ROLLA, Mo. – Audrey Quintana scored 20 points to lead four Eagles in double figures, but Missouri S&T rallied from a halftime deficit to beat Chadron State women's basketball 76-69 on Saturday from Gibson Arena in Missouri.
The Eagles, now 1-2, shot 35.6 percent from the field as a team for the second consecutive game. Missouri S&T, which improved to 1-1, shot 41.5 percent from the field, including a 54.2 percent clip in the second half.
Quintana shot 3 for 6 from three-point range and a perfect 9-for-9 from the free-throw line, adding up to her third 20-point game with Chadron State and first this year.
Dreanna Jackson also hit a season-high 15 points and hit a trio of threes herself.
Freshman
Annika VanDalen scored in double figures for the third consecutive game to begin her college career, making 5 of 10 shots from the field to finish with 10 points while adding five steals. VanDalen has an RMAC-high 12 steals through three games this season.
Alex Ridenour scored a career-high 10 points on Saturday. Ridenour didn't score more than three points in a game in 2025-26, but has now set a scoring career high in two games in a row after tallying six points on Friday. Ridenour made two three-pointers on Saturday, her first career college game with multiple makes.
The Eagles continued to shoot at volume, attempting 73 field goals compared to just 53 by Missouri S&T. Chadron State made 8 of 31 three-pointers while the Miners struggled from beyond the arc, hitting just 3 of 15 attempts.
The Miners had 41 free-throw attempts and made 29. Chadron State shot 9-for-17 (52.9 percent) from the free-throw line, making 7 of 9 team attempts in the fourth quarter after going just 2-for-8 in the first three periods. Although Quintana was a perfect 9-for-9, the rest of Chadron State combined to go 0-for-8.
Chadron State took a 4-2 lead three minutes into the game and held it throughout the first quarter. A 7-0 scoring run from layups by
Kenna Wagner and VanDalen followed by a
Dreanna Jackson three put some distance between CSC and the Miners as the Eagles went up 20-11 with under a minute to go in the first quarter.
The Eagles took what would be their largest lead of the game after a VanDalen steal ignited a Jackson fastbreak layup to put CSC up 27-16 with 6:45 left in the first half. After back-to-back baskets by Jackson and Quintana to close the first half, Chadron State led 38-31 at halftime.
After the break, Missouri S&T turned on the jets, shooting 70 percent from the field in the third quarter. Chadron State's field goal percentage went down as the game went on, starting with a high of 47.4 percent in the first period and falling to 35.0, 31.3 and 27.7 percent in the second, third and fourth.
Missouri S&T used a 9-0 scoring run to turn a 43-38 Eagles lead into a 47-43 Miners lead with 1:57 to go in the third quarter. Chadron State took a brief lead early in the fourth, when a
Sophie Wilkinson layup made it 57-55, but the Miners would open up a nine-point lead at 69-60 with just under four minutes to go and see out the game.
Chadron State will play twice in Pueblo next weekend, facing Western New Mexico on Saturday and the ThunderWolves on Sunday, both at CSU Pueblo.
Chadron State—Audrey Quintana 20,
Dreanna Jackson 15,
Annika VanDalen 10,
Alex Ridenour 10,
Kenna Wagner 6,
Sophie Wilkinson 4,
EmmaJo Locks 2,
Ashlynn Sylve 2.
Totals: 26-73 FG (8-31 3PT) 9-17 FT. 69 points, 38 rebounds, 8 assists, 16 turnovers.
Missouri S&T—Norah Gum 14, Adrianne Tolen 13, Megan Aulbert 11, Anna Gilbertson 9, Emily Cooper 7, Kam Heider 7, Abbey Hobart 6, PJ Reutzel 3, Adriana Benassi 3, Marley Ogden 3.
Totals: 22-53 FG (3-15 3PT) 29-41 FT. 76 points, 46 rebounds, 8 assists, 17 turnovers.
