GOLDEN, Colo. – The Regis University Men's Basketball team, seeded No. 2 in the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference Men's Basketball Tournament, defeated No. 6 Fort Lewis College in the RMAC Tournament Semifinals, 69-62, on Friday night. The Rangers improve to 18-12, while the Skyhawks fall to 19-12.

Regis will take on the winner of No. 1 Colorado School of Mines and No. 5 Black Hills State on Saturday, March 8 at 7 pm.

HOW IT HAPPENED

Olafur Styrmission grabbed an offensive rebound, leading to the first basket of the game, then added threes on two straight possessions for the 4-8 lead. He stayed hot with a third triple after a Trey Bryant pull up jumper, and Chase Mayo Harmon's third assist of the game led to a Chigozie Achara and-one layup and the 19-9 lead. The Skyhawks managed to close it to a two-point game before Mayo Harmon converted an and-one of his own. Jalen Brown scored four unanswered points before Achara threw down a dunk, but FLC scored the final five points of the period, and Regis led, 35-32 going into the break.

Olafur started the second half with another bucket from deep, and a pair of free throws, but the Skyhawks had an answer for each basket. Ty Cox scored on a hook shot, followed by two Brown layups to bring the score to 50-42 with 11:32 left in the game. Jalen Page had back-to-back assists to Styrmission and a Mayo Harmon three as RU pushed the lead to 11, but Fort Lewis began to chip away at the lead, closing it 59-53 with a pair from the line. With three minutes, an FLC layup brought the score to 64-59, but Bryant grabbed an offensive board, and powered up a layup, earning a three-point play. Page added one more layup, as the Rangers won, 69-62.

GAME NOTES

·        Styrmisison scored a career-high 20 points, leading all players

·        Bryant posted a double-double with 10 points and 10 rebounds.

·        Brown added 13 points

·        Mayo Harmon dished six assists

·        Chuol Deng had 16 points and 21 rebounds for Fort Lewis

UP NEXT

The RMAC Championship game is set for Saturday, March 8 at 7 pm at Lockridge Arena, hosted by Colorado School of Mines.