DENVER-Metro State closed the game on a 21-11 run in upsetting the Dixie State Trailblazers 60-57 Friday at the Auraria Event Center in Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference men’s basketball action.
Mitch Lombard posted 18 points and 6 rebounds in the win for the Roadrunners, who improved to 7-7 and 3-5 in RMAC play with the win.
Jack Pagenkopf netted 16 points and 4 rebounds in the loss for the Trailblazers as they fell to 11-3 and 6-2 in RMAC play.
Dixie State ensues in its road trip by visiting Chadron State Saturday at Chadron, Neb.
This is the Trailblazers’ first visit to the Cornhusker State on the hardwood in the program’s history.
