Central night at Goodell Gymnasium

It was Rapid City Central girls’ basketball night Thursday at the King Center as Metro State Denver faced South Dakota Mines in Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference women’s basketball in the King Center.

The Roadrunners were represented by 2021 Central graduate Jordon Heckert and 2018 graduate Mya Jones.

The Hardrockers countered with 2019 Central graduate Bailey Johnson.

Jones and Johnson were teammates at Casper College.

Heckert scored four points and grabbed two rebounds for the Roadrunners Thursday night. She has appeared in nine games this season, averaging 3.7 points a game.

Jones scored two points against SD Mines in the win. Jones has played 16 games for the 17-5 Roadrunners, starting five games, averaging 5.9 points and 4.1 points a game.

Johnson scored four points and grabbed four rebounds against Metro State. Johnson has appeared in 20 games, starting 16, averaging 8.8 points a game for the 'Rockers.

If not for an injury that has sidelined her all season, 2019 Central graduate Juneau Jones would have also been in the mix for Mines as well.

With the win, Metro State improved to 17-5 overall and 13-4 in the RMAC, while Mines fell to 3-20 and 3-14 in the league.

It was nice to see all three former Central teammates and showed that the program has had some talent to be able to move on the Division II college level.