Brindley Theisen’s Career High Leads Men’s Basketball to 80-63 Win Over Augustana

Saturday, January 27

Sioux Falls, SD

6 p.m.

St. Cloud State

15-6, 11-4NSIC

Augustana University (SD)

13-9, 8-8NSIC

St. Cloud State

Augustana (SD)

Brindley Theisen

Photo by: Paul Middlestaedt

Brindley Theisen’s Career High Leads Men’s Basketball to 80-63 Win Over Augustana

1/27/2018 8:47:00 PM | Men's Basketball

Box Score

Sioux Falls, S.D. – Junior Brindley Theisen scored a career-high 29 points to help lead the St. Cloud State men's basketball team (15-6, 11-4 NSIC) to an 80-63 victory over Augustana (13-9, 8-8 NSIC) on Saturday, Jan. 27, at Sioux Falls Arena.

Theisen's 29 points came on 8-for-11 shooting from three-point range. The eight made threes were one off the school record of nine set by Joel McDonald during the 1995 season against Nebraska Omaha. Fellow junior Gage Davis recorded a double-double with 19 points and 10 rebounds. He also had four assists, a block and a steal. Senior Jon Averkamp picked up 17 points, five rebounds, a block and a steal. Junior Sean Smith totaled four points, six rebounds, two blocks and a steal. Sophomore Trevon Marshall picked a career-high eight assists to go along with four points and four assists.

Augustana put one player in double figures as John Warren scored 16 points. Jameson Bryan had nine points. Jordan Spencer had eight points and four assists.

The Huskies shot 47.5 percent from the field (29-for-61), 46.2 percent from three-point range (12-for-26) and 76.9 percent from the free throw line (10-for-13). The team also had 38 rebounds, 20 assists, six blocks and six steals. Augustana shot 41.9 percent from the field (26-for-62), 29.2 percent from three-point range (7-for-24) and 66.7 percent from the line (4-for-6).

The Huskies led 36-28 at the half and won the second half 44-35. The team led throughout with no lead changes or tied scores. SCSU's largest lead was 29 on a Davis free throw to put the Huskies up, 76-47, with 6:23 remaining in the game. The opened the game on an 11-0 to take control and never let go.

St. Cloud State men's basketball team now returns home to host Concordia-St. Paul on Friday, Feb. 2, at 8 p.m. and Minnesota State on Saturday, Feb. 3, at 6 p.m.

Notes:
- The team is now 15-3 this season when scoring 69 or more points
- The program has won 13 of the last 17 games.
- The team has won their last four games with none of their opponents getting above 63 points.
- Brindley Theisen's 29 points tied for the team lead in points in any game this season and bettered Theisen's prior career-high of 23 against Missouri Southern State earlier this season (11/10/17)
- The 19 points and 10 rebounds from Gage Davis was his fourth double-double of the season and the third straight contest he had recorded a double-double.
- It was the 28th double-double of his career.
- He has scored in double figures in 12 of 13 games.
- The team is 10-3 when Davis plays this year.
- Jon Averkamp with 17 points against Augustana has scored in double figures in 18 of the team's 21 games this season.
- The Huskies are 48-40 all-time against Augustana and have won the last two matchups.