Men’s Basketball Hosts Minnesota Duluth on Saturday

Saturday, December 16

4 p.m.

St. Cloud State

University of Minnesota Duluth

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Dec 16 (Sat)

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12/14/2017 1:39:00 PM | Men's Basketball

ST. CLOUD, Minn. – The St. Cloud State men's basketball team (6-3, 3-1 NSIC) continues the home stand and hosts Minnesota Duluth (2-6, 0-4 NSIC) on Saturday, Dec. 16, at 4 p.m. at Halenbeck Hall.

There will also be a pair of promotions this weekend at the game. On Saturday, the contest will be Youth Day where all kids up to a senior in high school can get in for free with a paid adult. The day will also be $1 hot dogs at the concession stand.

For complete information for tickets, please visit www.scsutickets.com or call 1-877-SCSUTIX. As always, all SCSU students with a valid SCSU student ID card will be admitted to the game for FREE. Just show your card at the gate and you get in FREE!

Scouting Minnesota Duluth

Minnesota Duluth has lost four in a row to start league play and currently stand at 2-6.
The team fell last weekend at home to Southwest Minnesota State (68-65) and Sioux Falls (91-66).
Both of the Bulldogs wins this season have come away from home.
Brandon Myer is the leading scorer at 15.1 points per game.
He is shooting 47.8 percent from the field, 30.4 percent from three-point range and 87.5 percent from the line.
He is also the squad's leading rebounder with 47 rebounds (5.9 per game).
Myer also leads the team in both blocks (9) and steals (11).
Logan Rohrscheib had led the team in scoring in four games and is averaging 14.3 points per game.
Trevor Enstwisle puts up 9.9 points per game and leads the team with 26 assists.
Entwisle is also second on the team with 10 steals.
Minnesota Duluth is the top free throw shooting team in the conference at 83.4 percent.
The team also commits the fewest turnovers per game in the league (9.4).
UMD is averaging 70 points per game, while shooting 40.7 percent from the field, 31 percent from three-point range and 83.4 percent from the free throw line.
The Bulldogs are coached by Matt Bowen, who is in his sixth season in charge of the program and 12th season as a collegiate head coach.

Prior Meetings

St. Cloud State is 56-32 all-time against UMD in a series that began in 1932-33.
The program defeated Minnesota Duluth twice last season
The team topped UMD 63-58 on the road (12/17/16) and 79-65 at home (1/17/17).
Scottie Stone led the way in both games.
He scored 30 points against the Bulldogs in the December match-up and put up 29 in the home game victory in January.
Jon Averkamp had 21 points and a career-high 14 rebounds in the home victory over UMD.
Andy Foley had seven points and nine rebounds in each game.

Listen to The Game
The game 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 KVSC Sports Stream

Live Stats/ Live Video Anyone?
St. Cloud is running live stats / live video on the website for the game this weekend.

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Notables

The Huskies split the two conference home games last weekend with an 88-82 victory over Sioux Falls on Dec. 8 and an 82-59 loss to Southwest Minnesota State on Dec. 9.
Against Sioux Falls, the program scored 43 points in the first half and shot 68 percent from the field.
Sioux Falls was never able to take the lead in the contest although they tied the game up in the second half.
Senior Jon Averkamp scored a season-high 27 points in the victory.
His 27 points was one off his career-high of 28 points set against the University of Mary last season (2/10/17).
Junior Adam Heede-Andersen had a career day with personal highs of 18 points and 10 assists.
His 18 points was his second career double figure scoring performance
His 10 assists made Heede-Andersen the first SCSU player to reach double figures in assists since Gage Davis last season against Minot State (11 assists – 2/11/17).
Junior Sean Smith had a strong performance with 18 points, eight rebounds, four blocks and three steals.
The 18 points was his fourth double figure scoring performance of the season.
Junior Brindley Theisen also reached double figures with 12 points.
Senior Andy Foley contributed four points, seven rebounds and five assists.
Junior Jace Kitchen scored a season-high eight points including six made free throws in as many attempts.
The Huskies went 30-for-37 from the free throw line in the game.
The 30 made free throws were the most for the program since 32 made free throws against Wayne State College last season.
The game marked the fourth time this season that the program did not trail in a victory.
In the team's loss to SMSU, the Huskies had a seven-point lead early in the contest before the Mustangs took control and cruised to the 23-point victory.
The 59 points scored by SCSU was the first time that the program had been held below 60 points in a game since scoring 57 against Concordia-St. Paul during the 2014-15 season.
Theisen led the team with his 13 points.
It was his third time being the team's leading scorer in a game this season.
Sophomore Trevon Marshall scored 12 points against SMSU.
It was his third time in double figures this season and the sixth time in his career.
Foley totaled 10 points, six rebounds and four assists against SMSU.
Averkamp picked up 10 rebounds to go along with six points and four assists.
Smith had six points, five rebounds, two blocks and two steals.
Kitchen chipped in with six points off the bench.
The program was held to a season low 29 rebounds in the game and were outrebounded 41-29 in the contest.
SCSU is 5-0 when holding the rebounding the edge and 1-3 when being outrebounded.
St. Cloud State is 5-0 this season when scoring 69 or more points and 2-3 when allowing 69 or more points.
St. Cloud State ranks in the top half of the conference in assists per game (13.6 – 8th), blocked shots (3.4 – 4th), defensive rebounds per game (26.44 – 6th), fewest turnovers (105 – 4th), field goal percentage defense (43.0 – 5th), offensive rebounds per game (9.89 – 5th), rebounding margin (1.6 – 6th), scoring defense (68.1 – 4th), steals per game (6.9 – 4th), three-point field goal defense (37.0 – 8th), total blocks (31 – 5th), total steals (62 – 8th), turnover margin (3.1– 3rd), turnovers forced per game (14.78 – 2nd) and win-loss percentage (66.7 -6th)
Averkamp is fifth in the NSIC in scoring at 19.3 points per game, fifth in field goal percentage (55.2), leads the conference in offensive rebounding (2.89) and is seventh overall in rebounding (7.4).
He also ranks second in the league in three-point percentage (55.2).
Sean Smith leads the conference in rebounds (9.3) and is second in offensive rebounds per game (2.78), blocked shots (2.33) and defensive rebounds per game (6.56).
He is also fourth in the league in steals (1.56).
He has reached double figures in rebounds in four games including a pair of double-doubles.
Smith is also averaging in double figures on the season at 11.2 points per game.
His 21 blocks represent 67.7 percent of the team's blocked shots this season (21-of-31).
Theisen is third on the team with his average of 14.0 points per game.
He has scored in double figures in eight of the nine games
Theisen is sixth in the league in three-point field goals per game (2.44), seventh in minutes played per game (33:33) and 13thh in three-pointers made (22).
Heede-Andersen is eighth in the league in assists per game (4.0) and total assists (36) plus 13thh in assists to turnover ratio (1.71).
He is also second on the team in steals (11).
Eight players on the have played in all nine games this season with four (Averkamp, Foley, Theisen and Smith) starting all of them.

Up Next

The Huskies complete the home stand and play the final game before a break for Christmas by hosting Iowa Wesleyan on Tuesday, Dec. 19, at 7:30 p.m.
SCSU is 1-0 all-time against Iowa Wesleyan with the only prior meeting coming during the 2014-15 season.
The team defeated the Tigers by an 86-47 score (12/30/14).
Eddie Alcantara had a double-double with 15 points and 10 rebounds in that contest.
Jon Averkamp totaled 10 points and seven rebounds.
Scottie Stone totaled 15 points
James Fort registered 14 points and five blocks.
Andy Foley had eight points.