South Dakota School of Mines inched closer to the .500 mark with another impressive win Saturday, thumping New Mexico Highlands 83-59 in Las Vegas, N.M.
Friday the Lady Hardrockers beat CSU-Pueblo by 24 points.
Mines, 6-7 in the RMAC and 8-9 overall, led the entire way, up 22-15 at the end of the first quarter and 50-32 at halftime.
Ryan Weiss was red-hot for the Hardrockers with a game-high and career-high 33 points on 12-of-18 shooting, including 9-of-14 3-pointers. Sydney Leeper scored 12 points and Sami Steffeck added nine. Molly McCabe only scored four points but she grabbed 16 rebounds, including six offensive boards.
As a team, SD Mines hit 30-of-67 from the field and 18-of-40 3-pointers, which was a new team record. The previous record was 16 set twice before.