HELENA, Mont,. -- Michael Jordan is famously quoted as saying "I never lost a game. I just ran out of time."

The Fighting Saints men's basketball team surely feels the same way after mounting an impressive second half comeback against Montana Tech, only to see a few empty possessions doom them during a 58-55 loss to Montana Tech on Thursdays in Butte. 

The Saints (3-3, 0-2 Frontier Conference) went on a 17-6 run over the game's final nine minutes to knot the game up at 55 with a little more than a minute to go. 

Tech got a basket from Bridger Larson, but then the Saints came up empty on two consecutive possessions while Tech added a free throw and a field goal from 

The Saints trailed the majority of the game, as the Orediggers (3-2, 2-0) led 33-25 at halftime and mostly kept the Saints at an arm's length in the second half. The Saints finally found their rhythm with 10 minutes to go, but couldn't finish off their great rally. 

Jovan Sljivancanin, Shamrock Campbell and Ifeanyi Okeke each had 10 points to lead the Saints. Sljivancanin and Okeke finished with double-doubles with10 rebounds each 

Derrius Collins led the Orediggers with 13 points. 

The Saints will look for their first conference win of the season against Montana State-Northern on Monday as they travel to Havre to face Montana State-Northern.