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Metro State's women's basketball hits the road riding a two-game winning streak. The Roadrunners play at Adams State on Friday at 5 p.m. and at Fort Lewis on Saturday at 5:30 p.m.

Notes:
•    Despite the losing record this season, the Roadrunners have outscored their opponents overall.
•    Metro State is 1-7 in games decided by 10 points or less.
•    Metro State is coming off its first winning streak of the season, sweeping Colorado Christian and Colorado Mines on Jan. 10 and 11, winning by an average of 23.5 points in the two games.
•    The Roadrunners defense was spectacular in the past two games, allowing just 51.5 points and a .274 field goal percentage with a +11.0 rebounding margin.
•    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.
•    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.
•    Paine is averaging 10.0 points and shooting 56.8 percent over the past six games and made her first career start on Jan. 4 at Western New Mexico.
•    Paine scored a season-high 20 points off the bench in a 72-55 win over Colorado Christian on Jan. 10, hitting 4-of-4 from 3-point range.
•    Cassie Lambrecht (Colorado Springs/Golden H.S.) broke out of a shooting slump at CSC, scoring 20 points on 6-of-13 shooting.
•    Lambrecht is averaging 13.6 points and shooting 8-of-16 on 3-pointers over the past five games.
•    Kaysha Fox (Tacoma, Wash./Woodrow Wilson H.S.) had four steals and four points in her first career start at CSC.
•    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 seven games.
•    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.
•    Kya DeGarmo (Albuquerque, N.M./Eldorado H.S.) returned on Jan. 3 from an injury before break and has averaged 10.3 points and 5.3 assists in the four games since returning.
•    Amy Nelson (Richmond, Utah/Sky View H.S.) broke out of a shooting slump on Jan. 11 against Colorado Mines, shooting 8-of-10 and scoring 17 points.

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.

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.

DOMINATING THE CLASSROOM
• Metro State had a 3.40 team GPA during the fall semester in 2013.
•    In addition, seven of the team's 11 players were named to the Athletic Director's Honor Roll (3.5 GPA  or higher for the semester):
•    Amy Nelson (Richmond, Utah/Sky View H.S.) (4.0, business management major)
•    Kya DeGarmo (Albuquerque, N.M./Eldorado H.S.) (4.0, human nutrition)
•    Deni Jacobs (Plains, Kan./Southwestern Heights H.S.) (4.0, psychology)
•    Luisa Tago (Medford, Ore./South Medford H.S.) (3.91, medicine)
•    Fawn Brady (Grand Junction, Colo./Grand Junction H.S.) (3.78, mathematics)
•    Cassie Lambrecht (Colorado Springs/Golden H.S.) (3.78, therapeutic recreation)
•    Tai Jensen (Troy, Idaho/Troy H.S.) (3.56, Education)
•    Nelson (3.81 cumulative GPA), Lambrecht (3.74), Jensen (3.59) and Elena Velasquez (Albuquerque, N.M./Sandia H.S.) (3.33) were named to the RMAC all-academic team.