Men’s Basketball Plays Final Regular Season Road Games This Weekend

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St. Cloud State

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Men’s Basketball Plays Final Regular Season Road Games This Weekend

2/8/2017 4:50:00 PM | Men's Basketball

ST. CLOUD, Minn. – The St. Cloud State men's basketball team (17-10, 13-5 NSIC) plays the final regular season road games of the 2017 campaign this weekend. The program starts the week by traveling to Bismarck, N.D. to take on the University of Mary (9-15, 7-11 NSIC) on Friday, Feb. 10, at 8 p.m. at the McDowell Activity Center. The program continues the road trip and is off to Minot, N.D. to play against Minot State (11-13, 7-11 NSIC) on Saturday, Feb. 11, at 6 p.m. at the MSU Dome.

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Scouting Mary

The Marauders are coached by Joe Kittell, who is in his second year running the program.
The University of Mary is among the top five in the conference in turnovers forced and steals per game.
Damonta Henry leads the team in scoring at 16.0 points per game and made threes with 51 triples.
Bryan Jefferson is averaging 15.8 points and 7.6 rebounds per game plus shooting 52 percent from the field.
Rickey Suggs is also averaging in double figures at 10.1 points per game, while also shooting 52 percent from the field.
Pat Thomas leads the team in both assists (99) and steals (32).
The Marauders split the two games over the weekend to Sioux Falls (W, 81-72) and Southwest Minnesota State (L, 76-62).
The University of Mary has lost four of the team's last five games.
The University of Mary are .500 (6-6) in the team's 12 home games this season, but have only gone 3-9 in road and neutral site contests.

Scouting Minot State

The Beavers are coached by Matt Murken, who is in his fifth year running the program.
Minot State are the best team in the conference at defending the three-point line (33.8) and are third in the league in field goal shooting percentage (49.3).
MSU split the two games last weekend with a win over Sioux Falls (77-66) and a loss to Southwest Minnesota State (74-64).
The Beavers have won four of the last seven games and are 9-4 in home contest this season including a victory over reigning NCAA DII National Champion Augustana.
Tyler Rudolph is averaging 20.8 points and a conference-leading 9.8 rebounds per game.
He is also shooting 53 percent from the field, 38 percent from three-point range and 81 percent from the free throw line.
Rudolph has also picked up 24 blocks and has led the team in rebounding in 13 straight games with 11 of those times being in double figures.
Luis Ricci Maia sports an average of 12.8 points per game and leads the team with his 108 assists and average of 4.5 assists per game.
His assist average is third in the conference.
Nathan Mertens is also averaging in double figures at 10.7 per game.
Nathaniel Moore chips in at 9.7 points per game off the bench.
Russ Davis is the top three-point shooter in the conference at 49.6 percent.
Davis' 65 threes made are third-best in the league.

Prior Meetings

St. Cloud State is 12-8 all-time against the University of Mary including an 88-73 victory at home against the Marauders earlier this season (12/31/16).
Gage Davis had 21 points, eight rebounds and five assists in the win.
Scottie Stone totaled 18 points.
Jon Averkamp recorded eight points and 10 rebounds.
Trevon Marshall had a career-high 19 points.
Besides last year's sweep of the Marauders, SCSU has only been able to take both games of the season series once (2009-10).
St. Cloud State is 8-3 all-time against Minot State since the two teams first started playing against each other in 1946-47
SCSU defeated the Beavers 82-71 in St. Cloud earlier this season (12/30/16).
Davis went off for a career-high 38 points plus had 17 rebounds to help lead the team to victory.
Stone chipped in 22 points against the Beavers.
St. Cloud State fell to MSU by a 97-89 score the last time these teams played in Minot, N.D.
Since the teams started meeting twice a year in conference play during the 2012-13, SCSU has only been able to sweep both games of the series once (2013-14).
The 2013-14 season was also the last time that St. Cloud State was able to get a road win over the Beavers.

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

Live Stats Anyone?
Live stats for the game against the University of Mary on Friday, Feb. 10, can be found here.

Live stats for the contest against Minot State University on Saturday, Feb. 11, can be found here

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Read This Week's Game Notes
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Notables

St. Cloud State went 1-1 on the week with a win over Concordia St.-Paul and a loss to Minnesota State
The team is now 17-10 overall and 13-5 in NSIC North play.
The program sits in third place in the division with games against the top two teams in the North looming next weekend at home.
The program started the week with an 88-56 victory over CSP (2/3).
The team shot 54 percent from the field (34-for-63) and 43.5 percent from three-point range (10-for-23).
Gage Davis and Scottie Stone both scored 19 points in the win.
Davis also pulled down eight rebounds and had four assists.
The Huskies also saw Mark Hall and Jon Averkamp reach double figures with 11 points each.
Andy Foley had a steady game with seven points, seven rebounds and four assists.
The SCSU defense limited the Golden Bears to 28 points in each half.
The 56 total points allowed was the lowest for the program this season and least amount of points for an opponent since Crown College had 49 last season (12/30/15).
SCSU has now won five of the last six meetings against CSP.
St. Cloud State lost a 79-62 game to Minnesota State in the team's second game of the weekend (2/4).
Davis led the offensive attack with 26 points and 10 rebounds for his 10th double-double of the season and the 20th of his career.
Averkamp totaled 16 points plus five rebounds.
He has scored in double figures in six of his last seven games and 16 times this season.
Stone chipped in 12 points and has scored in double figures in 26 of the 27 games this season.
Jake Mussman was the team's next leading scorer with three points off the bench.
The team's 62 points scored was the second time in as many meetings with Minnesota State that SCSU has been held to exactly 62 points.
The program has now dropped the last seven meetings to the Mavericks.

Up Next

The Huskies return home to close out the regular season with two big games against NSIC North opponents next weekend.
The program takes on MSU Moorhead (20-4, 15-3 NSIC) on Feb. 17 at 8 p.m. and then Northern State (18-6, 14-4 NSIC) on Feb. 18 at 6 p.m.
The program lost to both of those teams on the road earlier this season.
The team fell to MSU Moorhead by a close 87-82 score (1/21/17).
Gage Davis scored 29 points with 12 rebounds against the Dragons in the contest.
Scottie Stone picked up 21 points.
The Huskies lead the all-time series with MSUM by an 81-44 count since the first game in 1932-33.
The Dragons have defeated St. Cloud State in each of the last seven meetings.
The last SCSU win against MSU Moorhead came at home by a 75-67 score during the 2012-13 season (2/15/13).
The program lost to Northern State by an 82-73 score (1/20/17) last time the schools played.
Davis had 28 points and five rebounds in the loss.
Stone contributed 15 points, Mark Hall had 12 and Jon Averkamp put up 11.
St. Cloud State is 28-13 all-time against Northern State since the teams started playing against each other in 1959-60.
The Huskies scored 102 points against NSU the last time the teams met in St. Cloud in the 102-82 victory (2/12/16)