Men’s Basketball Earns 82-58 Victory Over Wayne State College

Friday, January 26

Wayne, NE

8 p.m.

St. Cloud State

14-6 (10-4NSIC)

Wayne State College

11-12 (6-9NSIC)

St. Cloud State

Wayne State (Neb.)

Gage Davis

Photo by: Tom Nelson

Men’s Basketball Earns 82-58 Victory Over Wayne State College

1/26/2018 10:28:00 PM | Men's Basketball

Box Score

Wayne, Nebraska. – Junior Gage Davis totaled a double-double of 19 points and 12 rebounds to lead the St. Cloud State (14-6, 10-4 NSIC) to an 82-58 victory over Wayne State (11-12, 6-9 NSIC) on Friday, Jan. 26, at Rice Auditorium in Wayne, Nebraska.

Besides totaling game-highs of 19 points and 12 rebounds, Davis also recorded a game-high of six assists. Junior Sean Smith picked up 13 points and nine rebounds. Senior Jon Averkamp totaled eight points, three rebounds, four assists and a steal. Sophomore Trevon Marshall had eight point points and four rebounds. Senior Andy Foley recorded nine points and four rebounds. Freshman Tristen Hull chipped in nine points off the bench.

Wayne State had a pair of players reach double figures with Brian Goodwin and Tony Bonner totaling 10 points.

The Huskies shot 55.4 percent from the field (31-for-56), 46.2 percent from three-point range (6-for-13) and 73.7 percent from the free throw line (14-for-19). The team also had 38 rebounds, 16 assists and seven steals. The Huskies held a 45-34 advantage in points in the paint and 9-4 in fast break points. Wayne State shot 41.4 percent from the field (24-for-58), 22.2 percent from three-point range (4-for-18) and 54.5 percent from the line (6-for-13).

The Huskies led 35-25 at the half and won the second half 47-33. The game featured three tied scores and five lead changes. SCSU's largest lead was 25 on a Smith layup to put the Huskies up, 72-47, with 5:37 remaining in the game. The team took the lead for good on a Davis layup with 10:36 remaining in the first half, 18-17.

St. Cloud State men's basketball team keeps the road trip going and travels to Sioux Falls, S.D. to take on Augustana on Saturday, Jan. 27, for a 6 p.m. game.

Notes:
- The team is now 14-3 this season when scoring 69 or more points
- The program has won 12 of the last 16 games.
- The 55.4 percent shooting was the 11th time the program has shot better than 50 percent from the field as a team this season
- The 19 points and 12 rebounds from Gage Davis was his third double-double of the season and the second straight contest he had recorded a double-double.
- It was the 27th double-double of his career.
- He has scored in double figures in 11 of 12 games.
- The team is 9-3 when Davis plays this year.
- Sean Smith with his 13 points against Wayne State has scored in double figures 12 times on the campaign.
- The Huskies are 21-3 all-time against Wayne State and have won the last 10 matchups.