CHADRON, Neb. – Chadron State women's basketball will enjoy its first full week of home games when the Eagles host CSU Pueblo and UCCS in a pair of daytime contests at the Chicoine Center.
 
The Eagles (0-5, 0-2 RMAC) will start with a Thursday game against CSU Pueblo (4-5, 1-1 RMAC) which is set to tip at 11 a.m. with free admission. The irregular start time is to accommodate the facility transition ahead of CSC's winter commencement ceremonies in the Chicoine Center on Friday. The Eagles will then face UCCS (4-4, 1-1 RMAC) on Saturday at 1 p.m.
 
Tickets remain available for both games, but fans outside Chadron can also stream live on the RMAC Network with a subscription, listen live on Double Q Country FM and doubleqcountry.com with Dave Collins or follow along with online live statistics.
 
Looking Back
Chadron State opened up RMAC play with matchups against its two geographically closest rivals, including the first home game of the 2025-26 season for the Eagles, but CSC fell 83-34 to Black Hills State and 75-51 to South Dakota Mines.
 
RECAPS: Black Hills State | South Dakota Mines
 
McKenzi Petersen was CSC's leading scorer and rebounder in both games, putting up 12 points and eight rebounds on Thursday and setting new career highs with 18 points and nine rebounds on Saturday.
 
Ella Moser averaged 5.5 points per game across two contests, hitting two three-pointers, while Keziah Toran set career highs in rebounds in both games.
 
Promotional Notes
Thursday's game is a free admission for both the women's and men's games of Thursday's doubleheader due to the time change.
 
Familiar Faces
Thursday's matchup against CSU Pueblo will be significant for the Chadron State coaching staff. 
 
Head coach Jalen Little will be facing the CSU Pueblo women's program for the first time after serving as the lead assistant to ThunderWolves head coach Tommie Johnson from 2020-25. During Little's time at CSU Pueblo, he coached current CSC assistant coach Romola Dominguez as a player for the ThunderWolves.
 
From 2020-2025, Little served as the lead assistant women's basketball coach at RMAC foe CSU Pueblo. During Little's time on staff, the ThunderWolves qualified for four consecutive RMAC tournaments from 2022-25, including a fifth-place finish (18-11, 13-7 RMAC) in the league standings last year. He was instrumental in recruiting Alisha Little, the two-time reigning RMAC Defensive Player of the Year who ranked second in Division II in scoring last season with 24.9 points per game. 
 
During her CSU Pueblo playing career, Dominguez achieved the second-highest single-season free throw percentage (.873 in 2023-24), third-highest three-point single-season three-point percentage (.379 in 2021-22) and fifth-most made three-pointers in a single season in Pack history (67 in 2021-22).
 
RMAC Network Reminder
As a reminder, RMAC Network games this season now require a pay-per-view subscription to watch. Revenue generated by the network will be redistributed to the league's membership to enhance their broadcast systems and programs.
 
NEWS: RMAC Network Moves To Pay-Per-View Model
 
RMAC fans can purchase monthly and annual subscriptions that will provide them access to all regular-season, championship, and archived broadcasts on the RMAC Network, including both home and away RMAC contests for Chadron State. A monthly subscription costs $25, and an annual subscription (for all sports) costs $130. Single-game passes are available for $10, which grants the viewer access to a single game for 24 hours. Subscriptions can be purchased through Hudl at rmacnetwork.com. 
 
RMAC Network subscriptions apply to any game that is hosted by an RMAC institution, regardless of whether or not Chadron State is playing in the game. CSC's home nonconference games are included in monthly and annual subscriptions. 
 
Fans will technical support issues can contact Hudl, visit the RMAC email the RMAC Network FAQ page, or directly email the RMAC at rmac@rmacsports.org.
 
Season Tickets/Parking
Season tickets to support Eagle men's and women's basketball remain on sale. 
 
Fans can purchase a reserved seat season for $175 or a general admission season ticket for $100 per seat. Season tickets grant access to all 9 remaining home RMAC doubleheaders for men's and women's basketball (Dec. 6, 11, 13; Jan. 15, 17, 27; Feb. 12, 14, 26, 28).
 
For fans attending all games, season tickets provide a $35 savings on reserved seats and a $25 savings on general admission compared to purchase single-game pricing for every home game.
 
Additionally, Chadron State is offering paid parking stalls for fans who would like to reserve a private parking space close to the arena for all games. Each stall costs $150 for the season and will be marked off with a personalized sign. 
 
Mo Buckets, Mo Boards
McKenzi Petersen is more than doubling her minutes per game from 2024-25 (10.2) to 2025-26 (21.2). The Winnemucca, Nevada native is averaging 10.8 points and 5.8 rebounds per game, leading the team in both and ranking 24^th in points per game and 17^th in rebounds per game in the RMAC. 
 
Petersen's five starts in as many games this season are already four more than the one game that she started in 2024-25, her first season at Chadron State after transferring from Dawson CC in Montana. 
 
Petersen has led the Eagles in both points and rebounds in three of CSC's five official Division II games this season – putting up stat lines of 12 points and eight rebounds against both Oklahoma Christian (11/16) and Black Hills State (12/4) before an 18-point, nine-rebound effort against South Dakota Mines (12/6), which were both career-highs. 
 
Toran Toran
Springfield, Illinois freshman Keziah Toran played only four minutes over CSC's first three games but carved out a much larger role this past week as head coach Jalen Little continues to try different lineups. 
 
Toran set career-highs in minutes played, points scored and rebounds on Thursday against Black Hills State, then eclipsed them all to set new career highs in each category again versus the Hardrockers.
 
Toran scored three points on a three-pointer with four rebounds plus a steal against Black Hills State, then shot 3-for-10 from the field in a career-high 19 minutes against South Dakota Mines, finishing with six points and six rebounds.
 
Stat Standouts
·      Chadron State is scoring 48.6 points per game and allowing 80.0 points per game. 
·      The Eagles rank fifth in the RMAC in free-throw percentage as a team (71.2 percent) and are one of seven RMAC schools above 70 percent overall.
·      The Eagles average 33.2 rebounds (13^th in RMAC), 9.60 assists (14^th), 1.6 blocks (12^th) and 6.8 steals (14^th) per contest. 
·      Amya Winfrey ranks fourth in the RMAC with 1.0 blocks per game (five in five games). She is tied for 11^th in total blocks.
·      Ella Moser ranks sixth in the RMAC among qualifying shooters, making 10 of 30 three-point attempts for a .333 percentage. Moser is also tied for sixth in the league with 2.0 made three-pointers per game.
·      Kenna Wagner ranks 15^th in the RMAC with 2.8 assists per game.
 
Scouting the Opponents
CSU Pueblo
The ThunderWolves of CSU Pueblo are 4-5 overall with a 1-1 record in RMAC play. Both conference games have been decided by six points or less after the Pack beat Westminster 62-60, then lost 67-61 to Western Colorado. 
 
Despite the graduation of two-time reigning RMAC Defensive Player of the Year and All-American Alisha Little, CSU Pueblo is still doing a lot of defensive things well. The ThunderWolves rank fifth in the RMAC in scoring defense, allowing 61 points per game, and lead the conference in blocks with 3.6 per game as a team. 
 
Senior Seneya Martinez is averaging 10.7 points per game to lead the ThunderWolves, led by a 25-point outburst in Pueblo's season-opener against Nebraska Kearney. Senior Genesis Sweetwine averages 9.9 points per game on 46.2 percent shooting. CSU Pueblo's leading rebounder is junior Dasani Nesbit at 5.1 rebounds per game while the Pack have four players with over 20 assists. 
 
Head coach Tommie Johnson is in his seventh year as the women's head coach after spending eight years as a men's basketball assistant coach. To replace Jalen Little, Johnson has added former MSU Denver assistant Taylor Proctor to his staff for 2025-26. The ThunderWolves were seventh in the RMAC Preseason Coaches Poll.
 
UCCS
The UCCS Mountain Lions are 4-4 with a 1-1 conference record. Every single one of UCCS's losses has been to a nationally-ranked program at the time of the contest – No. 3 Texas Woman's, No. 19 West Texas A&M, No. 4 Fort Hays State (a loss by only one point) and No. 14 Colorado Mesa in the RMAC opener. UCCS has defeated UT Dallas, Western New Mexico, Central Oklahoma and Westminster.
 
The Mountain Lions were picked second in this year's RMAC Preseason Coaches Poll after winning the RMAC Tournament Championship this past season from the No. 6 seed line.
 
Reigning RMAC Tournament MVP Amiyah Moore-Allen, a two-time First Team All-RMAC selection, is off to a good start, averaging 15.4 points, 4.9 rebounds, 1.9 assists and 1.4 steals per contest. Junior Ayianna Johnson is averaging 17.4 points per game to rank third in the league but had her two lowest scoring outputs of the season last week (8 against Colorado Mesa and 13 against Westminster).

Head coach Misty Wilson is in her third season with UCCS. Last season, the Mountain Lions qualified for the NCAA Tournament for the first time since 2016-17. Wilson coached at Tarleton State for nine seasons prior to UCCS and presided over the Texans' initial transition from a Division II team to a Division I program.
 
Coach's Corner
Jalen Little is in his first season leading the Chadron State women's basketball program. 
 
For the past five seasons, Little has served as the lead assistant women's basketball coach at RMAC foe CSU Pueblo. During Little's time on staff, the ThunderWolves qualified for four consecutive RMAC tournaments from 2022-25, including a fifth-place finish (18-11, 13-7 RMAC) in the league standings last year. 
 
Little began his coaching career by spending four seasons as an assistant coach with the Chadron State men's basketball program under Houston Reed, who coached Little as a player. 
 
As a student-athlete, Little played one season at Alaska Anchorage (Division II, GNAC) before transferring to Otero Junior College. He closed his playing career at the Division I level for Abiliene Christian University (Texas).