Men’s Basketball Falls to Minot State, 82-80

Saturday, December 30

Minot, ND

6 p.m.

St. Cloud State

8-4, 4-2NSIC

Minot State University

12-1, 6-1NSIC

St. Cloud State

Minot State

Gage Davis

Photo by: Sean Arbaut, Minot State Sports Information

12/30/2017 8:44:00 PM | Men's Basketball

Box Score

Minot, N.D.– The St. Cloud State men's basketball team (8-4, 4-2 NSIC) saw the team's two-game winning streak come to an end in an 82-80 road loss to Minot State (12-1, 6-1 NSIC) at the Minot State Dome on Saturday, Dec. 30.

Senior Jon Averkamp led the offensive charge for SCSU with 21 points on 8-for-10 shooting from the field. Averkamp also picked up four rebounds and four assists. Junior Gage Davis recorded his first double-double of the campaign with 14 points and 14 rebounds. He also had five assists, a block and a steal. Sophomore Trevon Marshall reached double figures with 13 points. Senior Andy Foley contributed 12 points. Junior Brindley Theisen scored 10 points. Junior Sean Smith totaled eight points, five rebounds and two blocks.

Minot State put four players in double figures and were led by Tyler Randolph's 27 points. Randolph also had six rebounds. Luis Ricci Maia was solid with 23 points, four rebounds and 12 assists. Maia shot 10-for-12 from the field. David Akibo recorded 15 points and five rebounds. Brandon Green had 11 points.

The Huskies shot 49.2 percent from the field (30-for-61), 18.8 percent from three-point range (3-for-16) and 85 percent from the free throw line (17-for-20). The team also had 37 rebounds, 14 assists, four blocks and two steals. Minot State shot an amazing 58.9 percent from the field (33-for-56) and 70.6 percent from three-point range (12-for-17). The program was limited to only four made free throws in 12 attempts (35.3 percent) though. The Beavers had 25 rebounds and 18 assists.

The Huskies led the game for over 37 minutes and held a 37-33 halftime lead. The program was outscored 49-43 in the second half. The team's largest lead was 12 points with 5:13 remaining in the first half on an Averkamp layup to put the team up 31-19.

The Beavers took the lead for good on an Akibo made jumper at the 2:00 mark, 79-77. The team was down by five points, 82-77, with 16 seconds remaining when Foley was fouled on a three-point attempt. He made all three of his foul shots to get the team to within two, 82-80. The team then forced a turnover to get the ball back with 12 seconds remaining. The ensuing three-point attempt was missed. Randolph was then fouled for Minot State and missed both of his free throws. The Huskies picked up the rebound and called time out to set up a last second attempt. The three-point shot by the team was no good to allow MSU to escape with the 82-80 victory.

St. Cloud State men's basketball team continues the road trip and is off to Bismarck to play against the University of Mary on Sunday, Dec. 31, at 4 p.m.

Notes:
- The team is now 4-1 this season when scoring 80 or more points.
- Jon Averkamp has scored 20 or more points in eight games this season and led the team in scoring in 10 contests.
- The double-double was the first of the season for Gage Davis and the 25th of his career.
- Brindley Theisen has scored in double figures in 10 of the team's 12 games.
- He played a career-high 39 of the 40 minutes in the game.
- This was the fourth time this season and the seventh time in his career that Trevon Marshall has scored in double figures.
- This was the first time in the last 45 games that Andy Foley did not start.
- Foley scored in double figures for the third time this season and the 16th time in his career.