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This Week
The Westminster men's basketball team will host No. 22 Montana Western in the Frontier Conference Tournament championship game on Monday, March 8. No. 4 Westminster is playing the title game at home for the second straight year. The game will tipoff at 7 p.m. in the Behnken Field House.

Westminster enters the game at 25-5 overall and winners of 12 straight games. The Griffins are ranked No. 4 in the final NAIA coaches' top 25 poll that was released on March 2. Montana Western is 24-8 and ranked 22nd in the coaches' poll.

Westminster advanced to the championship game with home wins over Great Falls 78-55 in the opening round and an 80-68 win against Rocky Mountain in the semi-finals. Montana Western defeated Montana Tech in the opening round 84-65 and then knocked off Montana State-Northern 60-59 in the semi-finals.

The Griffins are leading the tournament in scoring at 79 points per game while shooting a tournament-best 55.6% from the floor. During the season they are fourth nationally in field goal percentage at 49.5%. On the defensive end Westminster holds opponents to just 61.1 points per game and 40.2% shooting. They rank second in scoring defense and 12th in opponent field goal percentage nationally.

Ben Walker now leads the Griffins in scoring at 15.1 points per game. Walker is averaging 26.5 per game during the tournament to lead everyone. After setting a career high with 25 points against UGF, Walker reset his career best with 28 against Rocky. He is shooting 81.5% from the field during the tournament and is third nationally at 66.5% during the season.

Blair Prowse is second on the team in scoring at 14.9 points per game and leads all Griffins with 83 makes from beyond the arc. Weston Anderson averages 12.7 points per game and has a team-high 112 assists. Jeramie Hopson is coming off a 15 points and nine assist game in the semi-finals and leads the tournament in assists with 15.

Against Montana Western
Westminster and Montana Western split two games during the regular season with each winning on its home floor. Montana Western defeated the Griffins 82-76 on January 16 in Dillon. That was the last loss for a Westminster team that has won 12 consecutive games including a 95-77 defeat of Western on February 11 in Salt Lake City. The Griffins are 20-4 all-time against Western although the Bulldogs have won two of the last three meetings.

Live Media
There will be Live Stats and Live Video of the game on Monday. The Live Video feed is $5 and features just video, NO audio. Live Stats are available at no charge. Fans can access these features by visiting westminstergriffins.com.

2010 Buffalo Funds-NAIA Division I Men's Basketball National Championship
The 32-team field for the 2010 Buffalo Funds-NAIA Division I Men's Basketball National Championship will be released live by College Fanz on Wednesday, March 10 at 3 p.m. MT on collegefanz.com. The tournament gets underway on Wednesday, March 17 with eight of the 16 opening round games. The second set of opening round games are scheduled for Thursday, March 18. The action continues through the championship game on Tuesday, March 23. All games will be played in Municipal Auditorium in Kansas City, Missouri.