DULUTH, Minn.- The Winona State men's basketball team was defeated 71-50 at Minnesota Duluth.
WSU was unable to dig themselves out of a 35-19 hole at halftime as they lost by 21 points in the NSIC contest.
Jaron Crews registered a season-high 19 points in the loss.
How it Happened:
Winona State cut an earlier UMD lead to 8-5 after a
Ryan Heise jumper assisted by
Tyler Mason at 15:26.
Gavyn Hurley scored on a layup from
Tyler Borowski at 8:09 making it 17-9 Bulldogs. Minnesota Duluth's Matt Thompson buried a three-ball at 7:47 to give UMD a 20-9 advantage.
Tyson Keil dunked at 1:11 to cut the deficit to 29-13. Crews knocked home a three-pointer at 0:28 to put the contest at 32-16. Crews followed a Kole Hanson three-pointer with three free throws at 0:01 ending the half 35-19 UMD.
Aidan Bardic entered the scoresheet with a layup at 19:20 putting the game at 35-21 Bulldogs. Thompson connected on a three-ball followed by a Noah Paulson layup gave the Minnesota Duluth a comfortable 46-23 edge at 13:32.
Alessandro Tonelli chipped into Bulldogs lead with a three-pointer at 12:35 making the contest 46-26 UMD. Crews registered five points in a row for the Warriors, putting the game at 54-35 at 8:27. Back-to-back threes by Crews kept WSU within 17 points at 60-43 at 5:25.
Jackson Hayes added a late jumper, ending the contest at 71-50 Bulldogs.
Statistical Comparison:
- The Warriors shot 19-of-59 (32.2%) from the field while the Bulldogs went 24-of-48 (50.0%)
- Winona State shot six-of-27 (22.2%) from deep with Minnesota Duluth going 10-of-25 (40.0%) from three-point land.
- UMD edged the Warriors 36-34 in rebounding battle.
- Crews led WSU with 19 points on six-of-14 shooting while going four-of-eight from deep.
- Heise added a team-high nine rebounds with his seven points.
- Hanson scored a game-high 16 points for the Bulldogs on six-of-13 shooting.
- Caleb Siwek registered 15 points with Thompson scoring 11 points in the win.
Winona State will stay on the road, traveling to Bemidji, Minnesota to take on the Beavers on Saturday, January 24 at 5:30pm.
