St. Cloud State Men’s Basketball Falls Short in Double Overtime Against MSU Moorhead

Saturday, February 1

Moorhead, MN

3:30 P.M.

St. Cloud State

14-10,10-6NSIC

104

MSU Moorhead

14-8,9-7NSIC

OT 1

OT 2

St. Cloud St.

MSU Moorhead

104

Photo by: Kayden Kircher

St. Cloud State Men’s Basketball Falls Short in Double Overtime Against MSU Moorhead

2/1/2025 9:04:00 PM | Men's Basketball

Box Score

Huskies defeated 104-98

Moorhead, Minn.- St. Cloud State Men's Basketball (14-10, 10-6 NSIC) were defeated 104-98 in double overtime against MSU Moorhead Saturday, evening. In what was a back-and-forth fast paced start to the game, St. Cloud State held a 22-21 lead at the 11:30 mark of the first half. With five straight points from Kynan Philippe, the Huskies looked to be taking control of the game with a six-point lead. The teams continued to trade buckets late in the first half, but the Huskies flirted with a double-digit lead multiple times. A three-pointer by Luke Winkel put SCSU up 10 points with 1:37 left in the half. The Dragons would have a strong finish to the half as they knocked down two three-pointers with Will Kinsey hitting a buzzer beater corner three. The Huskies would hold a 48-44 lead going into the break. St. Cloud State brushed off the late momentum by the Dragons as another three by Winkel pushed the lead back up to 10 at the 15:33 mark of the second half. MSUM continued to fight and cut into the Huskies lead multiple times throughout the second half, but SCSU would have a counter run in store. After the Dragons cut the lead down to three points with 4:27 left in the game, the teams traded defensive stops before Wyatt Hawks flushed a dunk on a secondary break opportunity off a feed from Lee Marks III to set the score at 79-74. The dunk by Hawks momentarily halted the momentum for the Dragons, but a 5-0 by Moorhead would result in the game being tied with 1:49 left in the game. The defense ramped up for both teams as neither team could find the bottom of the net in the final 109 seconds. After a defensive stop and a timeout, the Huskies held possession with three seconds left but needed to go the full length of the court. Winkel took a few dribbles to get inside halfcourt and fired a deep three that missed as the game would head into overtime. Th start of overtime saw the teams battle back and forth, but a slot three pointer by Lucas Morgan capped off a 6-2 run where St. Cloud State now led 88-84 with 1:43 remaining. With 26 seconds left in the overtime, Logan Kinsey tied the game with a layup as the Dragons responded with a 4-0 run. SCSU again had a chance to win the game at the buzzer. Winkel would head to work in the post where he missed a turnaround floater, grabbed his own rebound, and then missed a layup at the buzzer as the game headed to double overtime. Both shot attempts were well defended by the Dragons. The second overtime saw MSUM build a four-point lead after back-to-back threes by Carson Johnson. Winkel would make a free throw after drawing a foul to cut the deficit to three, but the Dragons extended the lead to five after a layup by Shaun Wysocki with 1:01 remaining in the game. The Huskies quickly worked a pick and roll between Morgan and Hawks as Hawks finished inside to bring the deficit back to three with 46 seconds left. The Dragons would ultimately close the game out at the free throw line as they made six of their final 10 attempts in the last 46 seconds as they went on to win 104-98 in double overtime. Free throws would be a deciding factor as the Huskies shot 17/29 from the line. Carson Johnson of MSUM also went for 42 points on 14/26 shooting and made eight of his 14 three-point attempts.

Top Huskies

Luke Winkel led the Huskies in scoring with a career-high 28 points on an efficient 10/20 shooting while going 3/7 from three. Winkel also tied his career-high with eight assists and grabbed five rebounds. This was his third game scoring 20+ points this season.
Lucas Morgan tallied 16 points, five rebounds, three assists, and a steal and block. He shot 50% from the field and made two of his three three-point attempts. Morgan also went 4/5 from the free throw line and with his lone miss snapped his steak of 34 consecutive free throw makes. This was his fifth game scoring 16+ points this season.
Nate Dahl totaled 13 points, seven rebounds, and three steals while shooting 4/7 from the field and 2/4 from three. This was Dahl's fifth game with 3+ steals and 12th game scoring 13+ points.

Notables

St. Cloud State is now 85-56 all-time against MSU Moorhead and have lost seven consecutive games.
The Huskies led the game in rebounds (36-35), offensive rebounds (7-4), points off turnovers (17-12), second chance points (8-0), bench points (23-15), points in the paint (52-34), and fast break points (11-10).
Wyatt Hawks was the final Husky to score in double-digits as he tallied 13 points and six rebounds while shooting 5/8 from the field. This was Hawks' 11th game scoring 13+ points and second straight.
Izaac Neal set a career-high with nine points on 4/6 shooting. He also grabbed three rebounds and recorded a block and steal.
Lee Marks III tallied nine points, five rebounds, two assists, and a steal. He also shot 4/5 from the field. This was Marks' fifth game scoring 9+ points this season.
Anish Ramlall totaled five points and two rebounds and assists.
Kynan Philippe scored five points and a rebound.

Up Next
St. Cloud State will be back in action on Wednesday, February 5 as they travel to UMary. 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.