SALT LAKE CITY, Utah Kade Juelfs gave Western Colorado an 80-79 edge scoring the game winning shot with 11 seconds left in the game Thursday night after the Mountaineers and Griffins went back and forth with 13 lead changes and 13 ties. 

 
JUST THE FACTS 
Final Score: Western Colorado def. Westminster, 80-79 
Records: Western Colorado 11-16 (8-13), Westminster University 8-20 (4-18) 
Location: Behnken Field House; Salt Lake City, Utah 
 
HOW IT HAPPENED 

• After Tyler Halligan made a 3-pointer to give the Mountaineers a lead after being tied at 75, Trey Wood responded with a dunk and then a jumper in the paint to put the Griffins ahead by one with 19 seconds left on the clock.  
• Kade Juelfs got the ball after the Mountaineers took a timeout and drained a jumper from the field giving the Mountaineers the lead at the right time. Sterling Pierce ended the game with a missed jump shot trying to give his team the lead at the last second but missed the jumper off the rim.  
•  Out of his 12 total points, Juelfs scored 9 in the second half helping his team get the win.  Halligan also came up big time in the backend of the contest scoring 10 out of his 16 in the final 20 minutes.  
• Trey Wood dominated for the Griffins in the second half with 18 points, which accounted for more than half of Westminster's 32 in the final frame. While Wood was an offensive threat in the second half, the Mountaineers were able to score 50% from the field to claim their 8th conference win of the season.  
• Neither team had a double-digit lead throughout the game, as the Griffins seven-point lead with 12 minutes, 4 seconds to go in the first half was the largest margin of the night. Westminster outscored Western Colorado 47-43 in the first half, shooting 56% percent from the field in the first half.  

COURT NOTES 

• Tyler Halligan led the Mountaineers with 16 points while Amar Rivers tallied 13 and Juelfs finished the contest with 12.  
• Rivers also led Western Colorado in rebounds with seven including five defensive boards. Halligan came up with two steals while Rivers recorded both a steal and a blocked shot. Spencer Wright recorded the Mountaineers second blocked shot of the day.  

UP NEXT 

Western Colorado will conclude its season on Saturday, March 2, in Grand Junction, Colo., to face the Colorado Mesa Mavericks with tip off set for 7:30 p.m.