Huskies Comeback Attempt Falls Short with 74-78 Loss to Beavers

Thursday, December 19

Bemidji, MN

5:30 P.M.

St. Cloud State

6-5,3-3NSIC

Bemidji State

3-6,1-4NSIC

St. Cloud St.

Bemidji St.

Huskies Comeback Attempt Falls Short with 74-78 Loss to Beavers

12/19/2024 11:28:00 PM | Women's Basketball

Box Score

St. Cloud State drops second straight conference game

Bemidji, Minn.- St. Cloud State Women's Basketball (6-5, 3-3 NSIC) dropped their second consecutive conference game Thursday evening with a 74-78 loss to Bemidji State. Despite the Beavers holding a five-point lead early in the first quarter, the teams went back-and-forth as BSU held a 18-17 lead at the end of the first quarter. The second quarter was when the Beavers started to take control of the game as a 15-5 run over the final seven minutes of the half gave BSU a 39-26 lead going into the break. St. Cloud State had over a five-minute drought between field goals during the run, but a layup by Alyssa Stamer with three seconds left in the half gave the Huskies a little momentum. Coming out of the break, the Huskies started to find their offensive groove as Kylan Gerads finished in the paint to cap off a 14-2 run, bringing SCSU within one-point. The Huskies continued to battle with the Beavers as back-to-back three-pointers by Jada Eggebrecht and Stamer again brought SCSU within a single-point. The Beavers stabilized over the final 1:13 of the quarter as they would lead 56-52 going into the final frame. In the fourth quarter, a three-pointer by Alana Zarneke at the 7:03 mark gave St. Cloud State their first lead of the game as the score was set a 61-58. The teams traded blows the rest of the way as Bemidji State led 73-69 after converting an and-one with 56 seconds left. In need of a bucket, Gerads came up with a big offensive rebound and then put it back up while getting fouled. She converted the and-one opportunity to bring the Huskies within a point with 45 seconds remaining. BSU finished a layup on their offensive possession to go back up three-points with 16 seconds remaining. St. Cloud State would go to Eggebrecht to tie the game on their possession, but an offensive foul on a moving screen prevented her from getting up a shot. The Huskies fouled the Beavers and they made both of their free throw attempts to go up five points with 14 seconds left. Now in dire need of a score, Eggebrecht knocked in a long two to bring the Huskies within three points. Bemidji State then went 1/2 at the free throw line after SCSU fouled to go up four. St. Cloud State would turn the ball over on their final possession as they would ultimately lose 78-74 to Bemidji State.

Top Huskies

Jada Eggebrecht scored a season-high 27 points on an efficient 9/15 shooting. Eggebrecht also cashed four three-pointers on eight attempts. This was her second game scoring 20+ points this season.
Paige Lambe set a career-high in points with 16 while making a career-high six free throws. Lambe shot 5/9 from the field while grabbing four rebounds.
Kylan Gerads was the final Husky to score in double-figures as she totaled 11 points and seven rebounds. Gerads shot 5/6 from the field which was a career-high in field goal makes.

Notables

St. Cloud State is now 51-19 all-time against Bemidji State.
The Huskies led the game in field goal percentage (50-48.98), rebounds (30-24), offensive rebounds (11-6), points off turnovers (24-18), second chance points (14-13), points in the paint (38-36), fast break points (6-5), and bench points (27-9).
Reagan Briggs scored eight points on 4/8 shooting while grabbing three rebounds and tying her career-high in steals with three. Briggs has scored 8 points and nabbed three steals in consecutive games.
Alyssa Stamer scored seven points and dished out four assists. She has tallied 4+ assists in three consecutive games.
Alana Zarneke totaled five points, six rebounds, three assists, and two steals. This was Zarneke's sixth multi-steal game of the season.

Up Next
St. Cloud State will return to action on Friday, January 3 as they take on Augustana at Halenbeck Hall. For all the latest on St. Cloud State Women's Basketball, stay tuned to scsuhuskies.com and follow the team on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook.