A late rally fell short for the South Dakota School of Mines women's basketball team as Westminster topped the Hardrockers, 66-61.

Hunter Krebs led all scorers with 19 points for the Griffins. Sicliee Williams had 13 points as well for Westminster. Olivia Elliss had eight rebounds.

Sami Steffeck had 16 points for SD Mines and Taylor Molstad kicked in 15. Anna Haugen and Marissa Hirchert had eight rebounds each.

Westminster shot 24-of-51 for 47.1 percent while the Hardrockers shot 23-of-58 for 39.7 percent. 

In the first quarter the Griffins jumped out to a 21-12 lead and led 38-23 at halftime. In the third quarter Mines started to make a comeback, but still trailed 48-39. In the fourth quarter the Hardrockers outscored Westminster 22-18, but it wasn't enough to catch the Griffins. 

In the second half Mines outscored Westminster 38-28.

The Hardrockers are now 2-4 and 0-3 in the RMAC. Saturday they travel to Colorado to take on Fort Lewis College at 5:30 p.m.