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PUEBLO, Colo. - No. 4 Fort Lewis jumped out to a 16-point halftime lead and went on to a 60-46 victory over Metro State on Friday in the semifinals of the RMAC Shootout.  The Skyhawks improved to 30-2 on the season, while the Roadrunners' season likely came to an end at 17-12.  Metro State will await the NCAA Tournament selection show on Sunday night to find out if they make the tournament.

Metro State took a 6-0 lead just two minute into the contest, but hit a scoring drought as FLC went on a 24-5 run to take a 13-point lead with under five minutes left in the half.  The Skyhawks went into halftime with a 30-14 lead as Metro State tied a season high by turning the ball over 16 times in the first half and shot just 23.1 percent from the floor.

Momentum did a 180-degree turn to start the second half as the Roadrunners opened the half on a 15-5 run to cut the lead to six points just five minutes into the second half as freshman Emily Wood (Louisville, Colo./Monarch H.S.) went off for 13 of the 15 points.

The Skyhawks settled down and slowly built their lead back to 13 points at 50-37 with seven minutes left in the game.

Metro State recovered by shooting 47.8 percent in the second half to hit at a 34.7 percent clip for the game.  For the game, the Roadrunners committed 25 turnovers, their second-highest total this season.

Wood led all scorers with 15 points, hitting 6-of-9 from the floor.  Kristin Valencia (Moriarty, N.M./Moriarty H.S.) pulled down a career-high 17 rebounds, but hit just 2-of-8 from the floor and scored five points.  Senior Chelsea Williamson (Boulder, Colo./Boulder H.S.) scored eight points and fellow-senior Leandra Sands (Long Beach, Calif./Long Beach Wilson H.S.) added seven.

Laura Haugen and Katie Mackey led the Skyhawks with 14 points each.