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Metro State will open the new year at New Mexico Highlands on Friday and Western New Mexico on Saturday.
Notes:
RECENT NOTES
• Metro State snapped a five-game road losing streak with a 67-60 win at Chadron State on Dec. 21, the longest road losing streak since 2003-04.
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Freshman
Jenae Paine (Oregon City, Ore./Oregon City H.S.) broke out Dec. 20-21, averaging 12.5 points and hitting 5-of-9 (.556) 3-poitn field goals off the bench.
• Paine helped MSU rally from a 14-point deficit with 12 minutes left on Dec. 21 at Chadron State in a 67-60 win.
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Cassie Lambrecht (Colorado Springs/Golden H.S.) broke out of a shooting slump at CSC, scoring 20 points on 6-of-13 shooting.
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Kaysha Fox (Tacoma, Wash./Woodrow Wilson H.S.) had four steals and four points in her first career start at CSC.
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Elena Velasquez (Albuquerque, N.M./Sandia H.S.) scored a career-high 17 points on 6-of-8 shooting on Dec. 13 in a win over UC-Colorado Springs, but was injured late in the game and missed the game the past three games.
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Tai Jensen (Troy, Idaho/Troy H.S.) tallied career highs of 24 points and 11 rebounds in her first career start on Dec. 14 against CSU-Pueblo.
• Metro State shot 27.8 percent as a team in the loss to CSU-Pueblo on Dec. 14 (Jensen shot 70.6 percent; the rest of the team shot 14.5 percent).
LAMBRECHT EARNS RMAC PLAYER OF THE WEEK
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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.
EXHIBITION GAMES
• Metro State went 2-0 in exhibition games this season.
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Amy Nelson (Richmond, Utah/Sky View H.S.) was the leading scorer for the Roadrunners, averaging 12.0 points and 5.5 rebounds.
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Elena Velasquez (Albuquerque, N.M./Sandia H.S.) averaged 11.5 points off the bench.
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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.
