SALT LAKE CITY – The Alaska Nanooks fell to No. 21 Colorado Mesa in the final game of the Westminster Classic on Saturday, 102-53. The loss moves them to 0-4, 0-0 GNAC.

How it Happened
The Nanooks fell behind 8-0 before a Marney Rees layup got them on the board at the 8:19 mark. They would let up a pair of threes to fall behind by double digits, but after Tamai Mancuso and Genevieve Velasquez connected on threes, the Nanooks brought it back to an eight-point game. Mancuso and Grace Gillespie added a pair of jumpers from inside the arc, but Colorado Mesa ended the quarter on a 5-0 run to take a 27-12 lead.

Ashlyn Waggoner got the scoring started for the Nanooks in the second with a three, and Gillespie added another two, but the Mavericks scored 19 points without a Nanooks response to take a 49-17 lead. Mancuso ended the run with a three, but seven more unanswered CMU points put them up 56-20 at halftime.

Emily Freeman sank two three-pointers during the third, and Velasquez added another in the quarter, while Mancuso and Desiree Redfox connected from deep in the fourth, but the 'Nooks fell to the Mavericks.

Inside the Numbers

• Tamai Mancuso led the Nanooks with 11 points on 4-10 shooting, going 3-8 from three. She added three rebounds and an assist.
• Ashlyn Waggoner was the other Nanook in double-digit points, scoring 10. She grabbed seven rebounds and tallied a block and a steal.
• Emily Freeman and Genevieve Velasquez both had eight points, with Velasquez grabbing six rebounds and collecting three steals.
• Amelia Brady led the team with nine rebounds.
• Alycia Shelley dished a team-high six assists.

What's Next
The Nanooks head out to Minnesota for their next two games over Thanksgiving weekend, taking on Minnesota State Moorhead on Friday, Nov. 28, and St. Cloud State on Saturday, Nov. 29.

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