Box Score GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. – The second ranked Colorado Mesa women's basketball team managed to hold on to a 69-58 win over the Western New Mexico Mustangs on Saturday night in Brownson Arena. The win secured at least share of the RMAC Championship for the second consecutive season and moved their school record win total to 23.
 
The Mavericks led by as many as 31 points in the first half but saw that lead slip all the way down to six with just 4:43 left to play in the game. CMU closed out the game on a 6-1 run with Taylor Rock scoring four of the final six points.
 
Colorado Mesa shot 40 percent (22-of-55) for the game but only made six field goals in the second half and was outscored 32-26 in the final half. They managed to hold the Mustangs to just 32 percent (17-of-52) from the field and just 28 percent (7-of-25) in the first half.
 
Senior Sharaya Selsor led all scorers in the game with 19 points on 5-of-13 shooting from the field. She connected on all six of her free-throw opportunities and dished out five assists.
 
Colorado Mesa got a huge boost out of their bench, scoring 23 points to Western New Mexico's 13. Erin Reichle finished with 13 points off the bench and Hanna Bowden hauled in 10 rebounds.
 
Western New Mexico climbed back into the game by forcing 15 Colorado Mesa turnovers and scoring 15 points off of those turnovers.
 
The Mustangs were led by RaTanya Newsome's 17 points and five assists.
 
Colorado Mesa will have their final home game of the regular season next Saturday at 5:30pm against Western State Colorado. The Mavericks are guaranteed a home playoff game on March 4. You can purchase your playoff tickets by going to CMUtickets.com.