This Week in Mountain Lion Athletics
By Jared Verner
published December 4,
2012
| Friday, December 7 | ||||
| Women's Basketball | UCCS hosts Metro State | Gallogly Events Center | 5:30 p.m. | Live Video | Live Stats |
| Men's Basketball | UCCS hosts #3 Metro State | Gallogly Events Center | 7:30 p.m. | Live Video | Live Stats |
| Saturday, December 8 | ||||
| Women's Basketball | UCCS hosts Regis | Gallogly Events Center | 5:30 p.m. | Live Video | Live Stats |
| Men's Basketball | UCCS hosts Regis | Gallogly Events Center | 7:30 p.m. | Live Video | Live Stats |
Women's Basketball (4-1 / 2-0 RMAC)
- The Mountain Lions are 2-0 in the conference for the first time since the 2008-09 season and will look to improve to 4-0 in the RMAC for the first time in program history this weekend against Metro State and Regis in the Gallogly Events Center.
- Abby Kirchoff earned RMAC Defensive Player of the Week honors and averaged 4.5 defensive rebounds and 3.5 steals in victories against Fort Lewis and Adams State. She's second in the conference this season with three steals per game.
- UCCS has won five of its last six home games and is 2-0 at home for the first time since the 2004-05 season.
- The Mountain Lions lead in the RMAC in both assists and steals. Kirchoff is leading the conference with 90.9 percent at the free throw line and Gabby Ramirez leads the RMAC with 5.2 assists per game
- UCCS will continue to look for its first win this weekend with No. 3 Metro State and with Regis at the Gallogly Events Center. The last three games have been decided by a combined eight points.
- Derrick White has led the Mountain Lion scoring in five of the six games this season and matched his season-high with 18 points against Fort Lewis on Friday night. He's also fifth in the conference with nine blocked shots.
- Alex Welsh recorded the first double-double of the season for UCCS with 16 points and 13 rebounds against the Skyhawks on Friday, and followed with another double-digit rebounding night against Adams State on Saturday. He's averaging 11.5 rebounds per conference game and ranks second in the RMAC.
- UCCS has won its last four home games against Regis dating back to 2008.
UCCS Players/Staff Featured | ||||
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 | Abby Kirchoff | 20 | G | So |
| Abby Kirchoff | 20 | G | So |
| Additional News Stories | |||
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| May 15, 2013 |  | UCCS Matches All-Time Best Finish in RMAC All-Sport Competition Cup | The University of Colorado Colorado Springs matched its best finish in school history with a sixth-place finish in the 2012-13 RMAC All-Sport Competition Cup announced today by the conference office. |
| May 1, 2013 |  | Shaswar and Burrell Receive McLaughlin Award | University of Colorado Colorado Springs senior student-athletes Mash Shaswar and Megan Burrell were honored as the recipients of the Thomas F. McLaughlin Award at the University's annual Awards Banquet tonight in Berger Hall. |
| May 1, 2013 |  | UCCS Sixth in RMAC All-Sport Standings with One Weekend Left | The University of Colorado Colorado Springs moved down to sixth in the latest RMAC All-Sport Competition Standings compiled by the Mountain Lion Sports Information Office. |
| April 26, 2013 |  | Golf Championship Moves UCCS Into 5th in RMAC All-Sport Standings | The University of Colorado Colorado Springs men's golf championship this week moved the Mountain Lions into fifth in the updated RMAC All-Sport Standings compiled by the UCCS Sports Information Office. |
| April 15, 2013 |  | This Week in Mountain Lion Athletics | UCCS will have softball and golf playing along the I-25 corridor, while the Mountain Lion track and field teams will be splitting squads across multiple races this weekend. |
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