Men’s Basketball Hosts No. 8 Northern State and MSU Moorhead This Weekend

Friday, January 19

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Men’s Basketball Hosts No. 8 Northern State and MSU Moorhead This Weekend

1/17/2018 3:54:00 PM | Men's Basketball

ST. CLOUD, Minn. – The St. Cloud State men's basketball team (11-6, 7-4 NSIC) returns home to Halenbeck Hall to host a pair of NSIC opponents this weekend. The program takes on No. 8 Northern State (19-1, 12-0 NSIC) on Friday, Jan. 19, at 8 p.m. and MSU Moorhead (5-13, 3-9 NSIC) on Saturday, Jan. 20 at 6 p.m.

The weekend promotion from the NSIC is "It's a Slam Dunk, Don't Drive Drunk" in which SCSU athletes that are part of the NSIC's Student-Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC) will be collecting signatures throughout the weekend from fans pledging not to drive drunk. Pledge stickers, magnets and key chains will be handed out to the fans that pledge to join in the initiative.

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Scouting No. 8 Northern State

Northern State stayed red-hot with three wins last week including a pair of conference victories over the weekend against Wayne State (71-69) on Jan. 12 and Augustana (89-78) on Jan. 13.
The program also defeated Presentation College by a 111-73 score on Monday, Jan. 15.
The Wolves have won 18 consecutive games entering this weekend.
The program has scored 80 or more points in nine of those 18 victories.
The team's lone loss on the season came against defending Division II National Champion Northwest Missouri State by a 71-60 score on Nov. 12.
The team has yet to lose either a home or away game with the Northwest Missouri State loss coming in a neutral site venue.
Northern State has five players averaging in double figures led by Ian Smith's 13.3 points per game.
Smith is shooting 47 percent from the field, 36.8 percent from three-point range and 72.7 percent from the free throw line.
He also leads the team in assists (90) and steals (26) plus is second in rebounding (97).
DJ Pollard puts up 13 points per game and shoots 49.4 percent from the field, 45.2 percent from three-point range and 79.5 percent from the free throw line.
Pollard is second in the team in assists (46).
Darin Peterka sports an average of 11.9 points per game and is shooting 49 percent from the field, 42 percent from three-point range and 84.8 percent from the free throw line.
Peterka also leads the team with his 34 made threes.
Logan Doyle is averaging 11.2 points per game and leads the team with his 131 rebounds.
He also shoots 63.6 percent from the field.
Carter Evans puts up 10 points a game off the bench and leads the team with 26 blocks.
Evans is shooting 62.9 percent from the field.
The team is averaging 79.4 points per game, while shooting 50.4 percent from the field, 40.5 percent from three-point range and 72.9 percent from the free throw line.

Scouting MSU Moorhead

MSU Moorhead split the team's two games over the weekend to end what had been an eight-game losing streak.
The program lost to Augustana (95-85) on Jan. 12 and defeated Wayne State (90-66) on Jan. 13.
The Dragons have been led by Tanner Kretchman, who is averaging 16 points per game, while shooting 40.9 percent from the field, 40 percent from three-point range and 84.9 percent from the free throw line.
Kretchman also leads the team in assists (59) and in made threes (50).
Johnny Beeninga sports an average of 14.2 points per game and shoots 45.2 percent from the field, 23.6 percent from three-point range and 84.1 percent from the free throw line.
Travaun Coad gets 12.4 points per game and leads the team with his 13 steals and 101 total rebounds.
Addison Parks puts up 11.4 points and has a team-leading 12 blocks.
He also leads the team with his 59.9 shooting percentage.
Evan Hines gets 11.1 points per game and is second on the team with 82 rebounds.
The Dragons average 75.7 points per game, while shooting 47.2 percent from the field, 33.5 percent from three-point range and 74.9 percent from the foul line.

Prior Meetings

The program is 28-14 all-time against Northern State in a series that started in 1959-60.
The program lost both contests to the Wolves last season.
The team fell to NSU by an 82-73 score on the road (1/20/17).
Gage Davis had 25 points and five rebounds.
Scottie Stone totaled 15 points.
Jon Averkamp recorded 11 points and five rebounds.
Mark Hall had 12 points, five rebounds and three assists.
The team lost the return home game to Northern State by a 75-64 score in the regular season finale (2/18/17).
Andy Foley had 18 points and 11 rebounds.
Davis chipped in 14 points, eight rebounds and seven assists.
Stone totaled 13 points, four rebounds and three assists.
Hall had 11 points, three rebounds and four assists.
The Huskies are 81-45 all-time against MSU Moorhead in a series that started in 1932-33.
The team has lost eight straight games to the Dragons including both games a season ago.
The team's last victory over MSU Moorhead was a 75-67 home win on Feb. 15, 2013.
The program lost to the Dragons by an 87-82 score on the road last season (1/21/17).
Davis had 29 points and 12 rebounds.
Stone put up 21 points and four assists.
Averkamp totaled 15 points, six rebounds and five assists.
The team fell to MSU Moorhead by a 104-97 score at home last season (2/17/17).
The game was the last time that SCSU has allowed 100 or more points in a game.
Davis had 35 points, 10 rebounds and seven assists.
Stone totaled 15 points and eight rebounds.
Averkamp scored a career-high 27 points plus had six rebounds.
Hall had 11 points and five assists.

Listen to The Game
The games 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

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St. Cloud is running live stats / live video on their website for the games this weekend.

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Notables

The Huskies lost both road games last weekend to Upper Iowa (84-74) on Jan. 12 and Winona State (102-100) in overtime on Jan. 13 to end what had been a three-game winning streak.
The Huskies scored the first six points of the game against Upper Iowa and then saw the Peacocks outscore the team 84-68 the rest of the way.
The program is 16-7 all-time against Upper Iowa, but have lost two in a row and four of the last five contests against them.
Senior Jon Averkamp led the team with 20 points and eight rebounds against UIU.
Junior Gage Davis had 18 points and five rebounds.
Junior Brindley Theisen totaled 14 points.
Upper Iowa shot 58.8 percent from the field in the game, which is the second-highest of any SCSU opponent this season (Minot State – 58.9 percent – 12/30/17).
The loss to Winona State dropped SCSU to 92-46 all-time against the Warriors.
The 102 points allowed was the first time an opponent has topped 100 points since MSU Moorhead put up 104 against SCSU last season in overtime.
The overtime game was only the sixth game that didn't end in regulation for the program since the start of the 2013-14 season.
The program is 2-4 in the last six overtime games and 15-12 in overtime contests since 2000.
Davis scored a season-high 29 points in the loss to Winona State.
He also had eight rebounds and five assists.
Averkamp totaled 23 points on 8-for-10 shooting.
The game marked the fourth this season where SCSU has had a pair of 20 point scorers.
Junior Sean Smith had 15 points, six rebounds and four blocks.
Senior Andy Foley chipped in with a season-high 15 points off the bench.
The team shot a season-high 59.7 percent from the field (37-for-62) in the contest against the Warriors.
It was the eighth time on the campaign that SCSU shot 50 percent or better from the field (7-1 record).
The game marked the second time this season that SCSU, who held a 44-36 halftime advantage, has lost a game in which it led at the half (Minot State – 12/30/17).
It was the team's first loss this season when scoring 90 or more points.
SCSU is 11-3 this season when scoring 69 or more points and 3-6 when allowing 69 or more points.
The program is 6-2 at Halenbeck Hall this season and went 13-4 in home games last season.
St. Cloud State is 39-16 at Halenbeck Hall since the start of the 2014-15 season.
St. Cloud State ranks in the top half of the conference in assist-turnover ratio (1.53 – 1st), assists per game (16.6 – 2nd), blocked shots (4.1 – 4th), defensive rebounds per game (25.76 – 6th), fewest turnovers (184 – 5th), field goal percentage (47.9 – 5th), offensive rebounds per game (10.35 – 3rd), rebounding margin (4.4 – 4th), scoring defense (71.2 – 4th), scoring margin (6.8 – 5th), steals per game (6.4 – 2nd), total blocks (69 – 4th), total steals (109 – 6th), turnover margin (2.6 – 2nd), turnovers forced per game (13.47 – 3rd), turnovers per game (10.8 – 8th) and win-loss percentage (64.7 - 6th)
Averkamp is fifth in the NSIC in scoring at 20.5 points per game.
He is also third in field goal percentage (60.3) shooting (140-232), which is even more impressive since he has taken the eighth-most shots in the league through the first nine weeks of the season.
Averkamp is second in the conference in offensive rebounding (2.76) and is ninth overall in rebounding (6.8).
He also leads the team in three-point percentage (60.5).
Smith is second in the league in rebounds (8.9), blocked shots (2.53) and defensive rebounds per game (6.65)
He is sixth in offensive rebounds (2.24).
Smith is also eighth in the league in steals (1.41).
He has reached double figures in rebounds in seven games including five double-doubles.
Smith is also averaging in double figures on the season at 11.4 points per game.
His 43 blocks represent 62 percent of the team's blocked shots this season (43-of-69).
Theisen is third on the team with his average of 12.1 points per game.
He has scored in double figures in 12 of the 17 games
Theisen is sixth in the league in three-point field goals per game (2.29), fourth in three-point attempts (109) plus eighth in total three-pointers made (39).
Junior Adam Heede-Andersen is ninth in the league in assists per game (3.8), 10th in total assists (65) plus 11th in assists to turnover ratio (2.03).
He is also tied for second on the team in steals (17).
Six players on the have played in all 17 games this season with three (Averkamp, Theisen and Smith) starting all of them.

Up Next

The Huskies get back on the road and travel to Wayne State College on Jan. 26 at 8 p.m. at Rice Auditorium and Augustana on Jan. 27 at 6 p.m. at Sioux Falls Arena next weekend.
SCSU is 20-3 all-time against Wayne State in a series that started in 1960-61.
The program has won nine straight against the Wildcats.
The team played and defeated WSC twice at home last season.
SCSU downed WSC by an 84-80 score during the regular season (1/14/17).
Gage Davis had 28 points, 13 rebounds and six assists.
Scottie Stone totaled 12 points and two rebounds.
Andy Foley had 13 points and seven rebounds.
Mark Hall recorded 12 points and two rebounds.
Adam Heede-Andersen scored six points.
The program defeated the Wildcats by a 92-78 score in the first round of the NSIC/Sanford Health Men's Basketball Tournament (2/22/17).
Davis had 14 points, eight rebounds and five assists.
Stone tallied 18 points, six rebounds and three assists.
Jon Averkamp recorded 19 points and four rebounds.
Hall had 19 points, four rebounds and five assists.
Brindley Theisen picked up 10 points.
The program is 47-40 all-time against Augustana in a series that started in 1947-48.
The team defeated the Vikings, who were the defending NCAA DII Champions last season, at home by a score of 91-83 (1/28/17).
Stone had 28 points and four rebounds.
Averkamp picked up 18 points and eight rebounds.
Davis recorded 17 points, six rebounds and four assists.
Foley had five points, nine rebounds and five assists.
Hall had eight points and four assists.
Trevon Marshall had nine points and three rebounds.