RAPID CITY, S.D. --- The South Dakota Mines men's basketball team has just one game this week as they head to Gunnison, Colorado for a 7:00 matchup with Western Colorado on Saturday.  
 
Series History
vs. Western Colorado

• The Hardrockers and Mountaineers have met 10 times.
• South Dakota Mines trails in the series, 4-6.
• Most recently, the Hardrockers defeated Western Colorado in their lone matchup last season, 82-77 in overtime.
• In that contest, Brevin Walter scored 27, while Alejandro Rama added a double-double, scoring 19 and adding 11 rebounds.

Gold Nuggets

• The Hardrocker offense has been continuing to get better as they average 80.3 points per game in RMAC play, fifth best in the league.
• Their three-point percentage has been a big factor in that as they shoot 39.6% from beyond the arc, the second-best percentage in RMAC play.
• South Dakota Mines is also the best free throw shooting team in the RMAC, hitting 79.1% from the stripe, the 11^th-best mark in NCAA Division II.
• Keagen Smith had one of his best weekends of the season thus far, in part due to a season-best performance with 17 points and nine rebounds against Fort Lewis last Friday.
• On Saturday, in the Hardrocker victory over Adams State, Brevin Walter, Alejandro Rama, and Kolten Mortensen had good performances scoring 26, 22, and 17. Rama added six assists and five rebounds.
• Brevin Walter is third in the conference in scoring (21.9 points per game), but is first in RMAC play, averaging 27.3 points per game.
• Walter has also improved his rebounding rate during RMAC play, sitting in ninth, averaging 6.9 per game.
• Kolten Mortensen is one of the best shooters in the conference, hitting 52.4% from the field (9th RMAC), and 50.7% from three-point range (2nd RMAC).

Scouting Report
Western Colorado

• Western Colorado is 2-8 on the season.
• They have lost six in a row after splitting their first four games of the season.
• The Mountaineer offense is scoring 63.6 points per game, last in the RMAC.
• Defensively, they are in the middle of the pack, allowing 76.1 points per game.
• Robel Desta and Avery Rembao average 14.9 and 14.6 points per game to lead their offense.
• Desta is sixth in the RMAC, grabbing 8.2 rebounds per game.

About South Dakota Mines
The South Dakota School of Mines & Technology is a member of the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference (RMAC) and NCAA Division II offering 10 men's and women's varsity intercollegiate athletic programs. The Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference is a premier NCAA Division II conference with 15 members, as well as four associate members, located in the states of California, Colorado, Nebraska, New Mexico, Oklahoma, South Dakota, and Utah.