Men’s Basketball Hosts Wayne State In First Round of NSIC/Sanford Men’s Basketball Tournament on Wednesday

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Men’s Basketball Hosts Wayne State In First Round of NSIC/Sanford Men’s Basketball Tournament on Wednesday

2/21/2017 2:04:00 PM | Men's Basketball

ST. CLOUD, Minn. – The St. Cloud State men's basketball team (18-13, 14-8 NSIC), who earned the third seed in the NSIC North Division, open the 2017 NSIC/Sanford Men's Basketball Tournament by hosting Wayne State College (10-18, 8-14 NSIC), who earned the sixth seed in the NSIC South Division, on Wednesday, Feb. 22, at 7 p.m. at Halenbeck Hall.

For complete information on tickets against Wayne State, please visit www.scsutickets.com or call 1-877-SCSUTICKETS. The first 200 SCSU students will be admitted for FREE with a valid ID!!!! Tickets to watch the first round are $10 for adults and $2 for students and kids. All children under the age of five can get in the game for free.

Scouting Wayne State College

The Wildcats are coached by Jeff Kaminsky, who is in his first year running the program and 30th season overall as a collegiate head coach.
Wayne State closed out the regular season with wins in three of the team's last five games including a split pair of games at home over the weekend against Upper Iowa (L, 67-65) and Winona State (W, 74-59).
The program has three players averaging in double figures led by Kendall Jacks at 15.6 points per game.
Jacks in also shooting 55.9 percent from the field, 46.5 percent from three-point range and 79.2 percent from the free throw line.
Matt Thomas sports an average of 10 points per game while shooting 82 percent from the free throw line.
Austin Esters also picks up 10 points and 4.3 rebounds per game.
Vance Janssen leads the team in both assists (75) and steals (47).
His steal average of 1.69 thefts per game is tops in the NSIC as well.
Jordan Cornelius is the leading rebounder at 5.3 per boards per game.
The Wildcats rank in the top five in the NSIC in free throws made (430 – 3rd), free throw percentage (76.4 – 2nd), scoring defense (75.4 – 5th), steals per game (6.7 – 2nd), turnover margin (3.1 – 1st) and turnovers forced (13.86 – 1st)

Prior Meetings

St. Cloud State is 19-3 all-time against Wayne State in a series that started in 1960-61.
The program has now won 14 straight games against the Wildcats.
The last time that WSC defeated SCSU was by an 80-78 score during the 2005-06 season.
St. Cloud State defeated Wayne State by an 84-80 score at Halenbeck Hall earlier this season (1/27).
Gage Davis had 28 points, 13 rebounds, five blocks and six assists in that contest.
He scored 18 of his 28 points in the second half.
Andy Foley had 13 points and seven rebounds.
Adam Heede-Andersen knocked down all four of his free throw attempts in the final 30 seconds of the game to help secure the victory.
The Huskies trailed in the game 38-29 at the break, but then outscored the Wildcats 55-42 in the last 20 minutes of action.
The team recorded a season-high 10 blocks in the game and also were 32 for 34 from the free throw line.
This will be the second time that the team has faced Wayne State in the NSIC Tournament after defeating the Wildcats 74-66 during the semifinals in 2009-10.

Listen to The Game
The game will be aired live on WJON 1240 AM with Jay Caldwell on the call. The game can also be heard online here

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

SCSU is hosting the first round of the NSIC Men's Basketball Tournament for the first time since defeating Southwest Minnesota State by a 93-83 score during the 2014-15 season.
The program has reached NSIC Men's Basketball Championship Game three times since 2008 and has an all-time record of 12-6 in NSIC post-season play.
The Huskies lost in the opening round of the NSIC/Sanford Health Men's Basketball Tournament last season to Upper Iowa by an 87-80 score in Fayette, Iowa
Gage Davis had 24 points and 14 rebounds last season against the Peacocks
The Huskies went 0-2 last week after a 104-97 loss in overtime to No. 21 MSU Moorhead and a 75-64 loss to Northern State
The team finished 14-8 in league play and are now 18-13 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 finished the regular season third in the NSIC North and seventh overall in the league among the 16 teams.
The program's 104-97 loss to MSU Moorhead (1/17) was the eighth straight game that SCSU has fallen to the Dragons.
The 104 points was the most points allowed by the program since surrendering 107 in an overtime loss to North Dakota State during the 1998-99 season.
The team had gone 97 straight contests without playing an overtime game and then played in one in consecutive games (Minot State – 1/11 & MSU Moorhead – 1/17).
The team's 97 points scored was the 11th time the program has scored 90 or more points this season, but the first time the team came up on the losing end (10-1 overall record).
Davis led the charge for SCSU with 35 points, 10 rebounds and seven assists.
The 35 points scored against MSU Moorhead was the third straight contest that Davis had totaled 30 or more points in a contest.
Jon Averkamp put up his third straight 20 plus point performance with 27 points and six rebounds against MSUM.
In his last five games, Averkamp is averaging 20.4 points per game while shooting 57.7 percent from the field (41-for-71) and 82.6 percent from the free throw line (19-for-23).
Scottie Stone picked up 15 points on five made threes.
Stone's five made triples broke the school record of 100 in a single season set by Joel McDonald (1994-95).
Stone has now totaled 104 made threes this season.
Mark Hall had 11 points and five assists against MSUM.
The Huskies shot 50 percent from the field, but MSU Moorhead was even better at 52.2 percent.
The Dragons also attempted 28 free throws to 13 for SCSU.
St. Cloud State lost the school's second game of the weekend by a 74-65 to Northern State (2/18).
The Huskies were down by 21 at the half and closed to four points in the second half, but could never fully catch up in the loss.
Andy Foley led the team with 18 points and 11 rebounds for his first career double-double.
In the two games last week, Foley averaged 12.0 points and eight rebounds per game while shooting 62.5 percent from the field and 66 percent from three-point range.
Davis had a steady game with 14 points, eight rebounds and seven assists.
He also moved to second on the school's single season scoring list with 719 points and is only 25 points from catching Kevin Catron as the all-time single season leader.
Stone picked up 13 points, three rebounds and three assists.
He has now scored in double figures in 29 of the 31 games this season and 45 of the last 47 games.
Mark Hall scored 11 points with four assists and three steals.
He has now scored in double figures in four of his last six games.

Up Next

The Huskies, if they advance out of the first round and into the quarterfinals, will take on the winner of the Upper Iowa and Minnesota Crookston contest on Sunday, Feb. 26, at the Sanford Pentagon in Sioux Falls, South Dakota at 2:30 p.m.