Winkel’s Career-Night Props Huskies in Big Win Over RV Concordia-St. Paul

Wednesday, January 8

St. Paul, MN

7:30 P.M.

St. Cloud State

10-7,6-3NSIC

RV Concordia-St. Paul

12-4,7-3NSIC

St. Cloud St.

Concordia-St. Paul

Photo by: Isaac Bentrott

Winkel’s Career-Night Props Huskies in Big Win Over RV Concordia-St. Paul

1/9/2025 2:24:00 AM | Men's Basketball

Box Score

Huskies win 93-89

St. Paul, Minn.- St. Cloud State Men's Basketball (10-7, 6-3 NSIC) picked up a big win Wednesday evening as they defeated RV Concordia-St. Paul 93-89. The first five minutes of the game were tightly contested as neither team could take control of the game. The Huskies started to grab momentum after Wyatt Hawks threw down a dunk to put the Huskies up two. A jumper by Kynan Philippe capped off a 6-1 run as St. Cloud State held a five-point lead. SCSU steadily held that lead for the next few minutes before a vicious dunk by Hawks sparked the start of a big run. The big man forced a steal on the defensive end and then nailed a jumper to push the lead to eight points. The Huskies forced another steal following a timeout as Luke Winkel picked up the loose change and took it the distance for a layup to extend the lead to 10 points. Antwan Kimmons started to cut in the lead as he knocked down two free throws for CSP, but Nathan Bunkosky rang in a big three to push the lead back up to double-digits. Winkel cashed a jumper with 6:11 left in the half as St. Cloud State led by 11 points. From that point, the Golden Bears had a strong close to the half as 13-4 run set the score at 38-34 going into the break. The Huskies played a phenomenal defensive half as they held the potent CSP offense to 29% shooting The second half started out how the game began with neither team able to take control. Holding a two-point lead with 15:15 on the clock, Lucas Morgan drilled a three to push the lead to five. CSP came down and finished a layup, but Anish Ramlall responded with another three for SCSU. The Huskies forced a miss on the defensive end before Lee Marks III grabbed an offensive rebound off a Winkel miss and put it back up while getting fouled for the and-one. Marks converted the free throw to put the Huskies up by nine points. St. Cloud State held a multiple-possession for the next 10+ minutes before the Golden Bears roared back as a three-pointer by Reid Patterson set the score at 81-78. Having newly found momentum, the Golden Bears finished a layup as they now only trailed by one-point with 3:12 left in the game. Free throws by Winkel and Nate Dahl pushed the Huskies lead back up to four points with 2:40 remaining, but CSP finished another layup almost instantly. A miss by the Huskies and key offensive rebounds by the Golden Bears ultimately led to Patterson tying the game with 1:44 left in the game following a jumper. On the ensuing offensive possession for SCSU, Hawks knocked down a big jumper to give the Huskies a two-point lead with 1:13 remaining. CSP missed a three-pointer on their possession as Winkel came up big on the offensive end as he finished a layup with 31 seconds left to put SCSU up four. Antwan Kimmons would split a pair of free throws, missing the second as Morgan got fouled with 15 seconds left. Morgan also split his free throws as Patterson drilled a three with 10 seconds remaining as CSP now only trailed by one. Winkel would then get fouled with seven seconds left and came up clutch by making both attempts. Now up by three-points, the Huskies played the foul game as they prohibited CSP from tying the game on a three. Kimmons went to the line and made the first, but missed the second as Winkel came up with the rebound. Winkel was again clutch at the line as two free throw makes put SCSU up four with three seconds remaining. The Golden Bears miss fired on a three on their final possession as the Huskies came away with a big 93-89 victory over RV Concordia-St. Paul.

Top Huskies

Luke Winkel had a career evening as he posted career highs in points, assists, and field goals made while tying his career-high in rebounds in his first career start. Winkel posted 24 points on an efficient 8/14 shooting while dishing eight assists and grabbing five rebounds. He also made eight of his 10 free throws while recording a steal. He has scored 13+ points in five consecutive games.
Wyatt Hawks controlled the paint as he tallied 19 points on 8/12 shooting while grabbing seven rebounds. Hawks also blocked two shots and recorded three stocks on the evening. This was Hawks' eighth game scoring double-digit points this season.
Anish Ramlall scored 14 points while making three three-pointers. Ramlall also went 5/6 from the free throw line while shooting 3/5 from the field. This was Ramlall's second game this season where he has cashed 3+ threes.

Notables

St. Cloud State is now 26-9 all-time against Concordia-St. Paul and snapped their two-game losing streak to the Golden Bears.
The Huskies led the game in field goal percentage (54.1-43.5), three-point percentage (38.5-34.5), assists (16-14), blocks (8-2), points in the paint (46-34), fast break points (8-6), and bench points (22-8).
Nate Dahl stuffed the stat sheet with nine points, seven rebounds, and five assists, and three stocks. This was the fourth game this season where Dahl has grabbed 7+ rebounds.
Lucas Morgan scored 12 points and secured six rebounds while shooting 5/8 from the field. Morgan has now scored 12+ points five times this season.
Lee Marks III set a career-high in blocks with three to go along with three points and two rebounds.
Kynan Philippe scored seven points in the game.
Vance Peiffer scored two points while grabbing a season-high four rebounds while blocking a shot.
Nathan Bunkosky scored three points while grabbing one rebound.

Up Next
St. Cloud State will be back in action on Saturday, January 11 as they travel to Duluth to play Minnesota Duluth. 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.