The Orediggers season came to an end Saturday night falling to Westminster 75-57 in Salt Lake City.

Tech trailed by only five at half time, but a huge second half for Westminster sealed the victory.

The loss ended the year for the Orediggers (15-15, 6-10 Frontier), who finished one spot out of a playoff berth in seventh, two games behind sixth-place University of Great Falls.

The .500 winning percentage was the best season for the Orediggers since 1999 when they won the Frontier Chamionship.

The fourth-seeded Griffins (22-7, 9-6) will host fifth-seeded Rocky Mountain College in their first-round game on Wednesday. The other first-round matchup will feature third-seeded MSU-Northern hosting Great Falls. Top-seeded Lewis-Clark State and second-seeded Montana Western have byes, but will host semifinals on Saturday.

Montana Tech was led by Bryan Bock with 14 points and Reid Baerlocher with 12 points on Saturday. Daniel Simon added 10 in the defeat.

The Diggers trailed just 30-25 at halftime and fell despite shooting 50 percent from the field and 50 percent on 3-pointers in the second half.

Westminster was able to pull even further away after the break by shooting 62 percent from the floor and 46 percent on 3-pointers.