GOLDEN – The No. 18 Colorado School of Mines men's basketball team will take its unblemished record on the road in RMAC play for the first time this season this weekend, when the squad travels to face Chadron State and Black Hills State on Friday and Saturday, respectively. 

The Orediggers (6-0, 2-0 RMAC) and Eagles (4-2, 1-1 RMAC) will tip at 6 p.m. on Saturday before the Yellow Jackets (4-1, 2-0 RMAC) will play host to the squad on Sunday at 4 p.m. 

Mines opened up its RMAC schedule last weekend with a pair of wins over Western New Mexico and New Mexico Highlands at Lockridge Arena. Mines topped WNMU 108-69 on Friday before posting a 111-63 victory over NMHU on Saturday. 

The consecutive 100-point scoring nights marked the first time in head coach Pryor Orser's tenure that the squad has recorded back-to-back 100-point outputs. The closest the squad had been to consecutive 100-plus scoring outputs during Orser's tenure prior to Saturday came during the 2002-03 campaign, where Mines defeated Grandview (112-76) and Western State (113-94) in a five-game span. 

Mines shot 58.3 percent from the field and 56.3 percent from the perimeter in the two wins, while limiting its two opponents to 36.7 percent shooting from the field, including 29.5 percent from the perimeter. Mines averaged a 43.5-point cushion over the two contests and also registered a 95-to-51 rebounding margin – an average of plus-22 rebounds per game over the two-game stretch. 

Junior Brian Muller led the team with an average of 19.0 points per game while shooting 61.9 percent from the field and 70 percent from the perimeter over the weekend. The Billings, Mont., native leads the team and sits 11th in the RMAC with an average of 15.2 points per game. He leads the team with 17 3-point field goals made on a 54.8 shooting percentage from downtown. 

Rookie Gokul Natesan sits second on the team with an average of 13.8 points per game is tied for the national lead with an average of 4.0 steals per contest. He is also second on the team with an average of 3.5 assists per game and is shooting 88.2 percent from the line, 44.7 percent from the field and 39.3 percent from the perimeter. 

Senior Brett Green sits third on the team with an average of 13.5 points per contest while shooting 55.6 percent from the field and 88.9 percent from the foul line. Green, already a member of Mines' 1,000-point club, is also currently the program leader in career free throw percentage with a mark of 85.3 (359-of-421) ahead of 2013 Mines Athletics Hall of Fame inductee Stephen Bahl (2001-05), who ended his career with a mark of 83.6 (443-of-530). 

Senior Trevor Wages posted two double-doubles over the two wins last weekend for his 24th and 25th of his career. He is fourth on the team with an average of 12.2 points per game and leads the squad and sits second in the RMAC with an average of 8.8 rebounds per game. He also leads the team in blocks with 10. 

Junior Trevor Ritchie follows with an average of 11.5 points per contest while shooting 53.1 percent from the field and 86.8 percent from the foul line. The Portland, Ore., product leads the team in free throws attempted (38), makes (34) and assists with 31 at an average of 5.16 per game. The 6-4 point guard has registered a 2.4-to-1 assist-to-turnover ratio on the year as well – good for third in the RMAC. 

Senior Luke Meisch is the sixth Oredigger averaging in double figures with an average of 10.5 points per game while also sitting second on the team with an average of 7.0 rebounds per contest which places him eighth in the league.

Senior Will Carr averages 9.6 points per game and is shooting 84.6 percent from the field to lead the team. 

As a squad, the Orediggers are third nationally in points per game (97.5), second in scoring margin (32.0), second in 3-point percentage (46.1), third in free throw percentage (81.2), fifth in field goal percentage (54.5), seventh in rebounding margin (13.7), seventh in assists per game (20.3) and eighth in steals per game (10.7). 

The squad also boasts the 16th-best 3-point defense (27.3 percent) and the 31st-ranked scoring defense (65.5). 

With four wins to start the year, the Eagles have already registered one more win than the entirety of their 2012-13 campaign. After opening 3-0, the squad has gone 1-2 over its last two games, including a 74-61 loss to Colorado Mesa and a 91-88 win over Western State last weekend to open the season. 

BHSU is currently riding a three-game win streak, including an 81-66 win over Western State and a 74-66 victory over Colorado Mesa last weekend to open its conference schedule. The squad is already halfway to its season win total of eight wins from last year.