Dec. 31, 2011

Final Stats

By Cara Maio
Athletic Media Relations

FORT COLLINS, Colo.—The Colorado State women’s basketball team lost to the Bowling Green Falcons, 70-57, on New Year’s Eve afternoon at Moby Arena.

The Rams (3-10) started in a strong fashion with a 13-4 run to begin the game, but Bowling Green (10-3) came back even stronger to lead by seven at halftime.

Sophomore Sam Martin had 12 points and four rebounds.  Senior Kim Mestdagh couldn’t find her hot-spot for the game and only ended up with seven points. Junior Meghan Heimstra recorded nine rebounds and 12 points, playing 27 minutes.

“(Mestdagh) is gonna break out of this,” said Head Coach Kristen Holt. “She’s very frustrated. I don’t think we do a very good job of getting her good looks sometimes.”

Bowling Green had 12 second-chance points off of the Rams’ 17 turnovers.

“We can’t let it affect our energy when we’re not hitting shots,” said Martin.

Playing in her first game of her career, freshman Hanne Mestdagh got to see some action for five minutes.

“We’re going to come back,” said Martin. “We’re not going to back down.”