Men’s Basketball Hosts Top Two Teams in NSIC North Division This Weekend

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St. Cloud, Minn.

8 p.m.

St. Cloud State

Minnesota State University Moorhead

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Men’s Basketball Hosts Top Two Teams in NSIC North Division This Weekend

2/15/2017 7:11:00 PM | Men's Basketball

ST. CLOUD, Minn. – The St. Cloud State men's basketball team (18-11, 14-6 NSIC) hosts the top two teams in the Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference (NSIC) North Division this weekend at Halenbeck Hall to close out the 2017 regular season. The program begins the weekend by welcoming in No. 21 MSU Moorhead (22-4, 17-3 NSIC) for an 8 p.m. game on Friday, Feb. 17. The team then sees Northern State (19-7, 15-5 NSIC) come to St. Cloud on Saturday, Feb. 18, at 6 p.m. in the regular season finale.

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

Additionally, there is several promotions going on throughout each of the games this weekend. The game on Friday, Feb. 17, against MSU Moorhead is Military Appreciation Day - where all former and current military members can get in for free by showing their ID. The game is also Student Appreciation Day – where the first 125 students will be getting free pizza. The promotion on Saturday, Feb. 18, against Northern State University is a Beach Theme with all those in attendance encouraged to wear items that are beached themed. The game will also be a Dollar Hot Dog Night and Senior Night for SCSU players Mark Hall, Seth Mortag, Nebojsa Stanojevic and Scottie Stone.

Scouting No. 21 MSU Moorhead

The Dragons are coached by Chad Walthall, who is in his seventh year running the program.
MSU Moorhead has won five straight games including victories over Bemidji State (102-78) and Minnesota Crookston (103-68) last weekend when they scored over 100 points in each contest.
The Dragons have scored over 100 points in six different games this season.
MSU Moorhead is the top shooting team in the conference at 52.2 percent from the field, 42.8 percent from three-point range and 76.6 percent from the free throw line.
Four different players are scoring in double figures for the Dragons led by Adam Lien's 18.5 points per game.
He is also shooting 58 percent from the field and 46.2 percent from three-point range.
Tanner Kretchman checks in at 15.9 points per game and also ranks second in the NSIC in assists per game (6.7).
Ayob Ayob is scoring at a 15.5 points per game clip and leads the team with 133 rebounds.
Jon Doss averages 10.8 points per contest.
Addison Parks is shooting 68 percent from the field as he averages 7.8 points per game.

Scouting Northern State

The Wolves are coached by Paul Sather, who is in his fifth year running the program.
Northern State have won seven of the last eight games after splitting the two games last weekend against Minnesota Crookston (W, 85-80 in OT) and Bemidji State (L, 63-59).
The team is shooting 48.7 percent from the field, 40.6 percent from three-point range and 74.3 percent from the free throw line.
The team has four players scoring in double figures led by Mack Arvidson's 15.8 points per game.
Arvidson is shooting 41.5 percent from three-point range and has made 86 threes this season.
Ian Smith checks in at 15 points per game while shooting 52 percent from the field and 46 percent from three-point range.
Logan Doyle has averages of 14.5 points and 9.6 rebounds per game.
His rebounding average leads the conference.
D.J. Pollard sports averages of 13.8 points and 6.5 rebounds per game.

Prior Meetings

St. Cloud State is 81-44 all-time against MSU Moorhead since the first game in 1932-33, but the Dragons have defeated SCSU in each of the last seven meetings including an 87-82 win earlier this season (1/21).
Gage Davis had 29 points and 12 rebounds against the Dragons in that contest.
Scottie Stone picked up 21 points.
The last SCSU win against MSU Moorhead came at home by a 75-67 score during the 2012-13 season (2/15/13).
SCSU is 28-13 all-time against Northern State since the first game in 1959-60.
The program lost to the Northern State by an 82-73 score earlier this season (1/20).
Davis put up 28 points and five rebounds in the loss.
Stone chipped in 15 points with Mark Hall scoring 12 and Jon Averkamp recording 11.
The Huskies scored 102 points against NSU the last time the teams met in St. Cloud (2/12/16) in a 102-82 victory.

Listen to The Game
The games will be aired live on The Fan 1390 AM with J.W. Cox on the call. All SCSU games can also be heard online at www.1390thefan.com

Listen To/Attend The Basketball Coaches Show
The 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 KXSS The Fan 1390 AM. The show can be heard online at this link

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Notables

St. Cloud State had a 1-1 weekend on the road against the University of Mary and Minot State.
The team is now 14-6 in league play and 18-11 overall.
The 14 wins in conference play are the most for the program since the 2013-14 season when the team won 15.
The 14 wins in league play are the fourth time since 2008-09 that the program has won at least 14 games in NSIC play.
The 18 overall wins are the second time in the last three seasons under Matt Reimer that the program has recorded 18 victories.
The program has won 17 or more games a total of 19 times since the 1994-95 season.
The team started the week with a 99-79 loss to University of Mary on the road (2/10).
The 99 points was the most points allowed by the team this season and the most since surrendering 104 to Upper Iowa last season (2/6/16).
The Marauders shot 60.9 percent from the field, 40.9 percent from three-point range and 80 percent from the free throw line.
Gage Davis led the charge for SCSU with 36 points and 10 rebounds.
It was his 11th double-double of the season.
The 36 points were two points off his career-high set earlier this season (38 points vs. Minot State – 12/30/16).
Jon Averkamp scored a career-high 28 points in the victory.
The 28 points topped his previous best of 21 against Minnesota Duluth earlier this season (1/17/17).
Scottie Stone, who came into the contest ranked fourth in the league in scoring, was held without a point for only the third time in now 116 career games.
Andy Foley had a steady game with seven points and nine rebounds.
The Huskies won the second game of the weekend by a 96-91 score over Minot State in overtime (2/11).
The overtime game was the first for the program since the 2013-14 season against MSU Moorhead (1/25/14)
It was the team's first overtime victory since that same season against Minot State (1/18/14).
Davis just missed out on a triple double with 34 points, 11 assists and nine rebounds.
It was the second straight night and third time this season that Davis has scored 30 or more points.
Davis' 11 assists allowed him to become the first SCSU player with double digit assists since Jordan Poydras against Wayne State during the 2015 season.
The double-double was the 12th of the season for Davis.
Davis now has scored exactly 670 points this season to tie Joel McDonald (1994-95) for second on the school's single season scoring list and get within 74 points of Kevin Catron's school record (1985-86).
Averkamp totaled 23 points, four rebounds and two steals against the Beavers.
Averkamp has scored in double figures in eight of his last nine game and 18 times this season.
Stone rebounded to score 20 points against Minot State.
He has now scored in double figures in 27 of the 29 games this season.
Foley again was productive with nine points and nine rebounds.
Brindley Theisen scored all eight of the team's points off the bench.
Davis took home two honors on the week as he was named NSIC North Player of the Week on Jan. 13 and the U.S. Basketball Writers Association National Player of the Week on Jan. 15 after averaging 35 points, 9.5 rebounds and seven assists per game last week.

Senior Career Highlights
Mark Hall (Round Lake, Ill.): Hall has played and started 58 games in his two years with the program. He has scored 489 points, grabbed 128 rebounds and handed out 168 assists. He scored a career-high 21 points against St. John's (11/20/15). He has reached double figures in points in 24 games in his career and led the team in assists 17 times.

Seth Mortag (Brookfield, Wis.): Mortag has played in 63 games with 20 starts in his three years as an active member of the program. He has scored 213 points, grabbed 147 rebounds and picked up 41 assists, 16 steals and 12 blocks. Mortag has three career double-doubles. He had a career night with 19 points and 11 rebounds against Crown College (12/30/15).

Nebojsa Stanojevic (Belgrade, Serbia): Stanojevic has played in 47 games with 13 starts in his two years with the program. He has scored 122 points, grabbed 173 rebounds, picked up 18 assists, eight steals and 40 blocks. He recorded a career-high 10 points against Northern State last season (2/12/16). He pulled down a career best 11 rebounds against the University of Mary last season (2/20/16).

Scottie Stone (Melrose, Minn.): Stone has played in 116 games with 77 starts in his four years with the program. He has scored 1,720 points, pulled down 395 rebounds, dished out 212 assists, has 19 blocks and 90 steals. Stone has scored in double figures in 84 games in his career including five games with 30 or more points. He scored a career-high 34 points against Wayne State last season (1/16/16). Stone has twice been named the NSIC North Player of the Week and was a Second Team All-NSIC selection last year. He is one of 40 players in school history with more than 1,000 career points. Stone is the school's all-time leader in both made threes (298) and attempted threes (705). He ranks fifth on the career scoring list. His 98 made threes this season are the second-most in a single season.

Up Next

The Huskies will host the first round of the NSIC/Sanford Health Men's Basketball Tournament next Wednesday, Feb. 22.
The team's seed and potential opponent is to be determined after play this weekend.
The program will be either the second or third seed in the North Division depending on this weekend's action and play against the sixth or seventh seed in the South Division at either 7 p.m. or 8 p.m.
The three teams in the other division with potential to be the opponent are Sioux Falls, Winona State or Wayne State.