Regis Men's Basketball Ends Season with Tough 73-70 Loss to UC-Colorado Springs

Denver, Colo.: A career-high 26 points by Brent Jones propelled UC-Colorado Springs to a 73-70 victory over Regis. 

Regis trailed 28-20 with 8:34 remaining and then went on a 10-2 run capped off by a three pointer by Matt Rosinski who led regis with 28 points.  Neither team could find the basket much over the last 3:57 of the first half but UC-Colorado Springs (11-16, 9-10 RMAC) scored six of the last eight points to take a 36-32 lead at halftime.

The Rangers trailed 60-49 at the 9:27 mark after Damar Hill, who came off the bench to score nine points, made a layup.  Regis held the Mountain Lions scoreless for the next three minutes and 10 seconds and scored 13 straight the last on one of Curtis Mitchell's five three-point baskets to take a 62-60 lead with 6:17 remaining.

Back-to-back three pointers by Mitchell and senior Alex Potts put the Rangers up 70-69 with 1:47 remaining.  Unfortunately, that would be the last points the Rangers would score, while UCCS scored the final four points to win going away 73-70.

Rosinski's 28 points was his 31st game of his career with 20-or-more points.  Mitchell chipped in with 21 points and over his last four games of the season he has averaged 23.3 points per game and raised his average to 10.1 ppg for the season.

UC-Colorado Springs outscored Regis 48-18 in the paint but hit a season-high 10 three pointers.

Potts came off the bench to chip in with a season-high 13 points.  Potts was a perfect 4-for-4 from the charity stripe, helping the Rangers to a perfect 8-for-8 performance.

Jones led three Mountain Lions in double figures.  Cole Smith and Luke Hristou had 11 and 10 points respectively.  Smith had a game-high eight rebounds for UCCS.

Regis finishes the 2009-10 season with a 8-19 overall record and an RMAC record of 3-16.

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