CHADRON, Neb. – The Regis University women's basketball team (2-6, 0-2 RMAC) lost their third-straight game with a 65-69 loss to the Chadron State College Eagles (3-8, 1-1 RMAC) on the road Saturday evening.
 
How It Happened: The game was tight for all four quarters of action with Regis holding a 33-30 lead at the halftime break. The third quarter was one that the Rangers would love to have back as that is where the home team was able to do their damage and jump out to a 46-42 lead after holding RU to only nine third-quarter points.
 
Another big run from the Eagles to start the fourth quarter pushed their lead to as many as 10 points before Regis got their first bucket of the period. The lead grew to 11, 55-44 just a few minutes later but the Rangers stormed back. Junior Grace O'Neill's free throws at the 1:11 mark of the fourth quarter gave Regis a 62-61 lead, but CSC answered on the other end with a pair of free throws of their own. The Rnagers missed three of the final four shot attempts and the game ended with the Eagles on top 69-65.  
 
Game Notes: Senior Whitney Jacob (5-20 FG, 3-9 3-PT, 13 REB and junior Tashika Burrell combined for 32 of the teams 65 points with Burrell shooting 5-of-10 from the field. Burrell added three assists in the game with Jacob recording a team-high two blocks. On a night where the Rangers shot 30.8 percent from the field, the home side knocked in 45.1 percent of their shots and that was the difference in the score at the end, though Regis cashed in on 12 shots from deep to only four for CSC.
 
Up Next for the Rangers: That concludes this weekend's road trip and now the team will return home for their next four games. Next weekend the ladies will take on the University of Colorado – Colorado Springs Mountain Lions at 5 p.m. on Friday, December 13 followed by a matchup with the Colorado School of Mines Orediggers on December 14 at 3 p.m.