St. Cloud State Men's Basketball Not Enough Against RV Minnesota State

Friday, January 6

Mankato, Minn.

7:30 PM

St. Cloud State

5-9,2-7NSIC

RV Minnesota State Mankato

12-3,6-3NSIC

St. Cloud St.

Minnesota St.

Photo by: Ryan Roehl

St. Cloud State Men's Basketball Not Enough Against RV Minnesota State

1/7/2023 1:03:00 AM | Men's Basketball

Box Score

Huskies fall 78-65 against RV Mavericks

MANKATO, Minn. - The St. Cloud State men's basketball team's late second half comeback was just not enough to take down the RV Minnesota State Mavericks. The Huskies fell 78-65 to the Mavericks Friday evening at the Taylor Center in Mankato, MN. Eight Huskies added points to the board with two scoring in the double-digits.

GAME SUMMARY
St. Cloud ended the opening 20 minutes down 38-23 to Minnesota State. The Huskies were up 5-4 just three minutes into the game but fell into a dry spell as they went scoreless for the next seven minutes while Mankato went on a 16-0 run to go up 20-5 over SCSU. St. Cloud struggled to execute on their shots shooting only .233 from the field and ended the half down 15. Matthew Willert led with 13 points.

The Huskies opened up the second half looking to swing the game back in their favor. St. Cloud went on a 20-9 scoring run going 5-6 from behind the arc in the first seven minutes of the second half to bring the game back within four points. At the 5:44 mark, Luke Taylor nailed a critical layup in the paint which tied the game at 57 each. Taylor was fouled on his basket and was sent to the foul line for an extra shot which he capitalized on to give the Huskies a one-point lead. Minnesota State then took the game back and outscored the Huskies 20-7 to close out the game. St. Cloud was unable to keep up against the Mavericks offense and fell 78-65 in the end. Luke Taylor led the second half scoring with 14 points.

TOP HUSKIES

Matthew Willert was once against a top scorer for the Huskies and was just one rebound shy of a double-double. The junior forward put up 18 points, nine rebounds, and three steals
Luke Taylor closed with 16 points and three rebounds
Jalen Griffin added nine points and five rebounds

UP NEXT
The Huskies will take on Concordia St. Paul tomorrow, Jan. 7 for a 5:30 p.m. tip-off at the Gangelhoff Center in St. Paul, MN. The NSIC Network will provide the game stream while audio will be available on the Varsity Network app.

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.