GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. -&nbsp;The Missouri Western men's basketball team fell to 3-5 on the season with a 86-82 loss to Western Colorado (3-3) in the Holiday Inn Thanksgiving Classic hosted by Colorado Mesa. Missouri Western outscored the Mountaineers 51-47 in the second half, but it wasn't enough to overcome a Western Colorado team that shot 49% on the afternoon and better than 59% in the second half. A&nbsp;Tyrell Carroll&nbsp;layup with 44 seconds left in the game capped a 15-3 Griffon run that tied the game at 82. Western Colorado scored the final four points, two on a layup and two on free throws as the Griffons missed two 3-point attempts in the final five seconds of the game. NOTABLES<ul><li>Tyus Millhollin&nbsp;followed up his career-high night on Friday with a new career-high on Saturday, scoring a game-high 21 points on 8 of 16 shooting from the field, 5 of 11 shooting from 3-point range and 10 of 12 free throw shooting.</li><li>Carroll was one point shy of tying his career-high with 28 points. He had seven assists one night after dishing out 10.</li><li>Zach Anderson&nbsp;scored a career-high 10 points and had four blocked shots.</li><li>After four starters fouled out on Friday at Colorado Mesa, three fouled out Saturday against Western Colorado with&nbsp;Jonathan Mesmacque,&nbsp;Will Eames&nbsp;and&nbsp;Alex John&nbsp;all fouling out.</li><li>Missouri Western shot 39% in the game after shooting 44% in the second half.</li><li>The Griffons were 10 of 35 from 3-point range.</li><li>Western Colorado pulled down 50 rebounds to the Griffons' 29.</li><li>MWSU was outscored by 14 in the paint.</li></ul> UP NEXTThe Griffons open conference play Thursday at Central Missouri (3-4). --- MWSU Athletics ---

Griffons' rally comes up short again as they lose to Western Colorado 86-82