COLORADO SPRINGS - University of Colorado Colorado Springs earned an 85-58 win over Metropolitan State University of Denver on Friday night in Colorado Springs. The Roadrunners fell to 4-2 overall and 1-1 in the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference, while UCCS improved to 8-3 and 3-0. UCCS is ranked No. 14 in the D2SIDA top-25 poll.
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Deni Jacobs (Plains, Kan./Southwestern Heights H.S.) led the Roadrunners with 23 points, shooting 9-of-14 from the floor. She also had six rebounds.
Georgia Ohrdorf (Wollongong, Australia/St. Mary Star of the Sea College) chipped in with nine points.
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MSU Denver committed 24 turnovers and was outrebounded 42-to-30.
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The Mountain Lions forced 15 MSU Denver turnovers to take a 32-20 lead into the half.
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UCCS led by as many as 29 in the second half.
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Abby Kirchoff scored 26 points to lead the Mountain Lions. Brittany Hernandez added 23 on 10-of-16 shooting.
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The Roadrunners will be back in action on Sunday at 2 p.m. at Colorado State-Pueblo.
