CHADRON, Neb. -- Taryn Foxen scored 31 points and Chadron State overcame an eight point deficit in the fourth quarter, helping them win their second straight game, 72-66 against New Mexico Highlands, Saturday night.
 
The win improves CSC to 7-23 overall and 5-16 in the conference. The Cowgirls drop to 1-25 and 0-21 in the RMAC.
 
"It was a tough game and we struggled for quite a while tonight," Head Coach Janet Raymer said. "We started believing in ourselves and came out at halftime with a different mindset."
 
Chadron State led 12-11 with 5:26 remaining in the first quarter, but a flurry of three pointers helped the Cowgirls gain the lead and hold it until 7:10 was left in the fourth period.
 
New Mexico Highlands led by ten in the third quarter, before Chadron State used a 10-1 scoring run to lower the deficit to one with 1:08 left. The Cowgirls closed the third period and opened the fourth on a 7-0 scoring run.
 
After a basket by Maiah Rivas to begin the final quarter, CSC responded with a 16-5 scoring run to gain the lead and never lost it. The Cowgirls tied the score at 66 with 2:30 to play, but didn't score the rest the game.
 
"The trust that the girls have in each other helped pull us through," Raymer said.
 
Chadron State shot 22 of 67 (32.8 percent) in the victory. The Eagles made nine of 28 attempts from three, five by Foxen, and were 19 of 27 from the charity stripe.
 
14 of CSC's free-throw attempts were in the first quarter.
 
The Cowgirls were 43.1 percent (22-51) from the field. They made 13 of 31 from three and nine of 14 free throws.
 
CSC outrebounded their opponent 49 to 30. 25 of those rebounds were offensive, the teams most since November 19,2005, against Johnson & Wales of Denver.
 
The Eagles turned the 25 offensive boards into 28 second chance points, compared to their opponents zero.
 
"We knew going against a zone we needed to capitalize on the o-boards and we certainly did that tonight.
 
15 Eagle turnovers were turned into 21 points for the Cowgirls. Chadron State scored 19 points off Highland's 19 turnovers.
 
Foxen led the Eagles in scoring, followed by Jordan Morris with 14. Jessica Lovitt had a game high ten rebounds and Jori peters had seven assists.
 
Foxen finished one rebound short of a double-double, with nine, and Morris finished with eight boards.
 
Jordyn Lewis led the Cowgirls with 30 points, while making seven of the teams 13 threes. Rivas joined her in double-figures with 21.
 
The Eagles finish the season on Friday, February 28, when they host MSU-Denver.