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Metro State will host UC-Colorado Springs and Colorado State-Pueblo on Friday and Saturday at 5 p.m.

Notes:
LAMBRECHT EARNS RMAC PLAYER OF THE WEEK
•    Cassie Lambrecht (Colorado Springs/Golden H.S.) was named RMAC offensive player of the week on Nov. 25 after the season's first two games.
•    Lambrecht averaged 18.0 points and shot 47.6 percent from the floor, 45.5 percent from 3-point range and 91.7 percent at the free throw line.
•    She had 16 points on 5-of-10 shooting in a 75-63 loss to No. 24 Minnesota State on Nov. 22.
•    She followed that up with a career-high 20 points and three assists, hitting 4-of-7 from the outside and 6-of-6 at the line in a 79-64 win over Nebraska-Kearney on Nov. 23.

SIXTH WOMAN
•    Tai Jensen (Troy, Idaho/Troy H.S.) is averaging 9.8 points off the bench through five games.
•    Having one of the team's top scorers come off the bench is nothing new under head coach Tanya Haave.
•    Jenessa Burke (Aurora, Colo./Highlands Ranch H.S.) finished second on the team in scoring (10.3) in 2011-12, playing all 31 games as a reserve.
•    Alyssa Benson also averaged 8.5 points as primarily as bench player that season, while finishing third on the team in scoring (8.7) in 2010-11 with just two starts.

HOLD ONTO THE BALL
•    The Achilles' heel for the Roadrunners so far has been turnovers as they average 20.0 turnovers through five games.
•    The Roadrunners are 1-1 in games they win the turnover battle and 0-3 in games where turnover are even or they lose the turnover battle.

EXHIBITION GAMES
•    Metro State went 2-0 in exhibition games this season.
•    Amy Nelson (Richmond, Utah/Sky View H.S.) was the leading scorer for the Roadrunners, averaging 12.0 points and 5.5 rebounds.
•    Elena Velasquez (Albuquerque, N.M./Sandia H.S.) averaged 11.5 points off the bench.
•    Fawn Brady (Grand Junction, Colo./Grand Junction H.S.) averaged 9.0 points and 4.0 rebounds.
•    The Roadrunners forced an average of 22.0 turnovers.

DEFENSE AND REBOUNDING WIN GAMES
•    Defense, rebounding and taking care of the ball have been characteristics of the Roadrunners since Haave took over.
•    Here are the final national rankings in each category each season:
•    Scoring defense: 2010-11 (2nd, 51.4), 2011-12 (10th, 54.9), 2012-13 (14th, 54.4)
•    Rebounding margin: 2010-11 (2nd, +10.8), 2011-12 (1st, +12.8), 2012-13 (44th, +4.5)
•    Turnovers per game: 2010-11 (31st, 15.3), 2011-12 (18th, 14.3), 2012-13 (7th, 13.0)
•    In this season's 1-4 start, the team is allowing 64.4 points, is +3.4 rebounding and averages 20.0 turnovers.