Huskies Comeback Attempt Falls Short in 96-87 Loss to No. 10 Mavericks

Saturday, January 18

Mankato, MN

5:30 P.M.

St. Cloud State

10-7,7-5NSIC

#10 Minnesota State

17-2,13-0NSIC

St. Cloud St.

Minnesota St.

Photo by: Isaac Bentrott

Huskies Comeback Attempt Falls Short in 96-87 Loss to No. 10 Mavericks

1/18/2025 10:32:00 PM | Women's Basketball

Box Score

St. Cloud State sits at 10-7 on the year

Mankato, Minn.- St. Cloud State Women's Basketball (10-7, 7-5 NSIC) were defeated 96-87 against No. 10 Minnesota State Mankato Saturday evening. The game started off slowly for both teams as the Huskies trailed 4-2 at the 5:41 mark of the first quarter. From that point the Mavericks flexed their muscles as St. Cloud State went scoreless for the next three minutes as MSU took a 17-2 lead. A jumper by Paige Lambe stopped the scoreless run, but the Mavericks continued to apply pressure as they closed out the final 2:07 of the quarter with a 13-0 run to lead 30-4 at the end of the first quarter. While the offensive production picked up for the Huskies in the second quarter with 27 points, they would give up another 30 points to the Mavericks as they trailed 60-31 at halftime. With the looks of a blowout in the making, the Huskies roared back in the third quarter as they opened the half on a 15-5 run to cut the lead under 20 with 6:46 remaining in the quarter. St. Cloud State continued to apply offensive pressure as a three-pointer by Kristi Kottke got the game under 10 points with 1:37 left in the quarter. Kottke drained another three with six seconds remaining in the quarter to set the score at 76-68 going into the fourth. St. Cloud State had an offensive explosion in the third quarter as they outscored Mankato 37-16 while making six threes and shooting 65% from the field. The momentum continued for the Huskies into the fourth as a layup by Kylan Gerads brought the Huskies within three-points. The teams traded buckets over the next few minutes as a three by Alana Zarneke again got the lead down to three points. The Mavericks were able to get a comfortable lead again as they pushed it back up to seven points with 2:36 left in the game. St. Cloud State would ultimately run out of gas late as they made two field goals in the final 3:32 of the game. Despite a resilient comeback attempt, the No. 10 Mavericks would go on to defeat St. Cloud State 96-87.

Top Huskies

Kylan Gerads led the Huskies in scoring with 22 points and 12 rebounds to go with three assists and two steals. Gerads shot 10/18 from the field.
Alana Zarneke was the second Husky to score 20+ points as she tallied 21 points on 9/14 shooting while cash three three-pointers. She also totaled four assists and two rebounds and steals.
Kristi Kottke scored 17 points and an efficient 6/8 shooting while making three threes. Kottke also tallied five rebounds, three assists, and a steal.

Notables

St. Cloud State is now 67-47 all-time against Mankato and have lost three straight games to the Mavericks.
The Huskies led the game in three-point percentage (40-27.27), free throw percentage (83.3-78.95), rebounds (48-26), offensive rebounds (21-9), assists (21-18), second chance points (21-7), and bench points (44-25).
Jada Eggebrecht totaled 14 points, and two rebounds and assists. She also made two three-pointers and by doing so moved into the top-10 in career three-pointers made with 120. She passed Rachel Moen to currently place 10th.
Paige Lambe scored three points and grabbed nine rebounds to go with two assists.
Alyssa Stamer tallied two points, four rebounds, and three assists.
Rachel Kottke scored three points and secured three rebounds while dishing two assist.
Halle Vande Hey totaled two points, six rebounds, and two assists.

Up Next
St. Cloud State will be back in action on Friday, January 24 as they take on Sioux Falls. 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.