St. Cloud State Men’s Basketball Struggles Offensively in Home Loss

Saturday, January 20

St. Cloud, Minn.

5:30 P.M. CT

St. Cloud State

8-10,4-8NSIC

Augustana

12-7,7-6NSIC

Augustana (SD)

St. Cloud St.

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St. Cloud State Men’s Basketball Struggles Offensively in Home Loss

1/21/2024 12:38:00 AM | Men's Basketball

Box Score

Huskies shoot just 37.7% from the field in 77-66 loss to Augustana

ST. CLOUD, Minn. – St. Cloud State Men's Basketball (8-10 overall, 4-8 Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference) struggled offensively all night en route to a 77-66 loss to Augustana on Saturday at Halenbeck Hall.

Augustana (12-7, 7-6 NSIC) lead the game for 38:30 and only conceded the lead to the Huskies one time early in the first half. The Vikings built their biggest lead – 15 points – toward the end of the first half before SCSU closed in using a 14-8 run to finish the half. Augie turned SCSU's six first half turnovers into 10 points and only turned the ball over twice itself.

The Huskies only got to within six points of Augustana in the second half. Missed shots – and free throws – coupled with a few untimely turnovers lead to SCSU's demise down the stretch. SCSU was forced to become aggressive on defense, going for steals and inevitably fouling. Augie made 80% (20-of-25) of its free throws down the stretch to fend off the Huskies.

TOP HUSKIES

Graduate student Luke Taylor (Germantown, Wis.) scored 10 points on 3-of-6 shooting from the field including 2-of-3 from three. He also grabbed five rebounds and made both of his free throw attempts.
Freshman Jamiir Allen (Milwaukee, Wis.) scored 10 points and grabbed three rebounds off the bench.
Freshman Vance Peiffer (Waukee, Iowa) scored nine points on 4-of-6 shooting including 1-of-1 from three-point land. He also grabbed four rebounds.

NOTABLES

The Huskies are now 48-46 all-time against Augustana after the loss.
SCSU led the game in three pointers (8-4), total rebounds (14-26—40 – 10-28—38), assists (12-5), blocks (3-0) and bench points (29-11).
Augie led the game in field goal percentage (43.6%-37.7%), free-throw percentage (78.1%-70.6%), field goals (24-23), free throws (25-12), steals (10-2), points off turnovers (19-3), points in the paint (30-24) and fast break points (9-1)
Both teams shot 30.8% from three (8-26 SCSU – 4-13 Augie) and scored six second chance points.
Taylor has scored 10+ points in 10 games this year. Third game with multiple three-pointers. 13^th game with 3+ rebounds.
Allen tied his career-high making four free throws. He has scored 10+ points in 10 games this season including the last nine in a row. Seventh game with 3+ rebounds. Second game making four free throws. Seventh game with 2+ assists.
Peiffer has scored 5+ points in his last nine games and in 11 of the 13 games he has played in. He has grabbed 4+ rebounds in 10 games.
Freshman Lucas Morgan (Sydney, Australia) scored 8 points and grabbed six rebounds. He scored 8+ points in 14 games and has grabbed 6+ rebounds in eight games. Eighth game with 3+ free throws makes.
Senior Joe Mutimer (Melbourne, Australia) scored eight points on 3-of-4 shooting from the field including 2-of-3 from three. He also dished out two assists and grabbed two rebounds. He tied his season-high making two three-pointers. He has scored 8+ points in five games this year. He has tallied 2+ assists in 14 games. He has grabbed 2+ rebounds in 12 games.
Freshman Nate Dahl (Buffalo, Minn.) scored seven points on 3-of-4 shooting and grabbed four rebounds. He has scored 7+ points three times and grabbed 4+ rebounds four times.
Freshman Wyatt Hawks (White Bear Lake, Minn.) scored six points and grabbed a team-high nine rebounds in a career-high 25 minutes. He also set a new career-high shooting five free throws. He has scored 6+ points in eight games including seven of the last nine games. He has grabbed 9+ rebounds in four games including four of the last seven.
Senior Matt Willert (Buffalo, Minn.) scored six points. He has scored 6+ points in 13 games this season including the last seven in a row.
Freshman Anish Ramlall (Rosemount, Minn.) grabbed three rebounds and dished out three assists. He has recorded 3+ rebounds in nine games and 3+ assists in nine games. Tied his season-low scoring only two points.
Redshirt sophomore Tony Dahl (Buffalo, Minn.) grabbed four rebounds.

UP NEXT
The Huskies return to the road for the first time in 20 days next weekend. They will travel to play Minnesota State in on Friday, January 26 and Winona State on Saturday, January 27. Friday's game will begin at 7:30 p.m. at the Taylor Center in Mankato and Saturday's game will tip off at 5:30 p.m. at McCown Gymnasium. Live coverage will be available on the NSIC Network and The Varsity Network with live stats being provided by each home institution. Links to each coverage option will be available on the SCSU Men's Basketball schedule page.

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