Box Score SALT LAKE CITY, Utah—The Montana Tech Orediggers (5-4) struggled down the stretch and fell, 79-74, to The Masters College Saturday afternoon.

The Orediggers led 42-32 at halftime and by as much as 17 points in the second half before the Mustangs made their comeback.

Montana Tech's Jalen Coates led all scorers with 26 points while Paul Engstrom and Lukas Vining added 17 and 13 points respectively.

Sadiq Inuwa grabbed a team-high 11 rebounds and scored six points for the Diggers. Flemming Okeke scored eight points and grabbed seven rounds.

Montana Tech shot 41 percent from the field but outrebounded the Mustangs 46-32 in the contest.

The Orediggers open up Frontier Conference play in Helena when they take on Carroll College this Thursday night at 7:30 PM.