RMAC Tournament Quarterfinal
Mines at Colorado Mesa, Tuesday, 6 p.m. [Live Video] [Live Stats]
 

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MINES TAKES MOMENTUM INTO POSTSEASON
Colorado School of Mines hopes to capture the momentum of an overtime win in their regular-season finale as they head into RMAC Tournament play this week. Mines came from behind to beat MSU Denver 73-67 on Saturday, as Emily Bailey's career-high 32 points propelled Mines. Mines outscored Metro 18-7 in the third quarter to catch up, but needed a last-second Bailey layup to force OT. Cassidy Budge scored 17 off the bench in the win.

THE RMAC TOURNAMENT
Mines enters the RMAC Tournament as the #7 seed. The Orediggers are appearing for the second straight season and hope to improve on their quarterfinal exit last season. The full bracket:

Quarterfinals - Tuesday
[1] CSU-Pueblo vs. [8] South Dakota Mines, 5:30 p.m.
[4] Regis vs. [5] Fort Lewis, 5 p.m.
[3] UCCS vs. [6] MSU Denver, 7 p.m.
[2] Colorado Mesa vs. [7] Mines, 6 p.m.

Semifinals - Friday at highest remaining seed
Semifinal #1 - TBA
Semifinal #2 - TBA

Final - Saturday
Final - TBA

MINES IN THE TOURNAMENT
Mines is aiming to catch fire and win its first RMAC Tournament title. Last season, the #1-seeded Orediggers were upset in the first round, 79-63, by Fort Lewis.

EARLIER THIS SEASON
Colorado Mesa won the only meeting with Mines earlier this season, 72-66, back on Jan. 13 in Golden. Mines connected on more field goals (25-19) and shot a better percentage (38.5%-to-36.5%) than Mesa, but 11 of CMU's 19 made field goals were three-pointers and they shot 23-of-26 at the line to grab the road victory. Mikaela Moore and Emily Bailey each had 13 points for Mines, while Bryanna Adams had a 28-point effort for the Mavericks.

BAILEY'S CAREER NIGHT
Emily Bailey has had no shortage of impressive performances this season, but her game against MSU Denver may have been the best of her career. Bailey's 32 points were a career high as she notched her second career double-double with 10 rebounds, and added two blocks, two assists, and two steals to that total as she played a career-high 43 minutes. Bailey went 9-for-9 at the line and sank three three-pointers. It was her ninth 20+ point game of the year and third in a row to end the regular season.

A HELPING HAND
Laura Tyree set the program assists record earlier this season, and she continues to put space between her and every other Oredigger in that category. Heading into the weekend, Tyree has 396 career assists, 49 more than the old record. She's bidding to be only the ninth RMAC player to reach 400 career assists.