While Air Force, Colorado, and Colorado State await possible post-season basketball bids, three women’s schools from the Rocky Mountain Conference opened NCAA Division II Championship play on Friday at the South Central Regionals in Denton, Texas.

RMAC post-season champions UC-Colorado Springs (19-12) had a one-point lead with 75 seconds left in its contest with Lubbock Christian but could not stop Grace Foster in the closing minute as the Lady Chaps posted a 68-65 win over the Mountain Lions.

Foster, LCU’s leading scorer, finished the Lady Chaps scoring with seven points in the final minute to end the game with 32 points.  Amyah Moore Allen led UCCS with 20 points.  Maison White scored 11 points and grabbed 15 rebounds for the Mountain Lions.  READ MORE

Top-seeded and host Texas Woman’s University never trailed in posting a 75-52 win South Central Regional win over eighth-seeded Adams State (19-12).  Kiiyani Anitielu was the game’s top scorer with 20 points for Adams State.  READ MORE

Shooting woes doomed Colorado Mesa (25-6) as the fourth-seeded Mavericks fell 56-52 to fourth-seeded Eastern New Mexico.  Despite a 28-point, 10-rebound effort by Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference MVP Olivia Reed, Mesa shot 33 percent from the field (20 of 6), including a 2-14 performance behind the arc.

Women’s NCAA Division II at Texas Woman’s University, Denton

• [6] West Texas A&M 58, [3] UT-Tyler 47
• [2] Lubbock Christian 68, [7] UCCS 65
• [1] Texas Woman’s 75, [8] Adams State 52
• [5] Eastern New Mexico 56, [4] Colorado Mesa 52

Saturday, March 15

Women’s NCAA Division II

• [6] West Texas A&M vs. [2] Lubbock Christian, 4 p.m.i
• [1] Texas Woman’s vs. Eastern New Mexico, 6:30 p.m.

Monday, March 17

Women’s NCAA Division II

• South Central Regional championship game, 6 p.m.