GOLDEN, Colo. – It was a wire-to-wire win on Senior Night for the Colorado School of Mines men's basketball team as they capped off action at Lockridge Arena in 2025-26 regular season with a 99-72 win over Regis to complete the season sweep. Four players finished in double figures for the Orediggers (15-15, 11-8) as they led comfortably over the Rangers (2-23, 1-17) for most of the action as they started the final week of the regular season the right way.
 
After celebrating the career of fifth-year senior Caleb Clark before tipoff, the Orediggers and Rangers traded blows on the opening possessions of the night and were tied at 6-6 just over two and a half minutes into the action. A Jonathan Moore three-pointer after a dunk by Luke Sodden put Mines back in front for good just 19 seconds later before Shelton Henton converted a technical free throw to make it a four-point lead. To their credit, the undersized and shorthanded Rangers continued to hang with the Orediggers in the first minutes of action before Trent Minter keyed off a 16-0 run that saw the lead swell to 26-10 by the 11:15 mark. Romack, Moore, Henton and Kasen Lehman all chipped in during the sequence and following two free throws from Soden to momentarily break things up, Will Cordonnier and Cooper Mroczek joined the party following another technical foul against RU as the lead hit 20 for the first time at 36-16 inside the nine-minute mark. As the first half went on, the advantage never dipped below 14 as while Rifky Sedhom, Dylan Forbord and Nick Marabito tried to keep it close, the Orediggers always had an answer as they took at 48-30 lead into the locker room.
 
The second half was more of the same as Mines used their size advantage to impose their will on the Rangers offensively. The first eight points of the second half by the Orediggers came in the paint before Silas McCurnin knocked down a corner three to make it 59-39 with 15:17 to go. McCurnin, along with Cordonnier and Derek Lamb, helped pace the second unit and combined to score 12 straight points as part of a 12-4 run to make it a 23-point lead. The lead briefly dipped to 16 following a quick 7-2 burst from Regis, but an 8-0 run led by six from Minter pushed the gap north of 20 for good inside six minutes to play. A 10-0 run highlighted by a steal-and-score dunk off an inbounds pass by Minter saw the lead grow to its largest of the night at 96-63, and though Regis scored nine of the last 12 points in the game, it did little to make a dent in the final margin as Mines claimed the 99-72 win.
 
NOTABLES
-Romack led four in double figures for Mines with a game-high 25 points on 11-16 shooting and a perfect 3-3 from the line with seven rebounds, an assist, a block and a steal
-Cordonnier continued his recent run of success with 17 off the bench on 6-10 from the floor including 3-5 from three along with 2-2 at the stripe with three assists, a block and a steal
-Minter finished with 14 points on 6-7 shooting and seven rebounds with two assists, two steals and a blocked shot
-Moore scored all of his 10 in the opening half on 4-6 shooting including 2-3 from long range with four rebounds, three dimes, a block and a steal
-Lamb had one of his best nights of the season, scoring eight on 3-4 shooting and 2-2 from the free theow line with four rebounds and a blocked shot
-All 11 Orediggers that played Tuesday night scored at least one point
-Mines scored 54 of their 99 points in the paint in the winning effort, one of their highest totals of the season
-Three-point defense was stifling once again as the Orediggers held Regis to 5-17 (.294) from deep and have now held teams under 30% from deep in four of their last seven games
-Mines controlled the glass in the game, outrebounding Regis 41-27
-The Orediggers shot 50% or better in each half Tuesday night, going 38-71 (.535) for the game and making 19 field goals in each period of play
-Mines recorded six blocks in the game from six different players, the 10th time this season they have recorded six or more rejections in a game
 
UP NEXT
Mines caps their 2025-26 regular season campaign Thursday night at 7:30 p.m. against MSU Denver and will look to improve their standing heading into the postseason.

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