Second Half Scorch Props Huskies over No. 23 Winona State 70-65

Saturday, February 22

St. Cloud, MN

3:30 P.M.

St. Cloud State

19-11,15-7NSIC

#23 Winona State

19-9,14-8NSIC

Winona St.

St. Cloud St.

Photo by: Kayden Kircher

Second Half Scorch Props Huskies over No. 23 Winona State 70-65

2/22/2025 9:28:00 PM | Men's Basketball

Box Score

Huskies finish fifth in the NSIC standings

St. Cloud, Minn.- St. Cloud State Men's Basketball (19-11, 15-7 NSIC) closed out the regular season with win as they defeated No. 23 Winona State 70-65 Saturday evening. The defense of St. Cloud State got off to a strong start as they held the Warriors scoreless through the first six and a half minutes of the game to lead 4-0. Following the first field goal by WSU, the teams battled back and forth for the next nine minutes of the half as Winona State held a 21-19 lead with 4:21 left in the half. Luke Winkel would tie the game up with a layup and then SCSU would take the lead off a three by Kynan Philippe. The Huskies kept it rolling on both ends as following a defensive stop, Wyatt Hawks put back a layup off an offensive rebound. Another miss by the Warriors led to a big three by Anish Ramlall as he capped off the 10-0 run. St. Cloud State ultimately went into halftime leading 31-24. The Huskies came out of halftime on fire from three as they made their first six shots from beyond the arc. A triple by Philippe put SCSU up 51-41 with 11:37 left in the half. SCSU continued to hum on both ends as a layup by Ramlall extended the lead to 18 with 5:36 left in the game. From that layup, everything then began to click for the Warriors as a 16-0 run cut the deficit down to two points with 32 seconds remaining. WSU would foul and send Philippe to the line with 23 seconds remaining. The Australian came up big with two makes to push the lead up to four. Coming out of a timeout by SCSU, Luke Haertle missed a three that was collected by Winkel who would be fouled. The freshman also came up big at the line as he extended the lead to multiple possessions with two makes as there was now nine seconds left in the game. A bucket by Winona with three seconds left led to more free throws by Winkel. He ultimately sealed the game with a make as St. Cloud State came away with a 70-65 win against No. 23 Winona State. The Huskies were on fire from deep in the second half as they connected on eight on their 13 three-point attempts while shooting 54.2% from the field.

Top Huskies

Luke Winkel stuffed the stat sheet with 18 points, five rebounds, six assists, three threes, and two steals. He also shot 6/12 from the field. This was Winkel's seventh game with 18+ points and seventh with 6+ assists.
Kynan Philippe scored a career-high 18 points while tying his career-high in three-point makes with four. The Australian also grabbed seven rebounds. This was Philippe's third game with 4+ threes.
Anish Ramlall was a spark plug off the bench as he tallied 14 points while tying his career-high in threes with four. Ramlall also grabbed five rebounds while shooting 5/11 from the field. This was his fifth game with 14+ points.

Notables

St. Cloud State is now 97-47 all-time against Winona State.
The Huskies led the game in field goal percentage (44.8-40.0), three-point makes (11-7), rebounds (43-27), offensive rebounds (10-5), assists (13-10), blocks (3-2), second chance points (14-4), fast break points (7-6), and bench points (15-12).
Lucas Morgan nearly notched a double-double with 11 points and nine rebounds. Morgan also recorded three stocks and two assists. This was his seventh game with 3+ stocks.
Wyatt Hawks tallied six points and eight rebounds (five offensive) while shooting 3/5 from the field. This was his fourth game with 5+ offensive rebounds and 14th game with 8+ total rebounds.

Up Next
St. Cloud State will now enter postseason play as the fifth seed in the NSIC Tournament. They will host Bemidji State, the 12 seed, on Wednesday February 26 at 7:30 p.m. The winner of that game will advance to the Sanford Pentagon in Sioux Falls to play Minnesota State Mankato on Sunday, March 2 at 4:30 p.m. 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.