Rosinski's 29 Points Not Enough as Rangers Lose Tough One 78-77 to Colorado Mines

Golden, Colo.: The Regis Ranger men's basketball team's hopes for a postseason berth took another hit as they fell tonight to Colorado Mines 78-77 in Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference action.

Regis (7-15, 2-12 RMAC) never trailed in the first half and took its biggest lead, 33-20, with 5:42 remaining in the first half.  A Grant Agee field goal pulled Colorado Mines (13-9, 10-4 RMAC) to a 18-18 tie at the 10:42 mark.  Regis responded by going on a 15-2 run over the next five minutes to take the 33-20 lead.  The Rangers led 40-31 at the halftime break.

Regis started out the second half strong leading by as many as 16 points, two times.  A layup by sophomore Chris Johansen put the Rangers ahead 57-45 with 12:55 remaining.  The Colorado Mines' defense clamped down and didn't let the Rangers score for the next three minutes and over that same span scored 11 points to pull to within one, 57-56 with 9:46 remaining.

Regis was able to hold on to the lead until the 4:56 mark when Dale Minschwaner put in two of his team-high 26 points for Colorado Mines.  The Orediggers took their biggest lead, four points, after a Minschwaner dunk at the 2:21 mark.  Senior Bill Brandenburg cut the lead in half 19 seconds later and following a missed jumper by Minschwaner, junior Jordan Martinez-Doublin tied the game after hitting two free throws with 1:13 remaining.

Six seconds later Minschwaner once again came up with a big basket to put Mines up two.  Martinez-Doublin was able to tie the score again on two free throws with just 46 seconds remaining.  Brett Green then connected on a three-point basket with just 33 seconds remaining, his second of the night.

Martinez-Doublin, who scored all of his six points in the last 1:13 of the game, was able to break away and put down a dunk to cut the lead to one point with 14 ticks left on the clock.  Green was then fouled by Rosinski and he proceeded to miss both charity shots.  Senior Alex Potts took a shot with five seconds that could have put the Rangers up one with five seconds remaining but was no good and rebounded by Green.

Green, just 6-of-11 from the free throw line, saw himself back at the free throw line with three seconds to go and in a sort of deja vu moment he missed both.  Regis did not get a chance to put up a good shot after Potts snared the rebound.

Rosinski led Regis with 29 points and was followed in double figures by Brandenburg's career-high 16 points and Johansen's 13 points.  Brandenburg tied for game-high honors with eight rebounds helping the Rangers outrebound the Orediggers 29-28.

Junior Stevie Ledesma had a game-high six assists, also contributing six points.  Regis shot 50 percent from the field but was unable to slow down the Oredigger offense as they hit on 58 percent.

Mines scored 46 points in the paint to 38 for Regis.  Minschwaner led Mines with 26 points and eight rebounds.  Drew Hoffman had 18 points, while Green chipped in with 14. 

Regis will try and rebound tomorrow night as they go to Colorado Christian for a 7:00 p.m. tip.  Regis defeated Colorado Christian 80-71 just two weeks ago.

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