Eagle Notes: CSC Trio Scores 60 In Win Over York
CHADRON, Neb. – Three Chadron State Eagles combined to make two-thirds of their field goal attempts and tally 60 points Monday night as CSC earned its first win of the season 92-72 on their home court over the York University Panthers.
Junior guards Allison Richards and Kylie Krise made five three-pointers each as Richards finished with a game-high 21 points and Krise tallied 19. Senior forward Ashayla Powers posted 20 points, making 9 of 11 from the field. Powers also grabbed a game-high 13 rebounds for her second double-double of the season and also came away with four steals. Richards, Krise and Powers combined to make 24 of their 36 field goal shots.
Chadron State's remaining starters also played well. Camren Morris added 13 points and Kyra Tanabe contributed nine points while handing out six assists. The Chadron State starting lineup combined to score 82 of the 92 Eagle points on the day.
The Eagles got off to a fast start Monday night, making six of their 11 field goal attempts while building a 15-2 lead in the opening four minutes. After that hot start, however, they did not score again for nearly four more minutes, and led just 21-20 at the end of the opening period.
Two minutes into the second quarter, York tied the score 26-26 on a layup by one of its top players, Destiny Shepherd. However, Powers soon cashed in on an old-fashioned three-point play to reclaim the lead and the Eagles were ahead the rest of the way. Chadron State went on to outscore the visitors 26-13 in the second stanza and had a 47-33 halftime margin. Krise sparked the second quarter surge by nailing a trio of 3-pointers, giving her 14 points in the opening half.
The teams mostly traded buckets in the second half, as the Eagles tallied 45 points and Cougars 39 after halftime. Chadron State led by 21 points four times in the second half and settled for the 20-point triumph.
The Eagles were 35-of-76 from the field for 46.1%, including 14-of-42 from 3-point range for 33.3%, and made eight of 11 free throws Monday night. York shot about the same percentage from the field, hitting 44.8%, (26-58), but had 18 fewer field goal attempts, thanks largely to the Eagles' 49-29 rebounding margin.
Aside from Powers' 13 rebounds, no one else had more than six rebounds for either team. The Eagles committed 18 turnovers, one more than York. CSC was credited with 15 points off fast breaks; York just four.
Senior Britney Schroer led the Panthers, now 2-5 for the season, with 19 points. Shepherd, a 5-4 junior, was York's only other double-digit scorer with 15 points. The visitors got 28 of their points from players coming off the bench.
During the game, Allison Richards surpassed 1,000 points in her total collegiate career. While 57 of those points have come as an Eagle, the rest came at the junior college level, where she was an All-American last season.
The win for Chadron State snapped a 12-game losing streak for the program dating back to last season.
Both Chadron State teams will be at home Saturday, Nov. 30 to play long-time rival Nebraska-Kearney. The double-header will tip off with a women's game at 3 o'clock, followed by a men's game at 5 p.m.
York—Britney Schroer 19, Destiny Shepherd 15, Alyssas Civitak 8, Olivia Adams 7, Alliyanna Page 6, Clara Romero 5, Pasiko Hvichiani 3, Monique Contreras 3, Kiera Paks 2, Lawson Hill 2, Briana Bunkley 2. Totals: 26-59 FG (5-11 3PT) 15-20 FT. 72 points, 29 rebounds, 12 assists, 17 turnovers.
Chadron State—Allison Richards 21, Ashayla Powers 20, Kylie Krise 19, Camren Morris 13, Kyra Tanabe 9, McKenzie Petersen 4, Tyra Eriksson 3, Megan Counts 3. Totals: 37-76 FG (14-42 3PT) 8-11 FT. 92 points, 49 rebounds, 17 assists, 18 turnovers.
York College 20 13 20 19 ----72
Chadron State 21 26 22 23 ----91
3-pointers: York—Civitak 2, Schroer, Shepherd, Contreras, all 1. CSC—Krise 5, Richards 5, Morris 2, Tanabe 1, Eriksson 1.
Eagles Drop Nonconference Game Against CCU
LAKEWOOD, Colo. – Chadron State men's basketball couldn't overcome a slow start, as Colorado Christian defeated the Eagles 76-60 Tuesday night in Lakewood, Colorado.
Both teams are Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference members, but the game does not count in the league standings. They'll meet again in Chadron on Feb. 6 for the contest that counts. Both entered Friday night's game with 2-3 records, so the Eagles drop to 2-4 with the loss.
The Cougars jumped out to a 9-0 lead and and remained ahead the entire way. Chadron State was unable to score for nearly six minutes before forward Trey Ballard broke the ice with a layup.
Ballard, a 6-foot-3 senior, was the game's leading scorer with 18 points. Ballard shot seven-of-11 shooting from the field, including a pair of 3-pointers, and made two free throws. Dalton Peterson and Zy Wright each added nine points for the Eagles while Jalen Thomas and Julio Phipps finished with seven apiece.
After Chadron State fell behind 9-0 and 16-6, the difference hovered between nine and 14 points during the remainder of the half. The score was 32-22 at intermission. Twice midway in the second half, Chadron State whittled the margin down to five points—44-39 and 48-43—but the Eagles could never completely catch the Cougars.
A pair of sophomores paced Colorado Christian in scoring. Bobby McWard was five-of-nine from 3-point range while scoring 17 points, and CJ Barnes made seven of his eight field goal shots and ended up with 15 points.
After going 13 of 30 from the field in the first half, the Cougars were 16 of 24 in the second half, to total 29 field goals in 54 attempts for 53.7 percent. Chadron State made 7 of 17 shots from the field in the opening half, improved to 13 of 27 in the second 20 minutes, and were 20-44 overall for 45.5 percent.
Both Chadron State basketball teams will be back in action on Saturday (Nov. 30) at home against long-time rival Nebraska-Kearney. The women's game will tip off at 3 p.m. with the men's game to follow. The Eagles will launch their RMAC schedules by hosting South Dakota Mines on Thursday, Dec. 5, starting at 5 p.m.
Chadron State—Trey Ballard 18, Dalton Peterson 9, Zy Wright 9, Jalen Thomas 7, Julio Phipps 7, Jaylen Davis 6, Darrius Miles 2, John Jenkins 2. Totals: 20-44 (4-13) 16-22 60 points, 27 rebounds, 10 assists, 14 turnovers.
Colorado Christian—Bobby McWard 17, Chris Barnes 15, Nathaniel Law 8, Schafer Reichert 7, Bradley Land 7, Ezra Guest 6, Tanner Hecht 5, Lincoln Cantrall 5, Jacob Everson 4, Shay Woodberry 2. Totals: 29-54 (8-21) 10-14 76 points, 32 rebounds, 15 assists, 11 turnovers.
Chadron State 22 38 ----60
Colorado Christian 32 44 ----76
3-pointers: CSC—Peterson 2, Ballard 2. CCU—McWard 5, Guest 2, Cantrall 1.
Gehlhausen Named RMAC Wrestler of the Week
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – After winning a tournament bracket at one of the biggest men's wrestling events in the country, redshirt junior Keegan Gehlhausen brought home more hardware Tuesday, receiving the RMAC Men's Wrestler of the Week award from the conference office.
The Chadron State men's wrestling team has now won the RMAC Wrestler of the Week in both weeks that the team has competed and been eligible to win the award.
Gehlhausen won the Elite 184-pound bracket at the Younes Hospitality Open in Kearney, Nebraska this past weekend, going 4-0 to emerge out of a 19-man bracket. Gehlhausen was the only RMAC member to win one of the Elite brackets at the UNK Open.
Three of Gehlhausen's wins came with bonus points, including a pin. The Pinedale, Wyoming native defeated fellow RMAC wrestler Hunter Richardson of Western Colorado by pin in 39 seconds, then won two matches by decision over Fort Hays Tech Northwest's Lazaro Crespo (7-4), the No. 1 ranked wrestler at 184 pounds at the junior college level, and Air Force's Owen Heiser (13-6).
Gehlhausen, the No. 14-ranked wrestler in 184 pounds in Division II, made a statement in the final against UNK's Jacobi Deal, the No. 18-ranked wrestler, defeating the Kearney wrestler 17-1 via tech fall.
Chadron State men's wrestling has two more "open" tournaments on the schedule, as the Eagles will head to the Doane Open in Crete, Nebraska on Saturday, December 7, followed by the Midwest Classic in Indianapolis, Indiana on December 14-15.
After those tournaments, CSC will begin its RMAC and dual seasons after Christmas on Friday, January 10 against Colorado School of Mines in Golden, Colorado.
