DENVER - Freshman Hannah Stipanovich (St. Louis, Mo./Clayton H.S.) recorded her first career double-double to give Metropolitan State University of Denver a 69-56 win over Colorado Christian on Saturday night. The win improved the Roadrunners to 12-9 overall and 9-8 in the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference, snapping a three-game losing streak. CCU dropped to 10-13 overall and 10-7 in the RMAC.
 
Stipanovich finished with 20 points and 12 rebounds, shooting 8-of-11 from the floor. Brittany Curl (Absarokee, Mont./Absarokee H.S.) buried a career-high four 3-pointers and scored 14 points to go with seven rebounds and three assists. Emily Hartegan (Frisco, Texas/Wylie East H.S.) scored 11 points and had six rebounds. Erin McClarie (Highlands Ranch, Colo./Rock Canyon H.S.) dished out seven assists.
 
MSU Denver held the Cougars to just 21.1 percent shooting, the fifth-lowest shooting percentage for a Roadrunners opponent in school history and lowest since 2010. MSU Denver also outrebounded CCU 51-to-38.
 
The Roadrunners held CCU without a field goal until 6:53 was left in the first half. The Cougars missed their first 17 shots as the Roadrunners played tight defense and led 29-21 at halftime. Hartegan had 11 points and six rebounds in the first half.
 
MSU Denver stretched its lead to 16 points with 8:25 left, but an 8-0 CCU run cut that lead in half to 49-41 with 6:45 remaining. After the Cougars got within seven points, Curl buried a 3-pointer with just over three minutes to go, essentially ending the game.
 
Claire Paxton led the Cougars with 13 points and had seven rebounds.
 
The Roadrunners will play at Regis University at 3 p.m. on Saturday.