GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. – Senior Ma'ata Epenisa recorded her first career double-double and helped the Colorado Mesa women's basketball team to a 75-60 win over the visiting South Dakota Mines Hardrockers on Saturday evening in Brownson Arena.
 
The Magna, Utah native scored a season-high 22 points on 9-for-12 shooting from the field and shot 80 percent (4-for-5) from the free-throw line. She completed the double-double by hauling in a career-high 10 rebounds. She also was a stalwart on defense by recording three blocks.
 
The Mavericks had the inside-outside game working as Erin Reichle and Jaylyn Duran each lit it up from outside. Duran finished the game with 20 points and four assists. She was 7-for-20 from the field and 6-for-13 from beyond the three-point line.
 
Reichle had 16 points on 7-for-11 shooting from the field and 2-for-4 from three. The senior added six assists and moved into fourth place on the all-time assists chart, passing Maverick legend Pam DeCosta.
 
The Mavericks as a team shot 53.7 percent from the field which was the first time they shot better than 50 percent since December 9 against Adams State.
 
Colorado Mesa led wire-to-wire with the game only being tied for 25 seconds.
 
The Mavericks improved their record to 16-5 on the season and 10-5 in the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference while South Dakota Mines falls to 13-8 on the season and 8-7 in the conference.
 
Colorado Mesa will head up to Gunnison on Tuesday to take on the Western State Mountaineers at 5:30pm.