PUEBLO, Colo. (Feb. 12, 2021) – The Colorado State University Pueblo men's basketball team will battle Westminster College Feb. 13 in Salt Lake City in a Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference contest. The ThunderWolves have announced a make up date with Black Hills State University, as the teams have agreed to play in Pueblo on Feb. 23 beginning at 5 p.m.
 
A free video stream and live stats will be available Saturday. Audio will be available on AM1350 Fox Sports Pueblo, online or on the iHeart app. Play-by-play will come from Jim Brooks, the Voice of the ThunderWolves.  
 
VERSUS THE OPPONENT
 
• The ThunderWolves (3-6, 3-6 RMAC) are 4-5 since 2014 against Westminster (6-7, 6-7 RMAC). Earlier this season at home, the Pack fell 60-56. It was a tale of two halves, as the Pack got down 27-16 at the break, but rebounded and won the second frame 40-33 to lose by just four. Tre Brown led the team with 21 points. 
 
LAST TIME OUT
 
Down 10 at the half, the ThunderWolves used a second half surge to get past Fort Lewis, 84-77, Monday in a RMAC contest at Massari Arena. 
 
The Pack scored nearly half their second half points from the free throw line, as CSU Pueblo went 22-for-24 (92%) from the charity stripe. In the game, the Pack posted a 27-for-31 effort and shot 87.1 percent from the line. From the field, CSU Pueblo shot 47.2 percent. 
 
The Skyhawks went from shooting 64 percent from the field in the first half to a 38 percentage in the second half and finished with a 50.8 percentage. The road team hit four 3-pointers in the first half, but went 0-for-9 in the final 20 minutes. Riley Farris, FLC's leading scorer and reigning RMAC Offensive Player of the Week, finished with 26 points, but scored just four points in the second half. 
 
David Simental led the Pack with 27 points on 8-for-13 (61.5%) shooting from the field and a 9-for-10 (90%) effort from the free throw line. 

Tre Brown scored 14 of his 15 points in the second half and went 9-for-10 (90%) from the line. 
 
Fort Lewis came out of the gates on fire and after just 4:18 of game time expired, the visiting team was ahead 16-2. CSU Pueblo slowly got back into the game and during the final five minutes of the half were within four on three different occasions. A 7-1 run by the Skyhawks in the final minute and a half pushed their lead back to double digits and they went into the locker room leading 49-39. 
 
With 13 minutes left in the game, Fort Lewis led 58-51. A Williams 3-pointer then started and finished a 14-6 run by the ThunderWolves and with 9:02 remaining, the Pack had their first lead at 65-64. During the run, four different players scored. 
 
The two teams traded buckets and with 4:20 left, FLC held a 73-71 advantage. The ThunderWolves then held the Skyhawks scoreless for the next 3:46 to post a 7-0 run that handed the home team a 78-73 lead with only 34 ticks remaining. A perfect 6-for-6 effort from the line by the Pack in those final seconds secured their first win in over a month (played just two games due to COVID-19 testing and protocol) and ended a three-game win streak for the Skyhawks. 
 
THE PACK
 
• Junior David Simental leads the team with 15.9 points per game (10th in the RMAC) and is shooting 61.3 percent from the field to rank fourth in the league. His 88.1 percent effort from the free throw line is third in the conference. 
 
• Junior Tre Brown is averaging 14.7 points per game. He has five games with 19 or more points. Brown is shooting 85.4 percent from the free throw line to sit seventh in the league. He owns 2.8 assists per game to rank tied for ninth. 
 
• Freshman Lian Ramiro leads the RMAC with a 2.2 assist/turnover ratio. He guides the team with 24 assists, a 3.4 assists per game average that ranks seventh in the league. Ramiro adds 11.0 points and 3.7 rebounds per game.
 
• Freshman Tristan Hurdle has a team-best 21 3-pointers, which are 2.3 3-pointers per game that ranks tied for fourth in the RMAC. His 39.6 percent effort from long range is good for ninth in the league. He has 10.6 points per game, while he is second on the team with 4.2 rebounds per game. 
 
• Freshman De'Shaun Cooper adds 8.3 points per game and is shooting 65.4 percent from the field. His 1.0 blocks per game (9 total) is tied for sixth in the conference. He leads the team with 4.7 rebounds per game. 
 
• In the RMAC, the team is fourth in free throw shooting (73.8%) and sixth in field goal percentage (47.2%).
 
• Head Coach Matt Hammer is in his second season as head coach. 
 
• CSU Pueblo returned four players from last year's roster, while only three saw the floor. The rest of the 14-player roster is made up of four transfers and seven freshmen. 
 
THE GRIFFINS
 
• The Griffins are 6-7 overall and in league play. Westminster snapped a five-game losing streak Feb. 6 when it went on the road and defeated South Dakota Mines, 68-48. Reme Torbert totaled 15 points in the win, while Isaiah Banks had 13 points and six rebounds. The Griffins held the Hardrockers to 32.8 percent from the field.  
 
• Joey Andrews owns 12.5 points per game to lead the team and is shooting 56 percent from the field. He adds a team-best 6.5 rebounds per contest. Torbert has hit a team-best 26 3-pointers and owns 10.7 points per game. Banks adds 10.7 points and 4.5 rebounds per game with a team-high 2.5 assists per contest. 
 
• The Griffins are scoring 69 points per game (12th in the league) and allowing 67.8 points per contest (3rd in the RMAC). The team has a 1.03 assist/turnover ratio for fourth in the RMAC, while their 1.38 turnover margin is fifth. 

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