PUEBLO, Colo. (Nov. 27, 2021) – The (RV) Colorado State University Pueblo women's basketball team (4-1) once again coasted by its opponent and defeated Friends University (4-2) 83-45 Saturday evening to close out the Thanksgiving Classic hosted in Massari Arena.
 
The ThunderWolves took the lead off-the-bat and never looked back, as CSU Pueblo did not trail once throughout the night. A Ro Dominguez 3-pointer near the tail-end of the first quarter catapulted the Pack to an 11-point lead. 
 
A Sydni Williams layup at the end of the quarter put the CSU Pueblo team on top 20-7 after one quarter of play.
 
The second quarter began with a bang off Morgan Dial's 3-pointer. Dominguez later hit back-to-back shots from long range to grow the deficit to 22 points with plenty of time in the first half remaining.
 
After an Aubriana Noti layup at the end of the quarter, the Pack maintained a 52-30 lead over the Falcons at the break.
 
After another Dominguez bucket, the ThunderWolves swelled the lead to 34 points, but the Falcons were not done. Friends landed a handful of shots and dwindled the Pack lead to 25 with 4:20 remaining in the third.
 
The Pack were not deterred and a Jalen Long 3-pointer was drained to expand the lead to 30 points once more.
 
Ahead by 33 headed into the fourth, the Pack could coast to victory. Torie Bass and Amaya Lewis sank back-to-back 3-pointers followed by another basket by Dominguez to swell the lead to 40. Daeja Johnson's 3-pointer later grew the lead to an evening's most 41 points.
 
CSU Pueblo cruised to an 83-45 win over the Falcons and clinched its fourth-straight win. The 38-point win was the fourth-straight by over 35 points and was the third-straight win that featured holding opponents to 50 points or fewer.
 
Dominguez notched 15 points and five rebounds on top of three steals. Williams shot 6-8 from the floor and logged a team-high eight rebounds while she added on 13 points to the tally. 
 
Lewis rounded out the double-digit scorers for the Pack with 11 points and pulled down five more rebounds. 
 
CSU Pueblo shot 40.5% from the floor and limited Friends to 31% shooting on defense. The Pack logged 13 steals on the night and forced an immense number of turnovers at 26.
 
The Pack (4-1) kick-off RMAC play next week in Massari Arena against UCCS at 5:30 p.m.