St. Cloud State Men's Basketball Shuts Down Michigan Tech

Sunday, November 27

St. Cloud, Minn.

1:00 PM

St. Cloud State

3-3,0-1NSIC

Michigan Tech

2-5,0-0GLIAC

Michigan Tech

St. Cloud St.

Photo by: Kaitlyn Zuehl

11/27/2022 2:43:00 PM | Men's Basketball

Box Score

Huskies hot shooting leads them over Michigan Tech

ST. CLOUD, Minn. - The St. Cloud State men's basketball closes out the weekend with a Thanksgiving sweep. The Huskies hot shooting shut down the Michigan Tech Huskies with a final score of 74-56 Sunday afternoon. Luke Taylor led St. Cloud with 18 points and seven rebounds.

GAME SUMMARY
Michigan Tech grabbed four points right off the bat at the beginning of the game but that ignited the Huskies offense as they went on a seven point unanswered scoring run. As the half went on, St. Cloud's point margin grew to 21 thanks to a three-point jumper by Matthew Willert with 2:51 left in the first half. The Huskies headed into the locker with a 41-22 point lead. Luke Taylor and Matthew Willert led the first 20 minutes of play scoring 13 and 12 points respectively.

Back on the court in the second half, the Huskies offense and defense worked together to keep lead over Michigan Tech with a steal from Kevin Cook who found an open Andre Renta who sank a three-pointer to give the Huskies a 22 point lead with 15:33 left in regulation. As the half progress, Michigan Tech chipped away at St. Cloud's lead to just 10 points with 5:52 left. However, that sparked the Huskies offense as they went on the attack to close out the game with a 74-56 victory. Three Huskies ended the day scoring in the double-digits.

TOP HUSKIES

Luke Taylor lead the Huskies in scoring with 18 points and seven rebounds
Matthew Willert put up 17 points with three rebounds
Tommy Chatman closed with 12 points and five rebounds along with three assists

UP NEXT
The Huskies are back in action for an NSIC match-up against Bemidji State on Thursday, December 1. The game is set for a 7:30 p.m. tip-off at Halenbeck Hall. On Saturday, December 3 the Huskies will hit the road to face off against Minnesota Crookston for a 3:00 p.m. game.

Season and single game tickets for the upcoming season are now on sale at scsutickets.com. For all the latest on St. Cloud State men's basketball, stay tuned on scsuhuskies.com and follow the team on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook.