WEEK IN REVIEW
 
The men's basketball team hosted the No. 12 Colorado School of Mines last Friday.  Both teams were tied with a 5-1 conference record.  The Griffins were defeated by one point, 65-64, and suffered its first home loss of the season. 

The Griffins begin the new year with a 9-2 overall record and a 5-2 RMAC record.
 
Friday's game was a battle between two evenly matched teams, tied at the top of the RMAC standings.  Westminster started off strong, making three 3-pointers and building a 12-point lead.  The Orediggers came back into the match with 10 minutes remaining in the half and slowly chipped away the Griffin lead.  The Griffins trailed, by one, going into the second half. 
 
Westminster only scored two baskets in the first six minutes of the second half as the away team increased its lead to 10.  Dayon Goodman scored from the paint to begin an 11-0 run to regain the lead with 10 minutes remaining.
 
The lead changed 5 more times before the game was decided.  The Orediggers had a one-point lead with 2:53 left in the game.  The game finished in favor of Colorado School of Mines, 65-64, as neither team made a basket in the final three minutes of play.
 
Dayon Goodman led both teams in scoring with 33 points.  Westminster shot 43.6 from the field, scoring 10-17 from beyond the arc, and 54.5 percent from the free throw line.
 
UPCOMING GAMES

Westminster travels to Colorado Christian University on Thursday and Colorado School of Mines on Friday, in a rematch of last weekend's game.  Thursday's game is scheduled to tip-off at 7 p.m. and Friday's game is scheduled to tip-off at 3 p.m..
 
A live video feed of both games will be broadcast on the RMAC Network.  Live Stats will also be available online.
 
GRIFFINS BY THE NUMBERS
 
Dayon Goodman leads the team and conference in scoring with 322 points, averaging 29.3 points per game.  He ranks first in the RMAC in field-goal percentage, fifth in free throw percentage, and fourth in rebounding.  Goodman also leads the team in rebounding, steals, and blocked shots.  Goodman has pulled down 87 boards, has 11 steals and 13 blocked shots.  He is second on the team in assists with 38.
 
Quincy Bair and Sam Orchard each have more than 100 points.  Bair has scored 121 points and averages 11 points per game.  Orchard has 101 points and averages 9.2 points per game.  Orchard leads the team in assists with 42 and ranks first in the RMAC with a 6.0 assist/turnover ratio.
 
Tanner Newbold has scored 95 points and is perfect from the charity stripe on 14 attempts. 
 
Bair is second in rebounds and blocked shots with 59 rebounds and 11 blocks.
 
Jarred Laws has 10 steals and has scored 79 points.
 
SCOUTING THE COUGARS
 
The Cougars are 13^th in the RMAC with a 3-10 overall record and a 2-5 conference record.  The conference wins came against UCCS and Black Hills State.
 
Jeremiah Hanson and Stefan Hackethal lead the team in scoring with 206 points, averaging 15.8 points per game.  Isaiah Hanson is third with 185 points and Marcus Fager is fourth with 114 points.
J. Hanson leads the team with 61 rebounds, collecting 4.7 per game.  Fager is second with 59 rebounds, 4.5 per game, and Hackethal has 51, averaging 3.9 per game.
 
J. Hanson, I. Hanson and Hackethal are capable from three-point range.  The trio have combined for 86 threes and each have scored 25 or more from beyond the arc.
 

STATISTICAL COMPARISON	GRIFFINS	COUGARS
POINTS PER GAME	78.7	74.5
POINTS ALLOWED	69.7	85.6
FG% / FG per game	.487 / 27.6	.451 / 27
3FG% / 3FG per game	.429 / 6.8	.390 / 8.8
FT% / FT per game	.782 / 16.6	.804 / 11.7
REBOUNDS	34.2	31.6
TURNOVERS	10.4	15

           
SCOUTING THE OREDIGGERS
 
The No. 12 Colorado School of Mines are second in the RMAC standings with a 12-1 overall record and a 6-1 conference record.  The Orediggers were defeated by MSU Denver.
 
Five players have scored over 100 points.  Luke Schroepfer leads the team with 191 points, averaging 14.7 per game.  Ben Sonnefeld is second with 170 points and Mason Baker has 167 points.  Ben Clare has scored 124 points.
 
Micahel Glen leads the team with 74 rebounds, averaging 6.5 per game.  Clare is second with 74, averaging 6.2 per game, and Sonnefeld is third with 46, averaging 3.5 per game.
 
Mason Baker can drain a three.  Baker is 60.5 percent from beyond the arc, making 26-43.  Schroepfer has made 32 3-pointers and shoots 44.4 percent from three-point range.
 

STATISTICAL COMPARISON	GRIFFINS	OREDIGGERS
POINTS PER GAME	78.7	74.5
POINTS ALLOWED	69.7	85.6
FG% / FG per game	.487 / 27.6	.451 / 27
3FG% / 3FG per game	.429 / 6.8	.390 / 8.8
FT% / FT per game	.782 / 16.6	.804 / 11.7
REBOUNDS	34.2	31.6
TURNOVERS	10.4	15

 
FOLLOWING THE GRIFFINS

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ABOUT THE GRIFFINS

Westminster is in its third year as a member of the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference at the NCAA Division II level. Last year the Griffins finished fourth in the RMAC standings with a 16-8 overall and 16-6 RMAC record.
 
The team returns 10 players from last season's roster all of whom played at least six games.  Dayon Goodman and Jarred Laws each started all 24 games last year.
 
The Griffins have been picked to finish fourth in the RMAC Preseason Coaches' poll.