CANYON, Texas --- The South Dakota Mines Women's Basketball team played well for three quarters in their season opener against West Texas A&M, but that wasn't enough as they fell 70-53.

The first quarter started out well with true freshman Piper Bauer scoring the first 5 points of the game. The Hardrockers would continue to play well throughout the first quarter, taking a 12-10 lead into the second.

The two teams traded leads to begin the second quarter with Bauer hitting back-to-back three's giving the Hardrockers some separation, leading 20-16. A free throw near the end of the half hit by Bailey Johnson would give the Hardrockers a 29-26 lead to take into the locker room.

Bauer and Madelyn Heiser scored early in the third, before a West Texas A&M run of 14-2 to end the quarter would give them a 47-35 lead.

Down 52-35 early in the fourth was too tall of a task as the Hardrockers fought but it was too much as they fell 70-53 in their season opener.

About South Dakota Mines
The South Dakota School of Mines & Technology is a member of the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference (RMAC) and NCAA Division II offering 11 men's and women's varsity intercollegiate athletic programs. The Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference is a premier NCAA Division II conference with 15 members, as well as four associate members, located in the states of California, Colorado, Nebraska, New Mexico, Oklahoma, South Dakota, and Utah.