Men’s Basketball Plays Road Non-Conference Game Against Minnesota State on Saturday

ST. CLOUD, Minn. – The St. Cloud State men's basketball team (2-2) plays a single non-conference road game against NSIC conference rival Minnesota State (3-1) this Saturday, Nov. 25, at the Taylor Center in Mankato, Minn. starting at 4 p.m.

Scouting Minnesota State

Minnesota State, who are predicted to finish fifth overall in the NSIC standings this season, are off to a 3-1 start on the campaign.
The Mavericks have won three in a row after falling to Pittsburg State by a 90-80 to start the season at the MIAA/NSIC Conference Challenge.
The program defeated Missouri Southern State in overtime on the second day during the first weekend and went to Rohnert, Calif. to play against Dominican (W, 83-72) and Fresno Pacific (W, 93-68) last weekend.
The game this Saturday will be the home opener for Minnesota State.
The Mavericks are coached by Matt Margenthaler, who is in his 17th year running the program and has a 354-144 record.
The Mavericks are averaging 86.8 points per game, while shooting 49.6 percent from the field, 37.9 percent from three-point range and 85 percent from the free throw line.
Four different players are averaging double figures for the program and are led by Charlie Brown and his average of 19.8 points per game.
Brown is also shooting 50 percent from the field, 40 percent from three-point range and 85 percent from the free throw line in his nearly 37 minutes a game.
He is also tied for the team lead with 15 assists and leads the squad with four steals.
Kevin Kreiger is averaging 14 points per game.
He is shooting 46.8 percent from the field, 41.2 percent from three-point range and 78.9 percent from the free throw line.
Chris Hendrix's sports an average of 11.5 points per game.
He is also the leading rebounder at 5.5 boards per contest.
Carlos Anderson gets 11.5 points per game, while shooting 60.6 percent from the field.
Cole Harper is tied for the team lead with 15 assists.

Prior Meetings

St. Cloud State is 95-85 all-time against Minnesota State since the start of the series in 1923-24.
The Huskies have lost the last seven games to the Mavericks with the last victory over MSU coming during the 2011-12 season by a 64-63 score.
The team lost twice to Minnesota State last season by identical scores of 79-62 on Nov. 26 and Feb. 4.
The home non-conference game against MSU last season saw Gage Davis lead the team with 17 points and nine rebounds.
Kurt Hall totaled 16 points and 11 rebounds in the loss as well.
It was one of two double-doubles he had last season.
The game also was one of only two times last season in which Scottie Stone didn't get to double figures as he was held to six points.
In the road game on Feb. 4, Davis had 26 points and 10 rebounds.
Jon Averkamp put up 16 points and five rebounds.

Listen to The Game
Both games will be aired live on Granite City Sports (1390 AM) with J.W. Cox on the call. All SCSU games can also be heard online at www.1390granitecitysports.com

The majority of the SCSU games can also be heard on the SCSU Sports Stream

Listen To/Attend The Above the Rim Basketball Coaches Show
The Above the Rim Basketball Coaches Show with weekly guests head men's basketball coach Matt Reimer and head women's basketball coach Lori Fish is held at 7 p.m. every Monday during the basketball season at the Green Mill in downtown St. Cloud. Fans are invited to come out and listen to the show live at the Green Mill and enjoy some great menu discounts available during the show every Monday. The show is hosted by J.W. Cox and airs on Granite City Sports 1390 AM. The show can be heard online at this link

Live Stats Anyone?
Minnesota State is running live stats on their website for the game this weekend.

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Notables

The Huskies went 1-1 at the hosted Husky Hoopster Classic from Nov. 17-18.
The program defeated Mayville State 67-51 and lost to Saint John's 73-67.
Senior Jon Averkamp led the way in both games.
He scored a season-high 26 points with 10 rebounds against Mayville State.
It was his first double-double of the season and the second double-double of his career.
Junior Sean Smith also a career evening with 19 points, 15 rebounds and four blocks against Mayville State.
The two players have double-doubles against Mayville State was a first for the program since Gage Davis had 27 points and 18 rebounds plus Kurt Hall had 23 points and 11 rebounds against Bemidji State (12/3/16) last season.
Senior Andy Foley led the team against the Comets with his four assists.
Junior Adam Heede-Andersen had four steals along with three points and two rebounds in his first start of the season against Mayville State.
Freshman Tristen Hull was able to contribute four rebounds and three steals in 15 minutes off the bench against Mayville State.
The team led wire-to-wire for the first time in a game since the road game against Concordia-St. Paul last season (2/3/17).
The Huskies improved to 8-0 all-time against Mayville State
Averkamp and junior Brindley Theisen tied for the team with 12 points each in the loss to Saint John's.
Foley scored a season-high 11 points against the Johnnies.
Freshman Drew Lewis reached double figures for the first time in his career with 10 points against Saint John's.
Smith led the team in rebounding with 10 against Saint John's.
The loss was the third in the last four contests against Saint John's.
Averkamp has led or tied for the team lead in scoring in all four games this season and has scored 25 or more points in three of the contests.
He is third in the NSIC in scoring on the season at 22 points per game.
Averkamp is also fifth in the league at 60 percent shooting from the field.
He is also fourth in the league in rebounding (8.3) and fifth in offensive rebounding (3.75).
Averkamp has also added the three-point shot to his game this season with six made threes and making seven threes (all last season) in his first three years with the program.
He is also sixth in the league in total points (88) and seventh in total rebounds (33).
Smith leads the conference in rebounds per game (11.0), offensive rebounds per game (5.0) and blocked shots per game (2.25).
He has reached double figures in rebounds in three of the four games including his first career SCSU double-double against Mayville State.
Smith is also second in the NSIC in total blocks (9) and fifth in defensive rebounds per game (6.00).
He is averaging a double-double this season with an average of 10.8 points per game and 11 rebounds per contest.
Theisen is second on the team with his average of 15 points per game.
He has scored in double figures in three of the four games.
Theisen is seventh in the league in three-point attempts.
Heede-Andersen leads the team in assists per game (3.25), total assists (13) and steals (9).
He is ninth in the league in steals and 14th in assists.
Eight players on the team have played in all eight games this season with four starting each one (Averkamp, Foley, Theisen and Smith).

Up Next

The Huskies opens Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference play next weekend with a pair of road games.
The program takes on Minnesota Crookston on Friday, Dec. 1, at 8 p.m. and Bemidji State on Saturday, Dec. 2, at 6 p.m.
SCSU is 27-3 all-time against UMC in a series that started in 1995-96.
The two schools split the games last year with each team winning their home game.
Gage Davis had 27 points, 12 rebounds and eight assists against Minnesota Crookston last season at home in the first game of the series.
Davis also led the way in the road game against the Golden Eagles with 28 points, eight rebounds and four assists.
SCSU is 100-41 all-time against Bemidji State and won both contests last season.
Davis put up 27 points and 18 rebounds in the home game against BSU.
He had a double-double of 28 points, 10 rebounds and five assists against the Beavers in the road contest last January.

Located in Central Minnesota along the oak-crowned west bank of the Mississippi River in the city of St. Cloud, Minn., St. Cloud State University sponsors 19 varsity intercollegiate athletic programs. The Huskies compete at the NCAA Division I level in men's hockey (National Collegiate Hockey Conference) and women's hockey (Western Collegiate Hockey Association), while its NCAA Division II programs hold membership in the Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference and the University's nordic ski team competes in the Central Collegiate Ski Association.

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