The CWC women's basketball team almost walked away from the "Rustler Run & Gun Classic" undefeated. The Rustlers took the court Friday afternoon against Clarendon College, a community college from Texas. 

Both teams being relatively evenly matched presented an exciting back and forth battle. CWC outscored Clarendon 15-7 in the first quarter, but saw their lead get shortened to only three by halftime. Esperanza Vergara lit up the scoreboard for the Rustlers with four three pointers and 24 total points. Laura Ring dominated in the paint, pulling down 11 rebounds and racking up 17 points. Clarendon led by only two points at the beginning of the fourth quarter, and Central Wyoming did all they could to regain the lead but were unsuccessful. The Rustlers couldn't bring it home in the end, and fell to Clarendon, 70-66.

Saturday's game against Treasure Valley Community College was a high-scoring affair for both teams and had six different Rustlers score in the double digits. Vergara, Ring and Sophie Wilkinson each recorded double-doubles by grabbing 10+ rebounds each. Natalia Ballin also achieved a double-double, but with assists instead of rebounds. A commanding 12 point halftime lead was held by CWC consistently throughout the rest of the game, and the Rustlers comfortably won their first home game of the year, 81-73. 

The Rustlers are home again this Wednesday, November 13 against Snow College at 5:30pm.