PREP BOYS SCORES FROM FRIDAY.

BAINVILLE 48 Froid-Medicine Lake 44
BIG TIMBER 53 Boulder 45
BIGFORK 51 Troy 44
BILLINGS CHRISTIAN 77 Foothills Christian 69
BILLINGS SENIOR 51 Great Falls High 43
BILLINGS WEST 46 C.M. Russell 30
BOX ELDER 69 Heart Butte 49
BROADVIEW-LAVINA 57 Absarokee 50
BROWNING 63 Conrad 36
CENTERVILLE 56 Belt 45
CHOTEAU 73 Cut Bank 48
COLUMBUS 48 Huntley Project 37
CULBERTSON 67 Circle 47
DEER LODGE 54 Ronan 44
DENTON 67 Hobson 32
DRUMMOND 53 Darby 42
DUTTON-BRADY 53 Simms 29
FAIRFIELD 61 Valier 34
FAIRVIEW 60 Richey-Lambert 41
FORSYTH 78 Broadus 59
GLASGOW 62 Wolf Point 56
GLENDIVE 55 Colstrip 52 (2 O.T.)
GREAT FALLS CENTRAL 52 Geraldine 46
HAMILTON 57 Anaconda 39
HARLEM 51 Shelby 32
HARLOWTON-RYEGATE 68 Fromberg 28
HAVRE 36 Lewistown 33
HELENA CAPITAL 57 Missoula Big Sky 32
HELENA HOME SCHOOL 61 Helena Christian 50
JORDAN 68 Plevna 40
LIMA 55 West Yellowstone 48
LINCOLN 54 Valley Christian 48
LIVINGSTON 72 Butte Central 52
LODGE GRASS 79 Baker 56
LUSTRE CHRISTIAN 70 Frazer 45
MALTA 57 Roundup 43
NORTH STAR 60 Sunburst 52
NOXON 51 Arlee 45
PARK CITY 48 Joliet 42
PHILLIPSBURG 44 Seeley-Swan 43
PLAINS 60 Thompson Falls 46
PLENTY COUPS 64 Reed Point-Rapelje 36
PLENTYWOOD 51 Sidney 40
POPLAR 57 Hinsdale 50
POWER 54 Chester-Joplin-Inverness 34
RED LODGE 42 Bridger 36
SACO-WHITEWATER 72 Dodson 34
SAVAGE 65 Brockton 44
SCOBEY-OPHEIM 62 Nashua 39
SHEPHERD 75 Hardin 70 (O.T.)
SHIELDS VALLEY 54 Townsend 52
ST. LABRE 78 Rosebud 30
SUPERIOR 58 Charlo 55
TERRY 47 Ekalaka 46
TWIN BRIDGES 64 Manhattan Christian 46
VICTOR 52 Alberton 40
WHITEFISH 49 Libby 45
WHITEHALL 56 Sheridan 29
WIBAUX 63 Hysham 47
WINNETT-GRASS RANGE 61 Moore-Judith Gap 54

HIGH SCHOOL BOYS BASKETBALL FROM SATURDAY.

Billings Central 61, Hardin 41
Billings Senior 67, Great Falls Russell 64
Billings Skyview 53, Butte 48
Billings West 56, Great Falls 46
Columbus 51, Roundup 47, OT
Darby 64, St. Regis 15
Drummond 48, Alberton 32
Ekalaka 49, Custer 25
Eureka 69, Thompson Falls 53
Fairfield 68, Rocky Boy 39
Fairview 84, Bainville 37
Florence 57, Deer Lodge 55
Helena 56, Missoula Big Sky 42
Helena Capital 43, Missoula Sentinel 37
Lewistown (Fergus) 60, Belgrade 58
Lincoln 57, Seeley-Swan 21
Malta 52, Plentywood 30
Manhattan 56, Whitehall 42
Manhattan Christian 69, Lone Peak 27
Missoula Hellgate 55, Kalispell Flathead 50
Missoula Loyola 48, St. Ignatius 37
Noxon 44, Hot Springs 21
Phillipsburg 80, Charlo 40
Plains 44, Hot Springs 21
Saco-Whitewater 62, Poplar 41
Scobey-Opheim 58, Frazer 36
Superior 63, Two Eagle River 43
Troy 47, Ronan 42
Victor 72, Valley Christian 55
Yellowstone Home School 53, Foothills Christian 48, OT

SALT LAKE CITY - The Westminster College men's basketball team picked up a critical 70-61 win over Montana Tech in Frontier Conference play on Saturday night in the Behnken Field House.

Westminster picked up its second win of the week and fourth in the last five games to improve to 17-8 overall and 5-4 in Frontier action. They have now climbed back within a game-and-a-half of first place MSU-Northern thanks help from around the league. They are now also just one-game back of second place Montana Western.

Things didn't start out to strong for the Griffins as they found themselves trailing 19-10 less than eight minutes into the evening. Thanks to a 13-4 run over the next six minutes, Westminster had evened the score at 23-23 before eventually taking the lad at 25-24 and again at 27-26. Tech (10-10, 2-7) would eventually carry a 31-27 lead into halftime.

The visitors would again push the advantage to eight at the 15:58 mark thanks to seven points from Daniel Simon. Tanner Gregory would then score six straight Westminster points during an 11-3 run that cut the deficit to 42-41 with 12:14 remaining. The Griffins would then use a 13-4 push to take the lead at 54-51 with 7:04 to play. Jake Orchard hit his only three of the game to put the Griffin in front 52-51 with 7:40 to play and the Griffins would not surrender the advantage for the rest of the night. They went 8-of-10 at the foul line over the final 1:42 to seal the victory.

The Griffins finished the night shooting a season-best 59.1% from the floor. That percentage was bolstered by the 68.2% they shot after intermission. They had 32 points in the paint and scored six second chance points. Westminster finished with a 30-23 rebounding advantage while recording 16 assists and seven blocked shots.

Jordan Hayter led all scorers with 19 points on 7-of-11 shooting. The 19 points match his career high that was set back in November. He also came up with four assists, three rebounds and one steal. AJ Reilly had his second straight solid performance off the Griffin bench finishing with 15 points, including 13 after halftime. Orchard finished the game with 10 points and three assists.

Simon led the Orediggers with 18 points with Tyree Haynie adding 17. Tech forced 17 Griffin turnovers and turned them into 26 points.

Girls Scores from Friday

ARLEE 51 Noxon 49
AUGUSTA 56 Power 27
BAKER 67 Lodge Grass 62
BELT 66 Centerville 25
BIG SANDY 40 Chinook 37
BIGFORK 42 Troy 25
BILLINGS SENIOR 47 Great Falls High 41
BOX ELDER 75 Heart Butte 23
BOZEMAN 60 Belgrade 35
BRIDGER 55 Red Lodge 44
BROADUS 53 Forsyth 43
BROADVIEW-LAVINA 52 Absarokee 34
BOULDER 47 Big Timber 43
BUTTE CENTRAL 46 Livingston 28
CASCADE 47 Highwood 42
CHESTER-JOPLIN-INVERNESS 60 Power 32
CIRCLE 40 Culbertson 39
C.M. RUSSELL 48 Billings West 44 (O.T.)
COLUMBUS 44 Huntley Project 26
CONRAD 43 Choteau 40
DENTON 55 Hobson 29
DRUMMOND 67 Darby 17
EKALAKA 44 Terry 33
FAIRFIELD 67 Valier 26
FAIRVIEW 47 Richey-Lambert 20
FRAZER 49 Lustre Christian 36
GERALDINE 53 Great Falls Central 42
GLASGOW 54 Wolf Point 30
GLENDIVE 35 Colstrip 31
HAMILTON 52 Anaconda 51
HARDIN 60 Shepherd 46
HARLOWTON-RYEGATE 75 Fromberg 8
HAVRE 47 Lewistown 43 (O.T.)
HELENA CAPITAL 51 Missoula Big Sky 50
HELENA CHRISTIAN 49 Helena Home School 39
HINSDALE 43 Poplar 24
JOLIET 35 Park City 32
LIBBY 48 Whitefish 27
MALTA 50 Roundup 31
NORTH STAR 46 Sunburst 35
PLENTYWOOD 51 Sidney 40
PLEVNA 56 Jordan 38
POLSON 43 Eureka 26
REED POINT-RAPELJE 60 Plenty Coups 45
SACO-WHITEWATER 61 Dodson 38
SAVAGE 67 Brockton 26
SCOBEY-OPHEIM 42 Nashua 24
SEELEY-SWAN 67 Phillipsburg 28
SHELBY 43 Harlem 41
SIMMS 35 Dutton-Brady 18
ST. LABRE 58 Rosebud 16
STEVENSVILLE 63 Corvallis 24
SUPERIOR 50 Charlo 49
THREE FORKS 35 Manhattan 29
TOWNSEND 57 Shields Valley 39
TWIN BRIDGES 63 Manhattan Christian 47
VALLEY CHRISTIAN 43 Lincoln 41 (O.T.)
VICTOR 51 Alberton 46 (2 0.T.)
WEST YELLOWSTONE 57 Lima 34
WIBAUX 57 Hysham 42
WINNETT-GRASS RANGE 68 Moore-Judith Gap 12

HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS BASKETBALL FROM SATURDAY.

Baker 49, Wolf Point 41
Belt 79, Hobson 32
Billings Central 60, Hardin 55
Billings Skyview 38, Butte 36
Billings West 42, Great Falls 36
Bridger 43, Roberts 40
Charlo 63, Phillipsburg 18
Colstrip 71, Lame Deer 14
Columbus 51, Roundup 19
Culbertson 42, Froid/Medicine Lake 22
Dillon 48, Livingston 44
Drummond 72, Alberton 26
Ekalaka 42, Custer 18
Eureka 50, Thompson Falls 42
Fairfield 73, Rocky Boy 26
Fairview 66, Bainville 40
Florence 57, Deer Lodge 55
Frenchtown 53, Libby 14
Harrison-Willow Creek 39, Jefferson (Boulder) 35
Havre 55, Shelby 33
Helena 44, Missoula Big Sky 38
Helena Capital 56, Missoula Sentinel 34
Hinsdale 40, Chinook 28
Malta 54, Plentywood 32
Manhattan 43, Whitehall 23
Missoula Loyola 56, St. Ignatius 37
Plains 39, Hot Springs 34
Polson 48, Columbia Falls 39
Ronan 43, Troy 39
Saco-Whitewater 73, Poplar 43
Savage 42, Grenora/Westby, N.D. 40
Scobey-Opheim 52, Frazer 19
Seeley-Swan 27, Lincoln 25
Valley Christian 53, Victor 33
Wibaux 67, Jordan 32
Yellowstone Home School 48, Foothills Christian 46, OT

SALT LAKE CITY - The 19th-ranked Westminster College women's basketball team won for the ninth time in the last 10 games with a 62-48 win over Montana Tech on Saturday night in the Behnken Field House.

Westminster maintained a one-game lead in the Frontier Conference race as they improve to 8-1 in league and 15-7 overall. Montana Tech drops to 8-13 overall and 3-6 in Frontier action with the loss.

The Griffins shot the ball well much of the evening and finished the night at 47.1% from the floor. They made six triples on 15 attempts and were 8-of-9 at the foul line. The offense produced 16 assists on the 24 made baskets while scoring 32 points in the paint.

After finding themselves trailing 19-16 at the 9:23 mark of the first half, Westminster put together a 16-3 run to close out the period and take a 32-22 lead into intermission. The run was sparked by 15 consecutive points from the Griffins with Nicole Yazzie scoring six of those.

In the second half, the Griffins put an 11-2 run together to turn a 41-32 lead into the largest lead of the evening at 52-34 with 12:13 remaining. Cydney Tibbits scored nine of the Griffins 11 points during the 4-plus minutes stretch on her way to 15 points in the game. Tech would put together a 10-2 run over the next eight minutes to trail just 54-46 with 4:43 to play. However, Westminster got back-to-back hoops from Yazzie and then went 4-of-4 at the foul line to seal the win.

Shelby Ellsworth led the Griffins with 16 points off the bench. The freshman shot 6-of-10 from the field with two treys and seven rebounds. She also came away with two assists, three steals and one blocked shot. Tibbitts added four rebounds and one assists to her total with Yazzie also scoring 15. Dana Bates finished with nine points and a game-high 11 rebounds.

Bryn Hasquet led Tech with 12 points while Danielle Devenny added 10 and five rebounds. The Orediggers forced 16 Griffin turnovers and had seven steals.