St. Cloud State Men's Basketball Drops to USF 83-73

Saturday, January 21

Sioux Falls, S.D.

3:30 PM

St. Cloud State

7-12,4-10NSIC

Sioux Falls

14-6,9-5NSIC

St. Cloud St.

Sioux Falls

1/21/2023 7:33:00 PM | Men's Basketball

Box Score

Huskies unable to respond to second half surge by Cougars

SIOUX FALLS, SD - The St. Cloud State men's basketball team dropped their third consecutive game after a tough loss to Sioux Falls Saturday afternoon at the Stewart Center. The Huskies were unable to respond to the Cougars second half surge as they fell 83-73 to USF. Every single Husky that touched the court added points to the board with three scoring in the double-digits.

GAME SUMMARY
Out of the 11 lead changes during the game, ten happened in the first half alone. St. Cloud went up by four after Ryan Bagley hit a step back three to put the Huskies up 7-3. Sioux Falls would then take the lead over with a three-pointer and go up 18-13 at the 14:16 mark. The game would then go back and forth between the two teams. Sioux Falls was looking to end the half up four until Matthew Willert hit a jumper behind the arc to make it a one-point game. The Huskies would enter the locker room down 36-35. St. Cloud shot .464 from the field with Willert leading with 13 first half points.

St. Cloud would take their last lead of the game, 37-36, one minute into the second half off a pair of free throws from Jalen Griffin. From there Sioux Falls found a surge of momentum to take control of the game going on a 20-4 run hitting four three-pointers in that time to go up by 15 over St. Cloud with a score of 56-41 with 12:58 left. USF would go up by 25 at the 4:43 mark. The Huskies were unable to respond to the point deficit and fell 83-73 to the Cougars. St. Cloud shot .393 from the field with Kevin Cook leading the half with ten points.

TOP HUSKIES

Matthew Willert led St. Cloud with 17 points going 5-7 from the field, 2-3 from behind the arc, and 5-5 from the line. Additionally, Willert had five rebounds and one assist
Kevin Cook put up 14 points with seven rebounds, one block, and one steal
Andre Renta closed with ten points, five rebounds, and three assists

UP NEXT
The Huskies are back home next weekend for a pair of NSIC South matchups at Halenbeck Hall. St. Cloud will host Augustana and Wayne State Jan. 27 and Jan. 28.

Single game tickets for the 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.