UPCOMING GAMES
No. 2 seed Fort Lewis College will face No. 6 seed Colorado Christina University Friday night at 5 p.m. at Lockridge Arena in Golden, Colo. in the semifinal round of the 2017 Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference Men's Basketball Championship Tournament.  No. 1 seed and host school Colorado School of Mines will play No. 5 seed MSU Denver at 7:30 p.m.
 
The winner of each semifinal game will face off in the championship game on Saturday at 7:30 p.m.
 
COVERAGE
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NOTES
The Skyhawks enter the RMAC Final Four with 24-5 overall record.  FLC earned a trip to the RMAC Final Four after defeating seventh-seed UCCS Tuesday night in Whalen Gymnasium, 92-85.
 
Fort Lewis has won five RMAC Regular Season Championships (2016, 2008, 2005, 1989, 1987) and four RMAC Championship Tournament titles (2016, 2011, 2008, 2002).
 
FLC is 22-14 (.611) all-time in the RMAC Championship Tournament.
 
The Skyhawks have won at least 20 games the past three seasons (2016-17: 24 wins, 2015-16: 28 wins, 2014-15: 20 wins), marking only the second time in program history with three straight 20-win seasons (2008-09: 24 wins, 2007-08: 24 wins, 2006-07: 22 wins).
 
FLC has shot at least 50 percent from the floor in 18 games this season.  Their best shooting performance this season was 65.5 percent on Jan. 14 at home against South Dakota Mines (W, 98-75).  Their worst shooting mark this season was an 82-94 overtime home setback on Feb. 17 against Colorado School of Mines (39.7 percent).
 
From three-point range, the Skyhawks have registered a 50 percent mark from behind the arc in eight games this season, and they have shot at least 40 percent from downtown 19 times.
 
The Skyhawks have scored at least 90 points in 14 games this season.  Conversely, they have only allowed at least 90 points in five games; three of which were overtime games.
 
FLC is 2-1 in overtime games.
 
Joshua Blaylock took home the RMAC Player of the Year award. The 6-foot-2 senior guard from Lancaster, Calif. has started all 29 games this season and led the league in points per game (20.6) and minutes per game (34.8). The RMAC Preseason Player of the Year is third in the league with 90 made three pointers on the season, fourth in three point field goal percentage (46.3), and sixth in free-throw percentage (86.5). Blaylock also earned First Team All-RMAC honors.
 
Rasmus Bach also earned First Team All-RMAC honors. The 2014 Freshman of the Year is fifth in the RMAC in scoring averaging 18.2 points per game while shooting at a 55.3 percent clip from the court. The 6-foot-4 guard has started in all 29 games this season and averaged 6.1 rebounds per game. Bach was also selected to the RMAC All-Academic First Team.
 
Riley Farris was name Co-Freshman of the Year this season after averaging 8.8 points per game on 56.8 percent shooting while primarily coming off the bench for the Skyhawks. Farris has appeared in 26 games this season and started three games on the year.
 
Will Morse was an Honorable Mention this season after leading the RMAC in assists per game (5.4) and assist to turnover ratio (141-44). The senior guard from Austin, Texas has scored 8.2 points per game and started all 26 games he appeared in.
 
Blaylock's performance last week against Adams State University and Westminster College helped him capture RMAC Offensive Player of the Week honors. He averaged 25 points, three assists, and shot 60 percent over the two games.
 
The Skyhawks dropped from No. 14 in last week's NABC poll to No. 21 this week.
 
Brandon Wilson is averaging 7.3 rebounds per game, which is fourth in the league.
 
Alex Semadeni leads the league in field goal percentage shooting 68.7 percent from the field (92-of-134).
 
The Skyhawks have the league's best scoring offense (89.6 per game), scoring margin (14.3 points per game), field goal percentage (51.8 percent), three-point field goal percentage (43.1 percent), and assists (16.9 average).
 
HEAD COACH BOB PIETRACK
In his second year at the helm, Bob Pietrack owns a 52-9 overall record (85.3 percent).  He is 30-1 (96.8 percent) in the last two seasons at Whalen Gymnasium, and 37-7 (84.1 percent) in league games.
 
In his first year as head coach, he was named the 2015-16 RMAC Coach of the Year, becoming only the second coach in league history to win the award in his first year as head coach.

Pietrack was also named the 2015-16 NABC South Central Region Coach of the Year after leading his team to the RMAC regular season and tournament championship titles.  The Skyhawks set school records for most wins in a season (28-4), most RMAC wins (19-3), most consecutive wins (16) and most wins at home (17-0).  He was named a finalist for the Red Auerbach National Coach of the Year and NABC Division II Coach of the Year awards.

FLC qualified for the 2016 NCAA South Central Regional tournament as the No. 2 seed.  After being nationally ranked in the NABC poll for 11 straight weeks (school record five straight weeks in the Top 10), the Skyhawks finished the season ranked No. 4 in the final NABC poll, the highest ranking in school history.

Pietrack was named Interim Head Coach in June 2015, beginning his 13th season in 2016-17 as part of the Skyhawks coaching staff.  He served under men's basketball head coach Bob Hofman for 11 years.
 
He was promoted to associate head coach after completing his 100th game with the program in January 2008.  He joined the Skyhawks coaching staff in the summer of 2004.

Pietrack is responsible for the program's recruiting, scouting, scheduling, academic counseling, strength training and individual player development, in addition to on-the-floor coaching and assisting in the day-to-day basketball operations. Pietrack also serves as the director of the Skyhawks' summer basketball camps.

Heading into the 2016-17 season, Pietrack has helped guide the Skyhawks to a 253-104 (.709) overall record in the past 12 years. During this time, Fort Lewis won four straight RMAC West Division Championships (2004-05, 2005-06, 2006-07, 2007-08), six berths into the NCAA Division II tournament (2005, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2016), three RMAC Shootout championships (2008, 2011, 2016) and three RMAC regular season title (2004-05, 2007-08, 2015-16).

Pietrack helped lead the Skyhawks to the NCAA Division II Sweet Sixteen for the first time in school history during the 2011-12 season, and again in 2015-16.

Prior to his coaching career Pietrack played four years for the Skyhawks under Hofman. Pietrack was a member of two RMAC West Division championship teams (2001-02, 2002-03) and played in two NCAA tournaments (2001-02, 2002-03). A two-time RMAC All-Academic honoree, Pietrack was a team captain and team MVP in 2003-04.