SALT LAKE CITY - Westminster men's basketball (8-12, 6-8 RMAC) gets set to welcome back fans into Behnken Field House as it hosts a pair of midweek RMAC contests beginning tonight with a game against Colorado Mesa (16-8, 10-5 RMAC) followed by a Thursday battle with S.D. School of Mines (7-13, 5-9 RMAC), both games tipping-off at 7 p.m.

Game Info:
- Tuesday and Thursday's men's basketball game will be hosted at the Behnken Field House. General admission into all games is $8.
-  Tickets for all home basketball games can be purchased at westminstergriffins.com/tickets.
-  All Westminster basketball games are available to stream for free on the RMAC Network. Viewers can watch live or on-demand online at rmacnetwork.com/Westminster or on the RMAC Network app, available on all major app stores.
- Masks are required for all in attendance at the Behnken Field House.  Visit westminstergriffins.com for full Westminster College COVID-19 guidelines.

About the Griffins:
- Probable Starters:
    - G #2   Matt Kitzman:
        - SEASON: 7.1 PPG, 4.3 RPG, 2.1 APG, 16 steals
    - G #11  Reme Torbert:
        - SEASON: 9.8 PPG, 2.8 RPG, 1.3 APG, 17 steals
    - G #10 Donaval Avila:
        - SEASON: 7.6 PPG, 4.5 RPG, 13 steals
    - F #13 Brayden Johnson:
        - SEASON: 10.3 PPG, 1.8 RPG, 1.2 APG
    - F #5 Yusuf Mohamed:
        - SEASON: 13.3 PPG, 5.8 RPG, 1.4 APG
- Westminster has dropped four straight after an 0-2 weekend at home this past last week.
- The Griffins were within a single possession with under four minutes to play on Friday night against Western Colorado, but gave up a string of three's and eventually fell, 76-67 to begin the weekend.
- Westminster led at halftime and were tied with Fort Lewis with just over three minutes to play, but could not find any offense down the stretch in a 67-59 loss on Saturday.
- Reme Torbert has led the Griffins in scoring over the last five games in which he has averaged 11.4 ppg with 12 made three-pointers.
- Yusuf Mohamed leads the Griffins in rebounding at 5.8 rpg while Brayden Johnson has pulled in a team-leading 39 offensive boards on the season.

About the Mavericks (16-8, 10-5 RMAC):
- CMU has split each of its past three weekends,  two at home and one from the road, after a stretch of six-consecutive conference wins in December and January.
- Colorado Mesa defeated 12th-ranked Regis, 86-80, back on Sat., Jan. 22 on the road in Denver.
- The Mavericks began last weekend with an 83-77 loss at home to Fort Lewis, but rebounded with a 50-point second half to beat Western Colorado, 81-72.
- CMU is 5-4 away from home so far this season including three road RMAC wins.
- Trevor Baskin is the team's leading scorer at 13.6 ppg while Blaise Threatt is a close second at 13.3 ppg.
- CMU has three players at over 5.0 rpg and are lead by Threatt who averages 5.6 boards per night.
- Georgie Dancer has started 20 games for the Mavericks and leads the team with 3.6 assists per night.
- Series History:
    - Westminster has split the 14 matchups with Colorado Mesa since reinstating the men's basketball program back in 1999-2000.
    - The Griffins went on a four-game winning streak from 2016 to 2018 but Colorado Mesa has won four of the last five matchups including a three-point win last season in Grand Junction.
    - Westminster is 5-2 against the Mavericks at home in Salt Lake City where they have won four of the last five matchups.

About the Hardrockers (8-12, 6-8 RMAC):
- - S.D. School of Mines has dropped five of its last six games overall and narrowly defeated Chadron State, 65-62, for its only win during that stretch.
- The Hardrockers went 0-2 at home last weekend, falling, 91-81 to N.M. Highlands to begin the weekend on Friday night.
- S.D. School of Mines was outscored by seven in the second half (32-25) the following night to lose, 69-61, to UC-Colorado Springs despite leading on its home court with under ten minutes to play.
- Brevin Walter is the leading scorer for the Hardrockers at 15.9 ppg and has connected on a team-high 2.1 three's per game.
- Alejandro Rama is second on the team with 14.8 ppg while Kolten Mortensen is averaging 13.7 ppg heading into the week.
- Series History:
    - Westminster owns the lead in the series 4-3 and has won three of the last four.
- The Griffins have now won back-to-back matchups against the Hardrockers after a 68-48 win in Rapid City, S.D., last season.
- Westminster is 2-1 all-time at home against S.D. School of Mines and won 75-70 in the last meeting at Behnken Field House back in Dec. of 2019.

Up Next:
Westminster will be back on the road next weekend as it travels to Colorado to take on CSU Pueblo on Fri., Feb. 11, followed by a game at Adams State on Sat., Feb. 12.

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