Davis Leads Second Half Men’s Basketball Comeback Victory Over Wayne State College

Friday, January 27

St. Cloud, Minn.

8 p.m.

St. Cloud State

15-9, 11-4NSIC

Wayne State College

6-15, 4-11NSIC

Wayne State College

St. Cloud St.

Adam Heede-Andersen knocked down all four of his free throws in the final 30 seconds

Photo by: Brad Olson

Davis Leads Second Half Men’s Basketball Comeback Victory Over Wayne State College

1/27/2017 11:01:00 PM | Men's Basketball

Box Score

St. Cloud, Minn. – Gage Davis scored 18 of his 28 points in the second half to help lead the St. Cloud State men's basketball team (15-9, 11-4 NSIC) to the 84-80 victory over visiting Wayne State (6-15, 4-11 NSIC) on Friday nine, Jan. 27, at Halenbeck Hall.

Davis shot 10-for-16 from the field and knocked down all seven of his free throws in scoring his 28 points. He also picked up 13 rebounds for his ninth double of the season. Additionally, Davis had six assists and five blocks while playing all 40 minutes. Junior Andy Foley totaled 13 points plus seven rebounds and two blocks. Seniors Scottie Stone and Mark Hall both recorded 12 points. Junior Jon Averkamp had eight points, eight rebounds, four assists, a block and two steals. Sophomore Adam Heede-Andersen made his six points count as he hit all four of his free throws in the final 30 seconds of the game in high pressure situations.

Wayne State College put four players in double figures with Jordan Cornelius and Kendall Jacks each scoring 14. Vance Janssen and Brian Goodwin each totaled 13 points each for the Wildcats.

The Huskies ended up outshooting the Wildcats by a 48 percent (24-for-50) to 45.2 percent (26-for-62) margin in the game. SCSU was only able to hit four threes in 18 attempts (22.2 percent), but did knock down 94.1 percent of their free throw attempts (32-for-34). The game featured four tied scores, but only two lead changes. WSC controlled the first half and led 38-29 at the break. SCSU rallied for 55 points in the second half when the program shot 62.5 percent from the field (15-for-24).

SCSU actually jumped out to an eight-point lead in the first seven minutes of the first half, 13-5, only to see Wayne State go on a 33-16 run over the last 13 minutes before the break. The Wildcats lead hit as high as 12, before SCSU went on a 16-4 run to tie the game up. The Huskies wrestled the lead back on a Stone made three with 15:38 remaining in the contest, 48-47. As much as the program tried they could not pull away from WSC with the largest lead being nine, 77-68, on a layup from sophomore Brindley Theisen at the 3:11 mark. Wayne State never gave up and again put the game at one possession on the first made free throw from Matt Thomas, 77-74. With 30 seconds remaining in the game, Heede-Andersen was fouled and calmly hit both his free throws to again get the lead back up to five, 81-76. A layup from Janssen, an SCSU turnover and a layup from Cornelius again got WSC to within a point, 81-80 with 18 seconds remaining. Heede-Andersen was again fouled and calmly knocked down his two attempts to again give the Huskies' a three-point cushion, 83-80, with just 10 second remaining. After missed layup from WSC, freshman Trevon Marshall knocked down a free throw to give the Huskies a four-point edge in what would be the final 84-80 score.

The Huskies keep the home stand going and play against the defending NCAA Division II National Champions in Augustana University (15-6, 10-5 NSIC) on Saturday, Jan. 28, at 6 p.m.

Notes
- Gage Davis has now led the team in scoring in 19 of the 24 games.
- Davis' 28 points was his 11th game this season scoring more than 25 points and the 17th time in his career that he has hit the mark.
- Davis' double-double was his ninth of the season and the 19th of his career.
- Davis now has three games where he has totaled more than 12 rebounds this season.
- Andy Foley scored in double figures for the sixth time this season and the 11th time in his career with 13 points.
- Scottie Stone's 12 points was his 23rd time in double figures this season.
- Mark Hall's 12 points was his ninth game this season and the 23rd time is his career with double figures.
- The win snapped SCSU's two-game losing streak.
- SCSU's 10 blocks as a team were a season-high and bettered the seven shots blocked against Mary (12/31/16).
- The program's 32 made the 34 attempted free throws against Wayne State were both season-highs