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Show Griffins Open with Exhibition Loss rebounds and four steals. The first-yetransfer was also the only Griffin to make a free throw, as he connected on all five of his attempts. Senior forward Dan Stewart was the only other Griffin in double Matthew Gaschk ar Forum Editor The Westminster College mens basketball team opened their season Saturday with an exhibition game against the Northwest traveling figures with 10 points, and All-Sta- rs team-high- and five assists. Sophomore guard Shane Humpherys came off the bench for nine team in Payne Gymnasium. After getting off to a slow start, the Griffins took an early second half lead, but could not hold on, as the Northwest won 85-7- All-Sta- rs points, while sophomore Levi Gines added eight points and three assists. Senior forward Matt Sparrow also finished with eight points on the 7. Griffins had their work cut out for them in their season opener. We have a lot of new guys who are learning the system and because they are all experienced Division I players, they are able to exploit that, said junior shooting assists in a losing effort for the Griffins Saturday. Hiatt. Adam Below: Dan Stewart led the Griffins with 10 rebounds and guard For Coach Tommy Connor, the game provided a good opportunity for the Griffins to learn how to fix holes on both the offensive and defensive ends before the schedule starts in this weekends Homestead Studio Suites Invitational Tournament in Payne Gymnasium. We will be able to teach a lot off of this film. It was good to get a game under our belt though. This was the first time we had a real game with real fans and real refs with this team, so some of the problems we ran into are to be expected, Connor said. five assists. Invitational Tournament Nov. the past. Turnovers and an offense that at times seemed tentative to attack the basket were the offensive Achilles heel for Westminster. They finished 9 Payne Gymnasium Thursday 3:00 University of Montana-Wester- n vs. Albertson College 5:00 Point Loma Nazarene University vs. Lewis-Clar- k State College 7:00 Christian Heritage College vs. WESTMINSTER COLLEGE Friday State College vs. Albertson College Lewis-Clar- k - 5:00 Christian Heritage College vs. University of Montana-Wester- n 7:00 Point Loma Nazarene University vs. WESTMINSTER COLLEGE s. hard-nose- 7-- 3:00 a slow start, but were able to narrow the score to 38-3- 7 by halftime. With just under two minutes left in the game, the score was tied, but All-Star- play well, Hiatt said. Homestead Studio Suites on Westminster could not keep pace with the talented offense of the Northwest Our effort faltered in .the last minute and a half of the game, Connor said. If we want to win, we will have to basd play tough, ketball like Westminster has in and we were doing things the way that we have been doing them in practice. We have three big games coming up and if maintain our effort toward the end I think we will . College and Utah State University star Silas Mills, the The Griffins got off to have a lot of new guys and we are starting to fit things together. We are going to be a good team this year, said point guard Steve Cramer. We had some stretches where we looked really good Up Next: The Griffins will be hosting the night. Homestead Studios Meanwhile, on the defensive end, the Griffins did not Invitational Tournament have anyone that sparked any Thursday thru Saturday in Payne Gymnasium. The tour- praise from Connor. nam'ent features Point Loma Defensively, we didnt have Nazarene University, anyone that stood out, said Albertson College, Christian Connor. Thats a problem that we will have to address. Heritage College, and Frontier Overall, the Griffins were Conference foes University of Montana-We- s tern, and Lewis-Clar- k optimistic about what they State College. learned from the exhibition Playing against a team of former NCAA players from the Salt Lake area, including former Salt Lake Community pre-seas- with 10 rebounds s loss. Tonight was a good . learning experience for us. We unfamiliar territory for Hiatt either, as he led Ricks College at 15.7 points per game last season. At Ricks, I had the same role that I have here as attempts. Hiatt led the Griffins with the shooting guard. Coach does a good job of develop-in- g 26 points, 22 of which came in the second half. Adam players at this position, so needs to score and we expect hopefully I will be able to him to score, said Connor. keep it up, said Hiatt. Hiatt also grabbed seven role is not The the game with 21 turnovers and attempted 24 while only getting to the free throw line for seven three-pointer- top-scor- er s, Saturday 2:00 State College vs. Christian Heritage College Lewis-Clar- k 4:00 University of Montana-Wester- n Point Loma Nazarene University 6:00 Albertson College vs. WESTMINSTER COLLEGE vs. -- |