ST. CLOUD, Minn.- The Warriors men's basketball team was defeated 84-50 after a slow start from the field.
Winona State fell behind early and found themselves down 40-19 at the half. The second half saw St. Cloud State explode their lead to as many as 36 points with the final being a comfortable 84-50 win for the Huskies.
How it Happened:
Winona State got off to a slow start from the field with their first field goal at 15:54 with a
Tyler Mason three-pointer to make it 5-3 Huskies. Five points from Luke Winkel helped propel St. Cloud State to a 12-3 lead at 12:47.
Gavyn Hurley and
Jaron Crews connected on back-to-back buckets to cut the deficit to 12-8 SCSU with 11:26 left in the half. After a three-ball by Hurley made it 19-11, SCSU went on an 11-0 run ushered by six points from Winkel to make it 30-11 at the 6:21 mark.
Kayden Wells ended the run with a three-pointer to cut the lead to 30-14 at 5:10.
Aidan Bardic made a layup to make it 40-19 St. Cloud State at the break.
After a Huskies bucket, Hurley accelerated a Warriors 8-0 run with six points of his own to cut the lead to 42-27. Baskets from
Tyler Borowski and Bardic made it 44-32 SCSU with 14:20 to play. St. Cloud State bumped the lead back to 17 at 53-36 after a Kynan Philippe free throw at 10:17.
Ryan Watters entered the scoresheet with a three-ball making it 53-39 Huskies.
Jackson Hayes ended a Warriors field goal drought with a layup at 6:04 making it 65-43 SCSU. Bardic scored on a layup to finalize the game at 84-50 Huskies.
Statistical Comparison
- The Warriors shot 18-of-56 (32.1%) from the field while the Huskies went 26-of-59 (44.1%)
- St. Cloud State won the battle of the boards 42-34.
- Winona State shot four-of-21 (19.0%) from deep with the Huskies going seven-of-23 (30.4%) from three-point land.
- From the free throw line, WSU went 10-for-12(83.3%) while SCSU shot 25-of-32 (78.1%) from the charity stripe.
- Hurley led the Warriors in scoring with 15 points on five-of-nine shooting and four-of-five from the free throw line.
- Bardic added eight points and three assists in the loss.
- Winkel scored a game-high 19 points for the Huskies on six-of-11 shooting and a perfect seven-of-seven from the charity stripe.
- Bob Griechen registered 16 points on seven-of-12 shooting and two-of-three from deep.
Winona State returns home next weekend for a pair of NSIC contests. First, WSU will play Sioux Falls on Saturday, December 13 at 5:00pm. The following day, the Warriors will face SMSU at 2:00pm.
