COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – Colorado State University Pueblo women's basketball played its second to last game of the regular season here Friday evening as the ThunderWolves saw a nine-point third quarter lead evaporate as UCCS outscored the Pack 23-12 in the final period to post a 65-59 win in Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference action at the Gallogly Events Center.

Despite the loss, the Pack secured the eighth and final spot in next week's RMAC Tournament after Fort Lewis fell 62-59 Friday night at MSU Denver.

With the setback, the Pack falls to 16-13 overall and 11-10 in the RMAC, while UCCS improves to 20-7 overall and 17-4 in the league. The Pack will close out the 2023-24 regular season Saturday night with a 5 p.m. game in Denver, Colo., against Regis, who collected a 73-46 win on Friday night over New Mexico Highlands.

Redshirt junior forward Alisha Little (Aurora, Colo./Northern Colorado) made history in Friday's contest as she became the Pack's single season leader in points scored and also set a school record for blocks as she tallied her NCAA Division II leading 22nd double-double as she finished one block shy of a triple double. Little finished the night with a game-high 26 points and added 10 rebounds and a career-high nine blocks. The nine blocks bettered the old mark of eight that was held by both Little and Molly Rohrer.

Little entered Friday's game needing 14 points to become the Pack's all-time single season scorer and she set the record on a lay-up with 9:34 left in the third quarter. Little, who has now scored 596 points this season, bettered the old single season scoring mark of 583 set by Sherry Vallejos in 1990-91.

In addition to Little's near triple-double, junior guard Landri Hudson (Aurora, Colo./Wyoming) added 14 points as she drilled four treys in the game.

The Pack, who trailed 36-29 at the half, opened the third period on 15-0 run to take a 44-36 lead with 4:17 left in the period. The run began with Little's single season school scoring record basket and was capped by a basket from Shamahra Henderson (Denver, Colo./Cowley County CC). Little scored eight of her 26 points during the run. 

UCCS stopped the Pack run with a lay-up by Maison White and that helped the Mountain Lions close the period on a 6-2 run to cut the Pack's lead to 47-42 heading into the final period. 

The Mountain Lions, who have now won nine straight games, opened the fourth period 13-4 run to retake the lead at 55-51 with 5:12 left in the period. The Pack, though, responded with a 7-0 run to retake the lead at 58-55 with 3:32 remaining. UCCS would close the game on an 11-4 run to set the final margin.

UCCS was paced by 22 points from Amyah Moore Allen, while Emily Vidal added 16 points and Maison White, who was the Mountain Lions' leading scorer on the season, finished with seven points, but pulled down a game high 17 rebounds.

The Pack jumped out to a 15-11 lead with 4:20 left in the opening period, before UCCS used a 10-3 run to close the period to lead 21-18 after the opening 10 minutes of play. 

UCCS jumped out to a 26-21 lead just two minutes into the second period, before the Pack used a 6-1 run capped by a three-point play from Little to take a 28-27 lead with 3:11 left in the period. The Mountain Lions closed the period on a 9-1 run to give UCCS its 36-29 halftime lead. 

The Pack finished the game shooting 51 percent from the field and 33 percent from the 3-point line, but struggled at the free throw line as they were just 9-for-19 (47 percent) from the free throw line.

Meanwhile, UCCS shot 32 percent from the field and 50 percent from the 3-point line, including going 3-for-6 from long distance in the fourth quarter as the Mountain Lions outscored the Pack, 23-12. UCCS was 15-for-24 (63 percent) from the free throw line.

The Pack were outrebounded, 43-32 and committed 21 turnovers that led to 21 UCCS points. UCCS had 14 turnovers that led to 16 points for the Pack.

CSU Pueblo held a 12-2 advantage on blocked shots as along with Little's nine blocks, graduate student guard Romola Dominguez (Denver, Colo./Central Arkansas) added a career-high tying two blocks.