St. Cloud State Men’s Basketball Falls to Minot State

Saturday, December 2

St. Cloud, Minn.

3:30 P.M. CT

St. Cloud State

4-2,1-1NSIC

Minot State

5-2,2-1NSIC

Minot St.

St. Cloud St.

Photo by: Justyce Porter

12/3/2023 12:39:00 AM | Men's Basketball

Box Score

Beavers use big second half to down SCSU, 85-70

ST. CLOUD, MINN. – St. Cloud State Men's Basketball (4-2, 1-1 Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference) dropped its weekend finale against Minot State, 85-70, on Saturday at Halenbeck Hall in St. Cloud. The Beavers (5-2, 2-1 NSIC) used a 49-point second half to run away with the game after only leading SCSU by one point at halftime.

TOP HUSKIES

Freshman Anish Ramlall (Rosemount, Minn.) scored a team-high 15 points on 4-of-8 from the field, 3-of-6 from beyond the arc and 4-of-5 from the free throw line. He also had two steals.
Graduate student Luke Taylor (Germantown, Wis.) scored 13 points on 6-of-11 shooting and grabbed five rebounds.
Freshman Lucas Morgan (Sydney, Australia) scored 14 points and was very efficient going 5-of-11 from the field, 1-of-2 from three and 3-of-3 from the line.
Sophomore Andre Renta (Hudson, Wis.) tallied eight points, four assists and four rebounds.

NOTABLES

The Huskies move to 18-7 all-time against Minot State after the loss.

SCSU led the game in free-throw percentage (72.2%-64.3%).
MISU led the game in field goal percentage (50.0%-42.1%), three-point percentage (57.9%-33.3%), field goals (28-24), three pointers (11-9), free throws (18-13), assists (12-11), blocks (4-2), second chance points (14-12) fast break points (12-8), and bench points (23-17).
The teams tied steals (7-7)
Ramlall has scored 14+ points in 4-of-6 games this year. He tied career-highs in three pointers attempted (six) and steals (two).
Taylor scored 10+ points for the 29^th time as a Husky and the fifth time this season. He set season highs in points (13), minutes played (25), field goals made (six) and rebounds (five).
Morgan played a career-high 31 minutes.
Renta had another breakout game. He set new season-highs in points (eight), minutes (27), field goals made (two), field goals attempted (five), three pointers made (two), three pointers attempted (three), free throws made (two), free rebounds (four), assists (four) and blocks (one). He has recorded a block in two consecutive games.
Senior Joe Mutimer (Melbourne, Australia) set season-highs in minutes (29), field goal attempts (5), three pointers made (1), three pointers attempted (four).
Freshman forward Wyatt Hawks (White Bear Lake) set new career-highs in free throws attempted (three), rebounds and assists one.
Junior Dom Aguilar (Fergus Falls, Minn.) made his season debut playing three minutes. He grabbed three rebounds.

UP NEXT
The Huskies hit the road for their first NSIC road weekend. They will play Northern State on Friday. Dec. 8 in Aberdeen S.D. and MSU Moorhead on Saturday, Dec. 9 in Moorhead, Minn. Friday's game is set to tip-off at 5:30 p.m. CT and Saturday's tilt is scheduled to start at 3:30. Live coverage will be available on the NSIC Network with live stats provided by each home team. Links to each coverage option will be available on the SCSU Men's Basketball schedule page.

St. Cloud State Men's Basketball season tickets for the 2023-24 season are available. Fans can purchase season tickets by visiting scsuickets.com or by calling 1-877-SCSUTIX / 320-308-2137. The season ticket package includes tickets to 16 regular season home games played in Halenbeck Hall. Single game tickets are also available.

For all the latest on St. Cloud State Men's Basketball, stay tuned to SCSUHuskies.com and follow the team on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook.