Men’s Basketball Returns Home To Take on Bemidji State And Minnesota Crookston This Weekend

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Men’s Basketball Returns Home To Take on Bemidji State And Minnesota Crookston This Weekend

1/3/2018 5:10:00 PM | Men's Basketball

ST. CLOUD, Minn. – The St. Cloud State men's basketball team (9-4, 5-2 NSIC) returns home to Halenbeck Hall to host a pair of NSIC opponents this weekend. The program takes on Bemidji State (6-7, 3-5 NSIC) on Friday, Jan. 5, at 8 p.m. and Minnesota Crookston (8-6, 5-3 NSIC) on Saturday, Jan. 6 at 6 p.m.

There will also be several promotions this weekend at the games. On Friday, it will be $1 hot dog night at the concession stand. On Saturday, the contest will be Camper Appreciation and Youth Night where all youth up to a senior in high school can get in the game for free with a paid adult. The game will also be another $1 hot dog night at the concession stand.

For complete information for tickets, please visit www.scsutickets.com or call 1-877-SCSUTIX. As always, all SCSU students with a valid SCSU student ID card will be admitted to the game for FREE. Just show your card at the gate and you get in FREE!

Scouting Bemidji State

Bemidji State split the team's two games last weekend at home.
The program fell to Upper Iowa by an 84-75 score on Dec. 30 and defeated Winona State 62-59 on Dec. 31.
The program enters the weekend just one victory away from 1,000 career program victories.
BSU has lost four of the team's last six games.
Sharif Black leads the team in scoring at 13.7 points per game.
He is shooting 45 percent from the field, 33 percent from three-point range and 76.4 percent from the free throw line.
Black is also second on the team in assists (29), steals (12) and rebounds (65).
Ja'Vionne Green is getting 13.5 points per game, while shooting 40 percent from the field, 30.9 percent from three-point range and 72.2 percent from the free throw line.
Logan Bader is the third member of the squad that is averaging in double figures at 10.5 points per game.
Bader also leads the team in rebounding (68 / 5.2 per game) and blocks (10).
Christian Pekarek leads the squad in assists (52) and steals (16).
The Beavers are averaging 71.5 points per game, while shooting 45.1 percent from the field, 34.9 percent from three-point range and 73.2 percent from the free throw line.

Scouting Minnesota Crookston

Minnesota Crookston won both games over the weekend with a 73-56 victory over Winona State on Dec. 30 and a 98-79 win over Upper Iowa on Dec. 31.
The program is off to its best start in school history as a Division II program.
UMC has won three straight games entering the weekend and will take on Minnesota Duluth on Friday night before coming to St. Cloud.
Minnesota Crookston has scored 80 or more points in six contests this season.
Harrison Cleary leads the team and the conference in scoring at 24.3 points per game.
Cleary is shooting 46.9 percent from the field, 49.3 percent from three-point range and 97.1 percent from the free throw line
He is also averaging 5.0 rebounds and 4.1 assists per game.
Alan Hodge sports an average of 16.9 points per game, while shooting 45.9 percent from the field, 45.7 percent from beyond the arc and 70.7 from the line.
Chase Knickerbocker gets 11.0 points and 5.3 rebounds per game, while shooting 45.5 percent from the field, 44.3 percent from three-point range and 72.7 from the line.
Gable Smith is the leading shot blocker in the league at 57 blocks and with his average of 4.07 blocks per game.
Smith also leads the team in rebounding at 6.8 per game and averages 8.1 points a contest.
He leads the team in steals (23) and is shooting 64.9 percent from the field.
The Golden Eagles average 81.5 points per game, while shooting 48.1 percent from the field, 43.4 percent from three-point range and 77.1 percent from the free throw line.
The 43.4. percent shooting from beyond the arc is the best in the conference.
UMC also gets 5.9 blocks per game to lead the league and are tied for the nationally lead with 82 blocks as a team.

Prior Meetings

SCSU is 101-41 all-time against Bemidji State since the first game of the series in 1923-24.
The program ran away from the Beavers earlier this season in winning by a 96-62 margin (12/2/17).
Senior Jon Averkamp and junior Gage Davis both scored 25 points for SCSU in the victory.
Davis also had nine rebounds.
Junior Brindley Thesien scored 11 points
Freshman Drew Lewis had eight points and three rebounds.
The program shot 55.6 percent from the field and 40.9 percent from three-point range in the victory
The Huskies are 28-3 all-time against Minnesota Crookston.
The team defeated the Golden Eagles 69-57 earlier this season (12/1/17).
Theisen led the team with 19 points
Sophomore Trevon Marshall put up 13 points and three assists.
Junior Sean Smith had 15 points and nine rebounds
Averkamp had nine points and six rebounds
Tristen Hull totaled six points and five rebounds
Senior Andy Foley had five points and seven rebounds

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

The majority of the SCSU games can also be heard on the KVSC Sports Stream

Live Stats/ Live Video Anyone?
St. Cloud is running live stats / live video on their website for the games this weekend.

Read This Week's Game Notes
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Notables

The Huskies split the team's two road games last weekend.
The program held the lead for much of the game against Minot State before seeing the Beavers hit a three with two minutes left to take the lead for good in an 82-80 loss on Dec. 30.
The game marked the first time this season that the program has lost a game when holding a rebounding edge (8-1 season record – 37-25 rebounding edge in the game).
The team had a 12-point lead and it was the largest lead the program has had and not won the game on the campaign.
Jon Averkamp led the team with his 21 points on 8-for-10 shooting.
Brindley Theisen reached double figures with 10 points.
Gage Davis had his first double-double of the season and the 25th of his career with 14 points and 14 rebounds.
He also led the team with five assists.
Trevon Marshall scored 13 points and reached double figures for the fourth time this season and the seventh time in his career.
Andy Foley recorded 12 points.
Foley did not start against Minot State to end his consecutive starting streak at 44 games.
The program shot 49.2 percent from the field, 18.8 percent from three-point range and 85 percent from the free throw line.
The 85 percent shooting from the foul line was the second-best on the season for the program behind 89.5 percent the last time against Minnesota Crookston (12/1)
The team is now 9-4 all-time against Minot State
The program defeated the University of Mary 77-66 on Dec. 31.
The program is 13-9 all-time against the Marauders
Averkamp led the team with 23 points and three steals.
Davis totaled 21 points and eight rebounds.
The game marked the third time this season that SCSU has had a pair of 20 point scorers in the same game, but the first time since Averkamp and Davis both had 25 points against Bemidji State earlier this season (12/2).
Sean Smith had 14 points and 10 rebounds for his fourth double-double of the season.
He also picked up a career-high seven assists.
Foley reached double figures with 10 points.
It was his fourth time in double figures this season.
He also had eight rebounds and two steals.
The program shot 51.9 percent from the field against the University of Mary.
It was the sixth time shooting at 50 percent or better in a game this season.
SCSU is now 9-1 this season when scoring 69 or more points and 2-4 when allowing 69 or more.
The program is 4-2 at Halenbeck Hall this season and went 13-4 last season.
SCSU is 37-16 at home since the start of the 2014-15 season
St. Cloud State ranks in the top half of the conference in assist-turnover ratio (1.48 – 2nd), assists per game (16.3 – 2nd), blocked shots (3.8 – 4th), defensive rebounds per game (26.31 – 4th), fewest turnovers (143 – 6th), field goal percentage (47.2 – 8th), field goal percentage defense (44.4 – 7th), offensive rebounds per game (10.85 – 3rd), rebounding margin (5.4 – 4th), scoring defense (69.0 – 3rd), scoring margin (8.2 – 5th), steals per game (7.2 – 1st), total blocks (50 – 5th), total steals (93 – 3rd), turnover margin (3.2 – 1st), turnovers forced per game (14.15 – 2nd) and win-loss percentage (69.2 - 5th)
Averkamp is fifth in the NSIC in scoring at 20.4 points per game.
He is also third in field goal percentage (61.2) shooting (109-178), which is even more impressive since he has taken the eighth-most shots in the league through the first seven weeks of the season.
Averkamp leads the conference in offensive rebounding (3.08) and is 11th overall in rebounding (6.8).
He also leads the team in three-point percentage (52.4).
He enters the week just one point from becoming the 41st member of the school's 1000-point club.
Smith is second in the league in rebounds (8.9), blocked shots (2.54) and defensive rebounds per game (6.46)
He is sixth in offensive rebounds (2.46).
Smith is also fourth in the league in steals (1.54).
He has reached double figures in rebounds in six games including four double-doubles.
Smith is also averaging in double figures on the season at 11.8 points per game.
His 33 blocks represent 66 percent of the team's blocked shots this season (33-of-50).
Brindley Theisen is third on the team with his average of 12.5 points per game.
He has scored in double figures in 10 of the 13 games
Theisen is seventh in the league in three-point field goals per game (2.38), fourth in three-point attempts (85) plus seventh in total three-pointers made (31).
Heede-Andersen is ninth in the league in assists per game (3.8), 11th in total assists (49) plus 10th in assists to turnover ratio (1.88).
He is also tied for second on the team in steals (14).
Six players on the have played in all 13 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 Upper Iowa on Jan. 12 at 8 p.m. and Winona State on Jan. 13 at 6 p.m. next weekend.
SCSU is 16-6 all-time against the Peacocks since the first game of the series in 1951-52
The teams played twice last season with the Huskies defeating Upper Iowa 92-89 at home (1/13/17) and falling to the Peacocks by an 81-61 score in the NSIC/Sanford Health Basketball Tournament in Sioux Falls, S.D. (2/26/17).
In the home victory, Gage Davis had 26 points and five rebounds.
Scottie Stone had 22 points.
Trevon Marshall recorded 17 points and six assists.
In the loss in the tournament, Jon Averkamp led the charge with 25 points.
He also had seven rebounds.
Davis put up 10 points and 11 rebounds
Stone and Brindley Theisen both had 11 points.
The Huskies are 92-45 all-time against Winona State since the start of the series in 1922-23.
The program defeated the Warriors by an 88-65 score last season at Halenbeck Hall (1/14/17)
Davis had 29 points and nine rebounds.
Stone totaled 27 points, eight rebounds and four assists.
Averkamp picked up 15 points and eight rebounds.
Andy Foley had nine points and six assists.