12/7 – St. Cloud State 76 – University of Mary 64

 

In their first road game in the NSIC of the season, the Huskies knew they needed positive results after struggles against Duluth and Mankato. The Huskies would get that result behind strong games from senior Gage Davis and Brindley Theisen in a 76-64 win over Mary.

 

The score stayed tight in the beginning portions of the game, going back and forth in the first half with consistent scoring from both teams. Mary eventually was able to get in front of the Huskies by 6 points behind good shooting from behind the 3-point line.

 

SCSU would find their first lead of the game at 28-26, hitting back to back three pointers to jump in front of the Marauders.

 

Mary would stick around, and tie the game back up at 38 late in the first half. The halftime score would remain knotted up at 41 for both teams.

 

The Huskies would open the second half on a 7-0 scoring run, but Mary responded instantly with a 10-0 run of their own to take a 50-48 lead.

 

St. Cloud State need their playmakers to come up big at this point in the game, and they did just that. Brindley Theisen and Gage Davis posted double-digit scoring in the second half, not before a big first half performance from Sean Smith all together saw the Huskies get the lead back at 69-61 with just over three minutes remaining in the game.

 

The Marauders would not have a scoring run in them late, as the Huskies would knock off Mary 76-64 in Bismark for their first NSIC win of the season.

 

Gage Davis once again was dominant for SCSU, leading the huskies with 25 points. Brindley Theisen tallied 18 points, while Sean Smith earned 17 points in the win over Mary. Davis had a double double for SCSU with 14 rebounds.

 

12/8 – St. Cloud State 76 – Minot State 69

 

SCSU collected their first weekend sweep of the young season, topped off by a 76-69 win over Minot State Saturday night in Minot.

 

After a slow start for the Huskies offense in the opening moments of the game, a string of baskets pushed SCSU out to a 19-11 lead in the first half.

 

Minot State was able to work the ball inside, getting easy buckets streaking to tie the game with SCSU at 23 in the first half. MSU would take a 31-29 lead in the half.

 

The game would stay tight into the second half with both teams trading scoring buckets attempting to break away. With just over 7 minutes to go, the Huskies found a brief four point lead that was instantly answered by quality offense produced from the Beavers.

 

St. Cloud State would pull away at the very end behind some big baskets from Diamond Onwuka and Gage Davis pulling away from the Beavers with a 76 – 69 final score as the buzzer sounded.

 

Gage Davis collected his fourth straight game with more than 21 points for the Huskies, while Diamond Onwuka and Brindley Theisen also were in double digits for the Huskies.

 

SCSU walks away from the weekend 7-2 overall on the young season, also improving to 2-1 in NSIC play. The Huskies are back in Halenbeck Hall this weekend, taking on SMSU and then Sioux Falls. You can catch all of this weekends action LIVE on the KVSC Sports Stream.