SALT LAKE CITY, Utah—Westminster honored its seniors and completed a sweep of its competition with a win over Colorado Mesa. The Griffins are 11-6 in Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference competition and 12-9 overall.
The Griffins performed well and put on a show for the fans that gathered to see their final home game of the season. The game was tied once, at 0-0, for 1:04 seconds.
Hunter Krebs followed up two free throws with a 3-pointer to give the Griffins a five-point lead. Westminster held on to that lead until the final horn, 38 minutes and 55 seconds.
The first half was a 3-point shooting bonanza. Westminster made 8-11, 72.7 percent from downtown and Colorado Mesa made 5-13.
Hunter Krebs made 3-3,
Kaylee Carlsen made 3-3 and
Denise Gonzalez made 2-2. Krebs and Gonzalez were also perfect from the free throw line and combined for 29 of the Griffins' 42 points.
With 4:03 left in the third quarter, the Mavericks had reduced the Griffin lead to three and looked poised to steal the lead for the first time.
Kaylee Carlsen drained a three and started a 21-4 run that put Westminster in the lead by 20 points with 4:39 remaining. Krebs scored 10 points, Carlsen scored five and Gonzalez contributed five during the run.
Westminster lost the first conference game of the season to Mesa, 83-52, but turned the tables this time around and defeated the Mavericks, 75-56.
Westminster was on fire, making 27-54 from the field, 19-17 from beyond the arc and 11-12 from the charity stripe.
Krebs, Gonzalez and Carlsen each scored in double-digits. Gonzalez finished with 29 points and was perfect from the line and beyond the arc. Krebs scored 25 points and was 3-3 from 3-point range and 6-6 from the line. Carlsen scored 14 points and was 2-2 from the line and 4-5 for three
Krebs gathered nine rebounds.
Sicilee Williams and Taylor each pulled down seven boards. Gonzalez had five rebounds and three steals.
Westminster finishes the year with a five-game road trip, beginning with New Mexico Highlands on Thursday and CSU-Pueblo on Saturday. Both games will be broadcast on the RMAC Network and be available through live stats.
