DENVER - Regis snapped #19/21 Colorado School of Mines' 11-game win streak, holding on after a hot start to win 60-55.

The Rangers (14-7, 8-7 RMAC) jumped out to a 31-13 first-half lead as they shot a blistering 12-of-18 to start the game, but the Orediggers (18-4, 13-3 RMAC) chipped away to cut the deficit as close as three in the closing minutes.

Luke Schroepfer led Mines with 15 points and Gokul Natesan scored 12. Ben Clare snagged a career-high 14 rebounds with Murphy Gershman adding 11. The Rangers had four scorers in double digits led by Jarrett Brodbeck's game-high 17.

The first half was really a tale of two quarters as Regis led 31-13 after 10 minutes but Mines outscored the hosts 17-7 in the second 10 to trail 38-30 at the break.

In the second half, a 7-0 Mines run midway through the half on consecutive buckets by Zach Rusk, Natesan, and Clare cut the Regis lead to 47-44, but the Rangers answered with a 9-4 run to lead 56-48 with 3:01 remaining. Natesan hit a pair of foul shots before Schroepfer drained a three to bring the deficit back to three at the 2:12 mark, but Mines couldn't catch up despite holding Regis without a field goal over the final 3:00 of the game. The Rangers made their foul shots down the stretch and a late Natesan layup set the score at 60-55.

NOTABLES 
- Clare's 14 rebounds are a career-high and matches the most by an Oredigger this season. Gershman had his second consecutive 11-rebound outing as he went a career-high 30 minutes.
- Despite those two outstanding individual performances, Mines was outrebounded 44-36 against a bigger Regis lineup. The Rangers had 16 offensive boards to Mines' eight.
- Regis shot 33.3 percent for the game as Mines held them to 19.4 percent in the second half after their hot start. The Orediggers hit 38.6 percent of their shots but were only 3-of-16 (18.8 percent) from three with Schroepfer hitting all of them.
- The loss snapped Mines' 11-game win streak. The Orediggers have had double-digit win streaks in each of the past four seasons.
- Mines and Regis split their regular-season series with each time winning at home. Mines won 81-69 back on Dec. 3.

NEXT UP
Mines heads to Nebraska to take on Chadron State Saturday at 7 p.m.