Got over to Gangelhoff Center at Concordia St. Paul with about 5:13 left with UC-Colorado Springs leading and they were able to maintain that lead en route to a 24-21 haltime margin. Winona State looked out of synch offensively and their perimeter shooting was not clicking.
However, as the second half began, the Warriors would begin to cut into that narrow three-point deficit even more. Sophomore Darcy Rice made a lay-up at the 19:10 mark to trim the deficit to one and junior post Lizzie Naumann tied the issue at 27-all by the 13:45 mark. Winona State took the lead at the 12:02 mark when junior Abby Busch (younger sister of former St. Kate's standout Ashley Busch) connected with a short jumper and then redshirt junior Becca Friestleben swished a "3" at the 11:33 mark to give Winona State a 32-28 lead and it looked like the Warriors might take control of the game at that point.
But back came UC-Colorado Springs as they were able to quickly tie the issue at 32-all behind Sammi Gentile and Jessica Brown at the 10:33 mark. UC-Colorado Springs would build a 40-36 lead by the 6:55 mark but Winona State would be able to make one more push to briefly regain the lead by the 5:34 mark as senior Michelle McDonald connected with a jumper from the right baseline and sophomore Kelsey Andrist's "3". But sloppy ball-handling and turnovers would doom the NSIC favorites down the stretch. Jessica Brown gave UC-Colorado Springs the lead again at 42-41 and would eventually hang on with free throws for a final margin of 50-45 in something of an upset over Winona State.
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