BUTTE, Mont.- The Orediggers picked up their third straight Frontier Conference victory on Thursday night defeating RV Carroll College 58-55 at Kelvin Sampson Court. 

Montana Tech (3-2, 3-0 Conf.) is off to their hottest start of Frontier Conference action since the 2014-15 season when they won three in a row to start the conference slate.

The Orediggers started out strong scoring the first seven points of the game before Carroll got on the scoreboard at the 15:51 mark. The Diggers limited the Saints to just 34.6 percent shooting in the first half and a 0-for-5 effort from downtown on their way to a 33-25 lead at the half thanks to a Drew Huse three-ball with time expiring. 

Montana Tech outlasted the Saints in a back-and-forth second half that saw Carroll College come back from down 13 points, 49-36 with 10:04 left in the contest, to tie it up at 53-all with two minutes to play. Back-to-back Bridger Larson baskets helped put the Diggers in front. 

Derrius Collins led the Diggers with 13 points while Sindou Diallo was also in double figures with 12. Drew Huse added nine, Bridger Larson eight, and Nate Ward scored five. Cody Baumstarck scored four, Keeley Bake three, and Markieth Brown Jr. and John Dhuol added two points. Baumstarck led the way on the glass collecting 12 caroms. 

Carroll College was led in scoring by Shamrock Campbell, Jovan Sljivancanin, and Ifeanyi Okeke who each had 10 points. The Saints finished the game with shooting 35.1 percent from downtown and 20.0% from three. 

The Diggers return to action on Monday when they host No. 14 University of Providence at 7 p.m.