Trevor Van Tassel

Assistant Coach at Colorado Mesa University. CMU 🏀 ‘16 Alum

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AGTG🙏🏾 Let’s work @WUGriffinsMBB

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Griffins Win!!! #GoGriffins #WestminsterMBB

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Men's Basketball
🆚: Black Hills State
📍Behnken Field House | Salt Lake City, UT
⌚7:30 PM
💻 https://t.co/E4sLLZpieD
@westminster_hoops
#WestminsterMBB #GoGriffins
#WestminsterAthletics #RMAC

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Men's Basketball
🆚: New Mexico Highlands
📍@ NM Highlands | Las Vegas, NM
⌚7:00 PM
💻 https://t.co/E4sLLZpieD
@westminster_hoops
#GoGriffins #RMAC #WestminsterMBB #WestminsterAthletics

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Westminster earned two much needed wins last week, beating CO Christian 75-69 on Thursday (1/30/25), and getting the better of CSU Pueblo 72-66 on Saturday (2/1/25). Making the wins even more impressive was the fact they were both on the road!

Against CO Christian, Westminster simply shot the ball better. In fact, the Griffins shot 54.2% from the field, including 61.5% behind the arc, all while holding the Cougars to 39.7% shooting from the floor and 30.8% shooting from three point land.

Donaval Avila led the charge, scoring 26 points, hauling in 8 rebounds, and dishing out 3 assists. Tommy Ball also made a significant contribution with 16 points, 1 rebound, & 5 assists.

Against the Thunderwolves, free throws won the game as Westminster made 14 of 19 (73.7%) from the free throw line, while Pueblo was just 4 of 7 (57.1%) from the charity stripe.

The Griffins were led by 5 players that scored in double digits, including:
🏀 Parker Christensen, 12 pts, 5 rebs, & 2 assists;
🏀 Jack Jamele, 11 pts, 3 rebs, & 2 assists;
🏀 Nicholas Holland, 12 pts, 1 reb, & 1 assist;
🏀 Donaval Avila, 10 pts, 3 rebs, & 1 assist; &
🏀 Chase Potter, 10 pts, 3 rebs, & 1 assist.

Here are a few of Westminster’s highlights from Thursday’s and Saturday’s wins, respectively:
#RMAC #RMACmbb #WestminsterMBB

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Men's Basketball
🆚: CSU Pueblo
📍CSUP | Pueblo, CO
⌚3:00 PM
💻 https://t.co/E4sLLZpieD
@westminster_hoops
#GoGriffins #RMAC #WestminsterMBB

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𝙈𝙚𝙣'𝙨 𝘽𝙖𝙨𝙠𝙚𝙩𝙗𝙖𝙡𝙡 𝙊𝙛𝙛𝙚𝙣𝙨𝙞𝙫𝙚 𝙋𝙡𝙖𝙮𝙚𝙧 𝙤𝙛 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙒𝙚𝙚𝙠🏀

@WUGriffins guard Chase Potter!

#gogriffins | #EverythingElevated

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Chase Potter has been named 𝙈𝙚𝙣'𝙨 𝘽𝙖𝙨𝙠𝙚𝙩𝙗𝙖𝙡𝙡 𝙊𝙛𝙛𝙚𝙣𝙨𝙞𝙫𝙚 𝙋𝙡𝙖𝙮𝙚𝙧 𝙤𝙛 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙒𝙚𝙚𝙠.

Potter had back to back with at least 30 points and helped lead the Griffins to back to back wins in RMAC play.

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Griffins outlast in a thrilling three over time game!! @westminster_hoops

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Men's Basketball
🆚: MSU Denver
📍Auraria Event Center | Denver, CO
⌚3:00 PM
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@westminster_hoops

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Westminster improved its conference record to .500 (1-1) with an 81-64 win over UCCS on Saturday (12/7/24).

Westminster’s offense was on fire, shooting 60.4% from the field, including 45.5% from behind the arc. The Griffins’ defense was also impressive as they refused to give UCCS a good look from behind the 3 point line, holding them to just 11.8% shooting from 3 point land, including 0.00% (0-10) in the 2nd half.

Leading Westminster to the win were:
🏀 Simon Akena, 19 pts & 3 rebs; &
🏀 Ryan Rubenskas, 15 pts, 3 rebs, & 2 assists; &
🏀 Donaval Avila, 10 pts, 3 rebs, & 2 assists.

Here are some of Westminster’s highlights from Saturday’s win:

#RMAC #RMACmbb

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Men's Basketball
🆚:Park U
📍Behnken Field House | Salt Lake City, UT
⌚4:00 PM
💻 https://t.co/E4sLLZpieD
@westminster_hoops

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Men's Basketball
🆚: Park U
📍Behnken Field House | Salt Lake City, UT
⌚6:00 PM
💻 https://t.co/E4sLLZpieD
@westminster_hoops

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Men's Basketball
🆚: Justice College
📍Behnken Field House | Salt Lake City, UT
⌚6:00 PM
💻 https://t.co/E4sLLZpieD
@westminster_hoops