Mines at Westminster, Saturday, 7:30 p.m. [RMAC Network] [Live Stats]

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THE MATCH-UP
Mines takes a four-game win streak to Salt Lake City this Saturday as they face Westminster in a rare one-game weekend for the Orediggers. Mines is 11-3 overall and 6-2 in RMAC play, a game back of Fort Lewis and Colorado Christian for first place. Westminster is 4-5 overall and 4-3 in RMAC play.

DON'T I KNOW YOU?
Mines and Westminster will play for the second time in eight days after the Orediggers won 70-64 on Dec. 30 at Lockridge Arena. Mines sank 10 three pointers in the win as Luke Schroepfer scored 22 points, Gokul Natesan had 15, and Zach Rusk a career-high 12. Mines erased a 10-point Griffin lead with a decisive 16-4 run to end the first half. Zerrio Payton led Westminster with 11 points.

MINES VS. WESTMINSTER SERIES
Mines leads the Westminster series officially 2-1 all-time. The Orediggers' only other visit to Salt Lake City was in 2014-15 in an October game that counted as an exhibition for Mines but a regulation game for then-NAIA Westminster; the Orediggers won 77-61.

HOT HAND LUKE
Luke Schroepfer's season numbers are pretty good for a shooting guard - .543 from the floor and .529 for three to average 14.2 points per game. But Schroepfer has been even better than that during Mines' four-game win streak, hitting 25 of 39 from the field (.641) and shooting a 15-of-26 for three (.577). His 9-of-12 performance against South Dakota Mines last Saturday earned him the #4 play of the week in the RMAC Top 5 countdown.

NATESAN IN THE RECORD BOOKS
Gokul Natesan continues to move his way up the Mines record book in his senior season. Natesan now has 1,640 points in his career (13th on the all-time list), and also ranks among the best in Mines history in assists (324, 4th), steals (205, 3rd), three-pointers (232, 4th), and free throws (456, 2nd). Natesan is only the third player in program history – and first since 1996 - to produce 1,500+ points, 300+ assists, and 200+ steals, joining Raul Varela and Mike Ziegler.

NONE SHALL PASS
Through the first half of the season, Mines owns the RMAC's best defense, leading the league with 64.6 points allowed per game. Mines is also second in scoring margin (+13.9), first in rebounding defense (28.9), and second in rebounding margin (+6.5). Mines' +3.6 turnover margin is second in the RMAC and the Orediggers own the best assist/turnover ratio at 1.5.

READY FOR OUR CLOSE UP
Four upcoming Mines games were picked up for TV as announced by the RMAC and NCAA on Tuesday. Click here for the full schedule.

COLORADO MESA TIME CHANGE
With the announcement of the CET schedule, Mines' next home game on Jan. 13 has been moved up an hour to a 5 p.m. start time for the women and 7 p.m. for the men.