COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – Brittany Hernandez scored a season-high 21 points and Jen Vigil added 17 as the pair led the University of Colorado Colorado Springs women's basketball team to a conference-opening 77-53 win against Black Hills State. The Mountain Lions (4-3, 1-0 RMAC) shot 52 percent from the three-point line, the best in a conference game since 2013.

UCCS scored nine unanswered points in the first quarter and built a 15-9 lead at the end of the period. The Mountain Lions used a seven-point rally to lead 27-16 with three minutes, 22 seconds, left in the second quarter, and led 30-22 at the halftime break.

Black Hills State cut the Mountain Lion lead down to five points early in the third quarter before an eight-point run and a later 14-point run in the same quarter put UCCS ahead 55-39. The Mountain Lions led by at least 13 points for the entire fourth quarter and the 24-point victory marked the largest margin of the game for UCCS of the night.

Hernandez went eight-of-11 from the field and three-of-six from the three-point line in her first game in nearly two weeks. She made three steals along with Tori Fisher, who led the Mountain Lions with nine rebounds and added nine points.

Vigil scored 17 and scored 15 of her points from beyond the three-point arc. Jennah Knafelc led the bench with nine points and Chelsea Pearson matched her season-high with eight points.

UCCS will remain at home for a 5:30 p.m., game on Saturday against South Dakota Mines. The Hardrockers (2-4, 0-1 RMAC) fell 66-47 to MSU Denver tonight.