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Metro State will host Chadron State and Black Hills State on Friday and Saturday. Both games begin at 5 p.m.

Notes:
RECENT NOTES
•    Metro State is 4-2 over its past six games, allowing 54.2 points per game and .361 field goal percentage with a +6.2 rebounding margin and +2.5 turnover margin in those games.
•    Despite the losing record this season, the Roadrunners have outscored their opponents overall.
•    Metro State is 2-8 in games decided by 10 points or less.
•    Metro State put together its first winning streak of the season with three straight wins Jan. 10-18, but had that streak snapped on Jan. 18 with a 78-57 loss at Fort Lewis.
•    The Roadrunners defense was spectacular in three-game winning streak, allowing just 46.0 points and a .278 field goal percentage with a +11.7 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-point 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 8.9 points and shooting 47.8 percent over the past 10 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.
•    Kaysha Fox (Tacoma, Wash./Woodrow Wilson H.S.) had four steals and four points in her first career start at CSC.
•    Fox broke out of a shooting slump Jan. 24-25, shooting 50 percent from the floor and 3-of-5 from 3-point range against Colorado Mesa and Western State.
•    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.
•    Velasquez returned from an injury last weekend after missing nine games and had seven points and nine rebounds in 13 minutes against Western State on Jan. 25.
•    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.
•    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.
•    Fawn Brady (Grand Junction, Colo./Grand Junction H.S.) and Deni Jacobs (Plains, Kan./Southwestern Heights H.S.) both had career nights on Jan. 17 at Adams State as Brady had game highs of 22 poitns and 11 rebounds (both career highs) and shot 8-of-12 and Jacobs had a career-high 17 points on 8-of-9 shooting.

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.