RAPID CITY, S.D. --- The South Dakota Mines men's basketball team has one game left on the schedule as it attempts to make its way back to the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference post-season tournament.

After entering the tournament for the first time in school history last year, and making an appearance in the semifinals, the Hardrockers are hoping for similar success this season, despite all the hurdles the program has faced related to COVID-19.

To that degree, the league came up with a points system (or RPI) to determine this year's eight-team field which has been challenging to figure out. On Monday, the RMAC announced the standings with a week's worth of games remaining around the conference. The Hardrockers registered as the No. 8 seed with 11.12 points. The No. 7 position was held by UCCS with 11.14 points.

And as the regular season comes to a close, those two programs will face each other Friday night in Rapid City, South Dakota.

The 'Rockers came up short to the Mountain Lions, 69-55, back on Jan. 29 in Colorado Springs, Colorado.

UCCS comes to the King Center with a 7-8 overall and RMAC record. The last two outing for the Mountain Lions was against Colorado Christian where they split, defeating them, 92-67, on Feb. 18 and then fell to them on Tuesday night, 78-69.

UCCS is led in scoring by Alijah Cominthier with 19.1 ppg, DeRaun Clark puts up 16.9 ppg and Wyatt Dolberry contributes with 9.3 ppg.

The Hardrockers enter their final regular season game with an 8-9 overall and conference record. Senior Wilfred Dickson continues to lead the team in scoring with 13.2 ppg, Brevin Walter is averaging 11.8 ppg while Alejandro and Kolten Mortensen are both contributing with just over 10 ppg. Mortensen also leads the team in rebounding with 7.2 rpg.

Friday's game is set for a 7:30 p.m. tipoff. No fans will be admitted to the game, but it will be streamed live on the Hardrocker Network by logging onto www.gorockers.com.