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PUEBLO, Colo. – CSU-Pueblo outscored Colorado Mesa 13-8 in the overtime period to secure a 65-60 win over the Mavericks on Tuesday evening in Massari Arena in a Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference Shootout quarterfinal game.
 
CSU-Pueblo ended the first quarter on a 9-1 run that covered the final 4:47 of the quarter. The Mavericks lone points in that stretch came from an Ashley Stevens free-throw.
 
The Mavericks scoring draught reached seven minutes and 42 seconds before Bryanna Adams hit a running bank shot to make it 31-13 with 2:51 to play in the half.
 
Colorado Mesa closed out the half on a 10-2 run cut the lead to 33-21 at the break. Jerrilyn Maluyo hit a three with two seconds on the clock for the final points of the run.
 
The Mavericks came out on a mission in the second half, outscoring the ThunderWolves 19-7 in the third quarter. They started out the quarter on an 11-4 run and shot over 42 percent in the quarter and limited CSU-Pueblo to 15 percent.
 
Colorado Mesa opened the fourth quarter on a 7-0 run. But, CSU-Pueblo battled back to tie it up at 52-52 sending the game to overtime.
 
After a see-saw first three minutes, CSU-Pueblo led by four at 61-57 and the Mavericks could never recover.
 
Junior Bryanna Adams finished with a game-high 17 points and played most of the fourth quarter and overtime with four fouls. Adams was 7-of-12 from the field and 2-for-4 from beyond the arc.
 
Sydney Small finished with 10 points and tied for the team high with seven rebounds.
 
CSU-Pueblo's Mariana Lambert set a new career-high with 16 points to lead the Pack.
 
The Mavericks season ends with a 17-10 record.