GOLDEN, Colo. - A surging Colorado School of Mines won its fourth straight game, out-working South Dakota Mines in a 78-56 win.

The Orediggers (9-6, 6-4 RMAC) outrebounded the Hardrockers (5-9, 2-8 RMAC) by a 47-30 margin as they led nearly the whole game. 

Denali Pinto guided the Orediggers with a game-high 16 points, one of five scorers in double figures along with Courtney Stanton (14), Anna Kollmorgen (10), Madeleine McDonald (10), and Raven Herrera (10). 

The Orediggers caught fire with an early 7-0 run as Pinto drained a three and Megan Van de Graaf hit back-to-back layups to lead 9-5, and Mines never trailed after that. The key run came in the second quarter as the Orediggers outscored SDSMT 16-6 over a 7:43 span, blowing a one-score game into a 40-28 halftime lead. 

It was more of the same in the second half as SDSMT temporarily pulled the deficit to nine points late in the third quarter before a 7-0 Oredigger run shut the door. Mines continued to push in the fourth as Kollmorgen's three-pointer with 5:38 remaining gave them their largest lead of the game to that point, 67-49, before closing the game on an 11-4 run.

NOTABLES
- The Orediggers leveled their all-time series against the Hardrockers at 4-4. 
- Mines shot 50 percent for the game, including 17-for-30 in the first half. SDSMT was held to 36.1 percent overall.
- Mines came in as the #1 team in the RMAC in rebounding margin, and they lived up to their billing at +17. Nicole Archambeau led the way with nine boards, while Kollmorgen snagged seven and Herrera and Stanton five each. Mines had 15 offensive rebounds among their 47, generating 18 second-chance points.
- The Orediggers now have seven double-digit wins this season.
- Pinto was Mines' high scorer for the eighth time this year. 

NEXT UP
Mines will host Black Hills State Saturday at 5 p.m.