CONFERENCE HOME-OPENER
Opponent: Dixie State Trailblazers
Date: Saturday, Dec 1
Location: Salt Lake City, UT (Behnken Field House)
Time: 7:30 PM

How to Watch
Live video will be available on RMACTV through the Westminster portal, portal.stretchinternet.com/Westminster, and on YouTube, https://youtube.com/wcgriffins.
Live Stats are available at https://westminstergriffins.com/sidearmstats/mbball

Last Time Out
The Griffins split last weekend, 1-1, losing to Western Oregon University, 72-81, and defeating Academy of Art, 56-50.  The team is 2-2 having played all the preseason games on the road.  Saturday will be the first home game for the men.

How They Stack Up

HOW THEY STACK UP TEAM STATISTICS	WCMB	OPP	DSUMB	OPP
SCORING	287	296	223	210
Points per game	71.8	74.0	74.3	70.0
Scoring Margin	-2.2	-	+4.3	-
FIELD GOALS-ATT	95-222	103-224	66-154	76-187
Field Goal PCT	.428	.460	.429	.406
3 POINT FG-ATT	27-70	28-90	19-48	30-76
3-point FG pct	.386	.311	.396	.395
3-pt FG made per game	6.8	7.0	6.3	10.0
FREE THROWS-ATT	70-96	62-94	72-94	28-54
Free throw pct	.729	.660	.766	.519
F-Throws made per game	17.5	15.5	24.0	9.3
REBOUNDS	154	134	115	109
Rebounds per game	38.5	33.5	38.3	36.3
Rebounding margin	+5.0	-	+2.0	-
ASSISTS	62	45	44	38
Assists per game	15.5	11.3	14.7	12.7
TURNOVERS	55	46	41	35
Turnovers per game	13.8	11.5	13.7	11.7
Turnover margin	-2.2	-	-2.0	-
Assist/turnover ratio	1.1	1.0	1.1	1.1
STEALS	11	31	11	20
Steals per game	2.8	7.8	3.7	6.7
BLOCKS	8	13	12	12
Blocks per game	2.0	3.3	4.0	4.0

 

Score by periods	1st	2nd	OT	Total		Score by periods	1st	2nd	OT	Total
Opponents	152	130	14	296		Opponents	91	132	-	223
Westminster (UT)	129	141	17	287		Dixie State	103	107	-	210

AGAINST DSU
Westminster first played Dixie State in 2006 and has played them six times, the last meeting in 2011.  Westminster is 2-1 and at home and lead in the series 4-2.  A three-game win streak would be extended to four with a win over the Trailblazers.
Last Meeting: W 84-82 at Dixie State (11/01/2011)

In the RMAC (As of Nov. 28, 2018)
• Brandon Warr leads the conference in rebounding with 42 rebounds in four games, averaging 10.5 per game.  Twenty-six of those rebounds have come on the defensive side and 16 on the offensive side.
• Alec Monson has recorded seven steals and is fifth in the conference.
• Two Griffins are top in minutes played.  Jai Jai Ely has logged 152 minutes, averaging 38.0 per game, and Jake Connor has 147 minutes, 36.8 per game.

Team Scoring
• Brandon Warr leads the offense with 60 points.  He is shooting 44.2 percent from the field, 50 percent from three and 50 percent from the free throw line.
• Jake Connor is second on the team with 44 points.  He his 90 percent from the charity strip, 39 percent from three and 40.6 percent from the field.
• Four more players have scored more than 30 points: Jai Jai Ely (39), Jacob McCord (38), Joonas Tahvanainen (36), Alec Monson (32).

Dixie State Trailblazers (2-1, 0-0 RMAC)
• DSU recorded both of their wins at home last weekend.  The lone loss came on the road to Cal Poly Ponoma, 66-72.
• Dixie has the fifth scoring defense in the conference allowing 70 points per game.
• Matt Conway leads the Trailblazers with 59, 22 rebounds and six blocks. In the RMAC, Conway is fourth in blocks, sixth in scoring, eighth in rebounding, and 10^th in field goal percentage.

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