COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – University of Colorado Colorado Springs junior Brittany Hernandez scored 37 points in the second-best scoring performance in program history as the Mountain Lions (4-2) finished the non-conference season with an 82-59 win against Saint Martin's (1-4) in the Gallogly Events Center. Freshman Jennah Knafelc added 19 points with five 3-pointers.

UCCS opened an 8-1 lead against the Saints is a little more than two minutes of action and led 22-9 after the first quarter. Saint Martin's opened the second quarter with a 12-2 run to pull within three points of the Mountain Lions at 24-21, and took its first lead lead at 27-26 with four minutes left in the quarter. UCCS finished the quarter on a 7-2 run in the final two minutes for a 40-35 halftime lead.

Hernandez and Knafelc accounted for 30 of the 40 Mountain Lions points in the first half. Hernandez was seven-of-10 from the field and had a team-high four rebounds in the half.

The Mountain Lions nearly doubled-up the Saints in the second half with a 42-24 scoring advantage in the last two quarters. UCCS led by at least 15 points for the final six minutes of the game and by double-digit points for the entire fourth quarter. Hernandez scored 20 second-half points and was a perfect six-of-six at the free throw line in the half.

Hernandez tied Amber Anderson's scoring mark set against Air Force on Feb. 22, 1994, and the performance was second in UCCS history behind Abby Kirchoff's 39 points against Regis on Dec. 13, 2014. It's the best performance in the RMAC and unofficially the second-best performance in Division II this season. She also added four steals and recorded her first double-double of the season with 10 rebounds.

Knafelc was seven-of-16 from the field and five-of-11 from the three-point line tonight. She led the team with two blocked shots and shared the lead of four assists with Shannon Kelly. Tori Fisher led the bench with nine points and Jen Vigil made a team-high seven assists.

UCCS will begin the RMAC season in a week on Saturday, Dec. 5, against MSU Denver at the Auraria Event Center. The Roadrunners went through their non-conference season with a 2-4 record.