be this season's Pink Out game, and fans are encouraged to attend wearing pink.
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Team Stats
CSU
NM
FG%
.346
.348
3FG%
.300
.393
FT%
.727
.722
RB
33
49
TO
17
18
STL
6
7
Game Leaders
Scoring
Pts
18
FGM
5
3FGM
4
FTM
4
Pts
10
FGM
4
3FGM
0
FTM
2
Pts
9
FGM
1
3FGM
0
FTM
7
Pts
7
FGM
2
3FGM
1
FTM
2
Players Mentioned
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