SALT LAKE CITY, Utah - Some road wins are about execution. This one was about survival.
Colorado State University Pueblo walked into Behnken Field House and walked out nearly two and a half hours later with an unforgettable 83–79 double-overtime victory over Westminster University — a game that demanded comebacks, clutch shots, and career performances from the ThunderWolves. With the win, CSU Pueblo moved back into the top eight of the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference standings, keeping itself firmly in the RMAC tournament picture.
It didn't feel dramatic at first. The ThunderWolves opened the afternoon by setting the tone inside, attacking the paint and nudging ahead 18–17 after the first quarter. Westminster answered in the second, and by halftime the score sat at 31–30, the kind of margin that promised a long afternoon was ahead.
That promise arrived quickly.
Westminster stormed out of the locker room in the third quarter, pushing the tempo and capitalizing on second-chance opportunities. When a Griffin three splashed through with 6:54 left in the period, CSU Pueblo found itself staring at a 41–33 deficit — its largest of the day. Eight points down on the road, momentum slipping, crowd rising — the kind of moment that exposes a team.
Instead, it revealed one.
The ThunderWolves responded possession by possession. A steal turned into a fast-break layup. A missed shot became a second chance. Then came the turning point: Dasani Nesbit drilled a go-ahead three with just over five minutes left in the third quarter, flipping the scoreboard and flipping the energy. CSU Pueblo finished the quarter on a surge, turning an eight-point hole into a 53–48 lead heading into the fourth.
What followed was a test of nerve.
The fourth quarter became a grind — no rhythm, no easy baskets, just bodies on the floor and every possession weighed like gold. CSU Pueblo kept pushing inside and kept forcing turnovers, clinging to its advantage while Westminster refused to go away. With under a minute left, the ThunderWolves were still in front, holding a 63–60 lead and one defensive stand away from escaping with a road win.
But basketball has a way of demanding more.
A late offensive rebound turned into a desperation three at the buzzer, and suddenly the game was tied 63–63. Regulation ended with no winner, and neither team was ready to leave.
Overtime became a war of will.
The first extra period unfolded with both teams trading punches — layups at one end, jumpers at the other. Then, with time slipping away in overtime, the ThunderWolves found themselves needing one shot to survive.
The ball went to Seneya Martinez.
She rose from deep and buried a clutch three-pointer, forcing double overtime and silencing the gym in one motion. It was the moment of the game — the shot that refused to let the ThunderWolves' night end.
And it came on a night already defined by her.
Martinez delivered the finest performance of her CSU Pueblo career, pouring in a career-high 30 points and attacking relentlessly from the opening minutes to the final horn. Her baskets sparked the comeback from eight down. Her drives steadied the offense when possessions tightened. And her overtime three kept the ThunderWolves alive when everything hung in the balance.
In the second overtime, CSU Pueblo finally broke free.
Defensive stops stacked up. Free throws fell. The paint belonged to the ThunderWolves again. CSU Pueblo outscored Westminster 10–6 in the final five minutes, finishing the long climb with an 83–79 victory that felt more earned than won.
Martinez wasn't alone in writing the story.
Wynter Jones, playing on her birthday, turned the day into her own celebration by posting a career-high scoring performance, attacking downhill and living at the free-throw line during CSU Pueblo's rally. Her points came during the third-quarter comeback and again when the game slowed to a crawl in the fourth and overtime.
Jada Bobb provided the heartbeat off the bench, scoring 14 points and delivering timely buckets whenever the ThunderWolves needed air. In a game that stretched to 50 minutes, her production and energy were the difference between surviving and fading.
Around them, Dasani Nesbit filled the stat sheet with points, rebounds, and assists, Genesis Sweetwine orchestrated and defended, and Ruby Sweeney-Spitzeck delivered key plays that never show fully in the box score but live forever in the flow of a win like this.
By the end of it all, the ThunderWolves had done everything a road win demands:
They trailed by eight in the second half.
They stormed back.
They led late in regulation.
They absorbed the tying shot.
They answered with a three of their own.
They closed the door in double overtime.
And they climbed back into the RMAC's top eight in the process.
It wasn't pretty.
It wasn't quick.
But it was unforgettable — a night built on career highs, birthday buckets, and one fearless three that refused to let the ThunderWolves fall.
The Pack are back in action next Thursday as they finally return home to Massari Arena, hosting Black Hills State for White Out Night on Thursday.
