Saturday, January 31
Sioux Falls, SD
6 p.m.
St. Cloud State
13-9, 9-7NSIC
76
at
61
University of Sioux Falls (S.D.)
7-15, 4-12NSIC
| Team | 1 | 2 | F |
|---|---|---|---|
| St. Cloud State | 38 | 38 | 76 |
| Sioux Falls | 22 | 39 | 61 |
Photo by: Tom Nelson
Men's basketball earns weekend sweep with 76-61 win over Sioux Falls.
1/31/2015 8:16:00 PM | Men's Basketball
Sioux Falls, S.D. – St. Cloud State men's basketball completed a weekend road sweep with a 76-61 Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference (NSIC) win at the University of Sioux Falls Saturday evening.
The Huskies improved to 13-9 overall and 9-7 in the NSIC. Sioux Falls dropped to 7-15 overall and 4-12 in the league standings.
Junior guard Jordan Poydras (Los Angeles, Calif.) led the Huskies in scoring with a 21 point performance and made four three-point baskets.
After leading 38-22 at the half, the Huskies had to hold off the Cougars in the second half. Sioux Falls went on a 25-9 run and tied the game 47-47 at 11:07 on a Kebu Johnson layup. The Cougars drew to within two points three times after that and after another Johnson layup the Cougars trailed 59-57 at the 5:40 mark.
The Huskies scored the next ten points and later stretched the lead to 16 points, 75-59 with a little over a minute to play.
St. Cloud State concludes this four-game road swing with a 3-1 record and return home next weekend for a pair of games against Winona State on Friday and Upper Iowa on Saturday.
Huskies Tip-Ins
The Huskies improved to 13-9 overall and 9-7 in the NSIC. Sioux Falls dropped to 7-15 overall and 4-12 in the league standings.
Junior guard Jordan Poydras (Los Angeles, Calif.) led the Huskies in scoring with a 21 point performance and made four three-point baskets.
After leading 38-22 at the half, the Huskies had to hold off the Cougars in the second half. Sioux Falls went on a 25-9 run and tied the game 47-47 at 11:07 on a Kebu Johnson layup. The Cougars drew to within two points three times after that and after another Johnson layup the Cougars trailed 59-57 at the 5:40 mark.
The Huskies scored the next ten points and later stretched the lead to 16 points, 75-59 with a little over a minute to play.
St. Cloud State concludes this four-game road swing with a 3-1 record and return home next weekend for a pair of games against Winona State on Friday and Upper Iowa on Saturday.
Huskies Tip-Ins
- Junior forward Donnell Cegers (Milwaukee, Wis.) made several key baskets in the game and finished the night with 19 points on six of ten shooting from the field and made three three-point baskets.
- Sophomore guard Scottie Stone (Melrose, Minn.) scored 16 points.
- The Huskies shot 43.6 percent from the field and 45.5 percent from three-point range. St. Cloud State made 18 of 21 free throw attempts.
- The Cougars were led by Charles Ward who tallied a game high 23 points and game high eight rebounds.
- Jordan Stotts and Kebu Johnson each scored eight points.
- The Cougars had a 27-26 rebounding edge over the Huskies.
- Sioux Falls shot 51 percent from the field in the game but committed 20 turnovers.
Players Mentioned
Team Stats
SCSU
SF
FG%
.436
.510
3FG%
.455
.200
FT%
.857
.727
RB
26
27
TO
12
20
STL
11
3
Game Leaders
Pts
21
FGM
6
3FGM
4
FTM
5
Pts
19
FGM
6
3FGM
3
FTM
4
Pts
16
FGM
6
3FGM
1
FTM
3
Pts
8
FGM
2
3FGM
2
FTM
2
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