The No. 7 Colorado Mesa women's basketball team continues their home stand this week with a pair of promotional games. On Thursday, the Mavericks will host CSU Pueblo in the annual Blizzard in Brownson game featuring several give aways with fans encouraged to wear white to the game. On Saturday, they will host UCCS for Jersey Day where fans are encouraged to wear their favorite jersey and a prize drawing for an autographed Nikola Jokic Jersey will take place.
 
LAST TIME OUT
The Mavericks swept the weekend and moved their winning streak to 17 games and their RMAC winning streak to 27 games after sweeping second place Black Hills State and Chadron State last weekend in Brownson Arena.
 
Olivia Reed Thyne, Mason Rowland and Hallie Clark all finished in double figures in the win over Black Hills State. Rowland completed the double-double with 10 rebounds while the defense limited the Yellowjackets to just three made three-pointers.
 
Despite the slow start against Chadron State, the Maverick bench proved to be the spark in the win. The Mavericks got career-high minutes from Devin Miller, Brooke Mansanares, and Evan Hamey with Sedonia Isenbart fishing with a career-high nine points in the 70-41 win over the Eagles.

DEFENSE WINS CHAMPIONSHIPS
The Colorado Mesa defense may be the biggest reason for the team's success this season. The Mavericks are among the nation's best in two of the most important statistical categories field goal percentage defense and scoring defense.
 
Colorado Mesa is the top team in the RMAC and rank No. 3 nationally in field goal percent defense with opponents averaging 32.9 percent from the field. They have held opponents to 37 percent or under in five straight games.
 
The Mavericks are also the RMAC leader in scoring defense and rank No. 3 nationally in scoring defense, holding opponents to 51.6 points per game. They have held opponents to final score's in the 40s in five of the past seven games with a season-low 39 coming on November 21 against Texas A&M-Kingsville.

TO THE TOP
One of the final record Olivia Reed Thyne was in the hunt for fell this weekend as she eclipsed 2,000 points in her career and became the RMAC All-Time leading scorer all in one game. The Windsor, Colo. native eclipsed the 2,000-point milestone in the third quarter with 1:45 left on a layup with an and-1 to make it 45-33.
 
The RMAC record-breaking point came in the in the fourth quarter on a free-throw with 8:55 to play in the game which put Reed Thyne at 2,003 total points in her career. She became the first women's basketball player with 2,000 points and 1,000 rebounds in her career which has been spent entirely in the RMAC.
 
Another fun list to take a look at for Olivia Reed Thyne is the Centennial State scoring list which includes all divisions and players that spent their career in Colorado. Reed Thyne ranks eighth all-time in scoring collegiately, with room to move up the list, in the state behind some pretty big names.
 
COLORADO ALL-TIME SCORING LIST

1. Becky Hammon, Colorado State, 1995-99, 2,740
2. Alisha Little, CSU Pueblo/Northern Colorado, 2019-25
3. Brittany Spear, Colorado, 2007-11, 2,185
4. McKenna Hofschild, Colorado State, 2020-24, 2,162
5. Loma Kollmeyer, Colorado College, 1976-80, 2,109
6. Lisa VanGoor, Colorado, 1980-85, 2,067
7. Savannah Smith, Northern Colorado, 2014-19, 2,013
8. Olivia Reed Thyne, Colorado Mesa, 2022-present, 2,010

 
SCOUTING CSU PUEBLO
This will be the first time this season that the Mavericks and ThunderWolves will be meeting up after many great battles over the last two seasons. The ThunderWolves are 9-9 on the season and 5-5 in the conference but are lacking a signature win. They would like nothing more than to get that on Thursday.
 
Tommie Johnson is in his seventh season leading the ThunderWolves and is 92-91 in his CSU Pueblo career. Johnson and Maverick head coach Taylor Wagner crossed paths in the early 2000s at Otero Junior College in La Junta, Colo.
 
The Pack are led by Seneya Martinez who averages 11.2 points per game and is tied for the team lead with 11 blocks. Her season-high came in the season opener where she had 25 points against Nebraska-Kearney. Martinez has scored in double figures six of the last eight games she has played in.
 
SCOUTING UCCS
The Mountain Lions have played one of the toughest schedules in the South Central Region to date. They played three ranked opponents in the non-conference then played Colorado Mesa to open the conference schedule. In one of their final non-conference game, the became the first team to knock off then No. 3 Lubbock Christian, 71-67 in the Springs.
 
In the first meeting, Colorado Mesa defeated UCCS 73-47 in Colorado Springs behind 26 points from Mason Rowland. Olivia Reed Thyne had an 18-point, 11 rebounds double-double in the win as well.
 
Amiyah Moore Allen makes UCCS go and is one of the top players in the conference. The reigning RMAC Player of the Week averages 18.8 points and 5.2 rebounds per game this season. She has scored 25 points or more in three straight games including a 30 point game against New Mexico Highlands last Thursday.

THE STAFF
Taylor Wagner enters his 14th season at Colorado Mesa in 2024-25, the second-longest tenure in program history. Coach Wagner reached his 300^th win at Colorado Mesa on Saturday November 22 with a 102-53 win over Alaska Fairbanks in Salt Lake City. The 300^th win also made him the all-time winningest coach in Colorado Mesa women's basketball history eclipsing the 299 wins Steve Kirkham collected from 1988-to-2004.  
 
Wagner made the NCAA Tournament in each of his first three years as coach, including runs to the Elite Eight in 2013 and the Sweet Sixteen in 2014. He has led his team to eight total NCAA Tournament appearances ('13, '14, '15, '19, '20, '22, '24, '25).
 
During his first season, Wagner took a team that finished the previous season 13-14 and turned it into a 31-2 team that reached the NCAA Elite Eight, defeating Midwestern State 69-65 in front of 1,975 fans in Brownson Arena to secure the South Central Region title.
 
That Mavericks team set an RMAC record for the most consecutive regular-season victories at 25, spanning from Nov. 8, 2013 to Feb. 28, 2014. Wagner won his 100th game at the helm of the Mavericks on Feb. 19, 2016 against Chadron State. It took him just 118 games to reach the mark.
 
Wagner is on the precipice of becoming the Mavericks all-time wins leader this season as he needs five wins to tie Steve Kirkham and six wins would give him 300 in his time at Colorado Mesa along with the top spot on the coaching table.
 
COLORADO MESA WOMEN'S BASKETBALL ALL-TIME COACHING WINS
Taylor Wagner, 314-91
Steve Kirkham, 299-157
Timi Brown, 58-79
Jack Scott, 49-59
Roger Walters, 38-42
 
Assistant coach Hannah Pollart is starting her 10th season as the Mavs' top assistant coach, working primarily with the post players. Pollart played one season for the Mavericks, helping CMU reach the South Central Regional championship game in 2013-14. She averaged 7.2 points and 6.1 rebounds.
 
Before transferring to CMU, Pollart played two seasons at Northeastern Junior College, where she was an All-Region IX player and an NJCAA Academic All-American. She played her junior season at Cameron University.
 
Jaylyn Duran is entering her second season on the coaching staff. Duran played at CMU from 2015-2019, averaging 12.6 points for her career, including 18.6 points as a senior, when she was the RMAC Player of the Year and a WBCA honorable mention All-America selection.
 
A CMU graduate with a degree in Kinesiology/ Fitness & Health Promotion, Duran scored 1,352 points, eighth in program history, and is first all-time in 3-point field goals made (265).
 
COLORADO MESA TURNS 100
The CMU Century Celebration stands as the cornerstone of Colorado Mesa University's year-long centennial celebration. This ambitious initiative unites our community in honoring a rich heritage while boldly envisioning the next hundred years of academic excellence.

Led by the Steering Committee and six specialized sub-committees, we're orchestrating a transformative experience that will resonate through generations. Each committee brings unique expertise to create an unforgettable commemoration of our past, present and future.
 
To learn more about Colorado Mesa's 100-year celebration, visit cmucentury.com
 
MAVS ON THE RMAC NETWORK
The RMAC Network has moved to a pay-pre-view model for the upcoming 2025-26 season.  This season, all RMAC athletic events broadcast by its 15 full-member institutions and associate members will only be available for purchase via a single-game pass or a monthly or annual subscription. Revenue generated by the network will be redistributed to the league's membership to enhance their programs.
 
RMAC fans can purchase monthly and annual subscriptions that will provide them with access to all regular-season, championship, and archived broadcasts on the RMAC Network. A monthly subscription costs $25, and an annual subscription costs $130. Single-game passes are available for $10, which grants access to a single game for 24 hours.
 
Additionally, a discounted annual subscription price will be available to students, faculty, and staff of each member institution throughout the year. Purchasing options and pricing for individual RMAC Championships will be announced closer to each event.
 
UP NEXT
The Mavericks close out their five-game home stand this week and will head out on the road next week. They will travel to the Front Range for matchups with Regis and MSU Denver. This will be the second time they take on Regis this season while it will be the first against the Roadrunners.