This Week in Roadrunners Athletics
DENVER – Roadrunners basketball will head back on the road this weekend to compete in non-conference action.
WOMEN'S BASKETBALL
MSU Denver at Northwest Nazarene, Friday, 3:00 p.m.
MSU Denver at Seattle Pacific, Saturday, 1:00 p.m.
The Roadrunners are coming of a tough weekend where they fell to Western Colorado and Westminster at home. Laci Roffle scored a career-high 25 points against the Mountaineers, shooting five-of-six from the field. She also hit three-of-four from three-point range and went 12-for-12 from the free throw line. The next night Mikylah Espinosa racked up a game-high 21 points against the Griffins, while adding seven rebounds and four steals. Espinosa leads the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference in steals per game. Head coach Tanya Haave will take the squad to Salt Lake City this weekend to battle the Nighthawks of Northwest Nazarene on Friday before playing the Falcons of Seattle Pacific on Saturday.
MEN'S BASKETBALL
MSU Denver at Fort Hays State, Friday, 6:00 p.m.
MSU Denver at Nebraska-Kearney, Sunday, Noon
The Roadrunners went 2-0 this past weekend to improve to 9-1 overall with a 4-0 record in the conference play. They first defeated Western Colorado 81-64 at the Auraria Event Center last Thursday. Dan Ficke reached 100 career wins as a head coach after winning his 39th game with MSU Denver to go along with his 61 wins as Belmont Abbey. Also reaching a couple of milestones were both senior forwards Caleb McGill and Brayden Carter, who reached 1,000 career points in their collegiate playing careers. The next night, MSU Denver almost broke the three-point record after knocking down 16 of them in the 78-61 win over Westminster. The record is 17 that was accomplished in November of 2007. Logan Threatt led the way for the men's basketball, as the sophomore scored 19 points on 5-of-6 shooting from downtown. The Roadrunners will play non-conference opponents this weekend in Fort Hays State and Nebraska-Kearney.
Keep up with the basketball teams all weekend long at RoadrunnersAthletics.com.
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Latest Men's Basketball News
- @MSUDenverMBB: Shooting woes end Roadrunners six-game winning streakHAYS, KS – No. 22 Men's Basketball scored a season-low 50 points in their 16-point loss to Fort Hays State on the road.
- @MSUDenverMBB: Roadrunners Move Up to No. 22 in NABC Poll, Hold Steady at No. 25 in D2CSC PollKANSAS CITY – The MSU Denver men's basketball team is ranked No. 22 in the latest National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) NCAA DII Top 25 poll, up one spot from No. 23.
- @MSUDenverMBB: No. 23 Roadrunners hold steady at No. 4 in regional rankingINDIANAPOLIS – The Roadrunners men's basketball team ranks fourth in the South Central Region of this week's D2CSC Division II Media Poll.
- Hall of Fame 2024: McCarron Overcame Early Obstacles to Forge Legendary CareerDENVER – Mitch McCarron was passed over for an Australian national team for an international tournament, didn't have his scholarship to the Australian Institute of Sport renewed and couldn't seem to find an American college that would offer him a scholarship to play basketball.
- @MSUDenverMBB: No. 23 Roadrunners make it rain from deep in victory over GrifinsDENVER – The No.23-ranked men's basketball team connected on a season-high 16 three pointers in their 78-61 win over Westminster at home.
- @MSUDenverMBB: No. 23 Roadrunners reach milestones in win over Western ColoradoDENVER – The 23rd-ranked men's basketball team had seven different Roadrunners score eight points or more in the 81-64 win over Western Colorado.
