DENVER – It was 20 years ago today that MSU Denver celebrated its first national championship, an easy 97-79 victory over Kentucky Wesleyan to gain revenge for falling to the same team in the championship game one season earlier.
 
That game highlights our latest installment of "On This Date in Roadrunners History," which looks back at the biggest accomplishments in MSU Denver athletics on that particular calendar day.
  
On This Date, March 25:
 
2000 – DeMarcos Anzures scored 32 points, making 10 of 16 from the field, 5 of 10 from 3-point range and all seven of his free throws, as the Roadrunners blew past Kentucky Wesleyan in the championship game, 97-79, for the program's first championship. Kane Oakley added 21 points and eight rebounds, while Lee Barlow scored 17 and guard John Bynum had 16 points on 7 of 9 shooting while grabbing seven boards. The Roadrunners shot 61.5 percent from the field (16 of 26) in the first half while taking a 50-30 lead, and finished at 60.4 percent for the game. Kentucky Wesleyan got within 84-74 with 4:23 left, but Bynum scored four points in an 8-0 run that secured the victory. Anzures was named the Most Outstanding Player of the Elite Eight, while Barlow, Bynum and Oakley also made the all-tournament team. MSU Denver finished the season 33-4.
 
"Three or four times this year we came out like we did tonight," MSU Denver coach Mike Dunlap said after the game. "We hit a lot of shots and we played with them on the boards and handled their pressure. We exposed their transition defense with our 3s and we took their crowd out of the game."
 
Also on March 25:
 
2004 – Joe Gordon scored with two seconds left to lift Southern Indiana to an 83-81 victory over MSU Denver in the men's basketball national tournament semifinals. MSU Denver was down by five points, 78-73, with 2:38 to play, but eventually tied it with 44 seconds left as Luke Kendall made two free throws. Kendall scored a game-high 30 points.

2009 – Christie Robinson pitched a one-hit shutout with four strikeouts as eighth-ranked MSU Denver extended its winning streak to 13 games with a 10-0, five-inning win over Regis in the first game of a softball doubleheader.

2011 – Zach Krueger went 5-for-8 with six RBIs as MSU Denver swept a baseball doubleheader at Colorado Christian, 13-10 and 6-2.
  
2012 – Kelsey Tillery hit three homers – two in the first game and another in the second – as MSU Denver split a softball doubleheader with Western New Mexico, losing 14-5 in game one before bouncing back to capture the second game 10-2.
 
2014 – MSU Denver rallied from a 6-0 deficit to defeat Nos. 25 and 16 Colorado Mesa 9-7 behind a 4-for-5, two-RBI day from Darryl Baca. Mesa eventually was the Division II national runner-up.
 
2017 – Hayley Fields pitched a one-hit, six-inning shutout, striking out four, as MSU Denver beat New Mexico Highlands 8-0 in the second game of a softball doubleheader.
 
2017 – Julian Dulaney won both the 100 meters (11.18 seconds) and 200 (22.21) to lead the MSU Denver men's track team at the Colorado Mesa Invitational.
 
2018 – Trent Maloney had seven RBIs while going 4-for-5 with a double and a homer as MSU Denver defeated Adams State 14-12 to complete a four-game baseball series sweep.
 
2018 – Alyssa Richter hit two homers in the opener and went 5-for-7 on the day as MSU Denver swept New Mexico Highlands 8-0 and 14-5 in a softball doubleheader. Kylee Burnside pitched a one-hit shutout, striking out six, in the six-inning first game.