With the women’s conference races heating up, seven of 16 schools in the Centennial State are off to good starts, led by Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference co-leader Colorado State Pueblo.
CSU Pueblo (6-0 conference, 11-3 overall) is currently on a nine-game winning streak and plays on the road this weekend at Colorado Mines (2-4, 4-10) on Thursday and defending RMAC champions Regis (4-2, 6-7) on Saturday afternoon.
The Pack will face Regis for the second time this season after defeating the Rangers 80-72 on January 3 at Pueblo. The Rangers have won the last two RMAC post-season titles by defeating Mines (2023, 65-61) and UC Colorado Springs (2024, 76-64) on their home floor.
Western Colorado (5-1, 10-3) has been the early season surprise, as the Mountaineers were picked to finish 10th in the preseason polls. Western hosts Colorado Mesa (4-2, 9-4) on Tuesday before traveling to Salt Lake to challenge Westminster (2-4, 3-10). Colorado Mesa, the preseason RMAC favorite, hosts Westminster on Saturday.
Colorado College (3-1, 11-2) is second in the Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference’s Blue Division after having its seven-game losing streak snapped at Texas Lutheran (4-0, 10-2) on Sunday. The Tigers host SCAC Gold Division rivals Concordia (0-1, 5-5) on Friday and McMurry (2-0, 9-2) on Sunday.
Colorado State (3-1, 12-5) is tied for third in the Mountain West Conference after losing last weekend at league-leader UNLV (70-61). The Rams are at San Diego State (2-3, 13-5) on Wednesday before hosting New Mexico (4-1, 11-7) on Saturday. CSU defeated San Diego State 67-56 on January 1 in Fort Collins.
Colorado (3-2, 12-4) is tied for sixth in the Big XII standings. The Buffs are in the east this week for games on Wednesday at West Virginia (3-2, 13-3) and at Cincinnati (2-3, 10-5) on Saturday. CU returns home to entertain co-league-leader Kanas State (5-0, 17-1) on January 25.
Northern Colorado (1-3, 8-7) is tied for eighth in the Big Sky Conference. After splitting a pair of games last weekend in Greeley against the Montana schools, the Bears play at Portland State (0-3, 3-9) on Thursday and at Sacramento State (1-2, 8-8) on Saturday.
Denver (0-4, 7-10) has dropped its last four games and host Oral Roberts (2-2, 12-5) on Wednesday before playing at Omaha (1-2, 9-7) on Saturday.
Statistically, four Centennial State players are averaging over 20 points a game, with three sporting double-double norms.
Alisha Little of CSU Pueblo (defense) and Olivia Reed of Colorado Mesa (offense), the reigning RMAC player of the year, top the list with CC’s Zoë Tomlinson and DU’s Jordan Jones.
Little averages 24.1 points, 10.8 rebounds, and 4.1 blocked shots a game. Reed has 22.8 points and 12.1 rebound norms while shooting over 60 percent from the floor and 87 percent from the free-throw line. Tomlinson joins the RMAC duo with a double-double average for points (21.6) and rebounds (13.7), with Jones averaging 20.8 points for the Pioneers.
