Gatdoar Kueth had 13 points. Junior center
Jesse Bergh chipped in with a season-high 11 points on 4-of-4 shooting.
MSUM shot 53.3 percent (24-of-45) while holding the Wildcats to 40.4 percent (23-of-57).
Quotes
Head Coach
Chad Walthall: “I’m really proud of our guys. They are not an easy team to play. They rely on pressure defense. Most of the time we handled it well. When we took care of it, we got some great shots.”
Junior guard
Gavin Baumgartner: “I liked our poise tonight. All week we talked about how tough these guys are. Any time, you know they’re going to make their runs. I like how we battled with some of that adversity. I thought we were pretty locked in. I was proud of our effort there.”
Senior guard
Gatdoar Kueth paced MSUM with a season-high 25 points. He was 10-of-14 from the field and added nine rebounds.
Balance the Key
Bryce Irsfeld had 17 points while junior guard
Dane Zimmer had 13 points while freshman guard
Jacob Beeninga had 11 off the bench.
Beeninga led with four assists.
MSUM shot 47.8 percent (33-of-69) for the game compared to 50.8 percent (33-of-65) for the Wolves.
16-0 Run Turns the Tide
MSUM was down 61-58 with 12:36 left in the game but responded with a huge run to surge into a 13-point lead. That 16-0 run included a technical foul on Northern and turned the deficit into a 74-61 Dragon lead with 8:34 left. Baumgartner led with six points, while Beeninga had four and freshman guard
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Minnesota State Moorhead Men s Basketball defeated U. Mary on Saturday afternoon, 89-60
February 13, 2021
MOORHEAD, Minn. Junior guard
Gavin Baumgartner scored a season-high 29 points to lead a Minnesota State University Moorhead men’s basketball offensive barrage as the Dragons rolled past UMary, 89-60 in Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference North action Saturday at Nemzek Fieldhouse in Moorhead, Minn.
MSUM won its eighth straight game and improved to 8-2 overall and 8-0 in the north. UMary fell to 4-10 overall and 4-8 in the division.
Before the game MSUM honored its two seniors,
Jake Mertens, top and
Joe Sevlie, bottom, who were playing in their final home game.
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MOORHEAD, Minn. (MSUM Athletics) Junior guard
Gavin Baumgartner surpassed 1,000 career points and torrid three-point shooting keyed a big first half as the Minnesota State University Moorhead men’s basketball team rolled to an 83-61 win over Bemidji State Saturday at Nemzek Fieldhouse in Moorhead, Minn.
MSUM has won four in a row and is 4-2 overall and 4-0 in the Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference North. Bemidji State has lost five in a row and fell to 1-5 overall and 0-4 in the north.
Gavin Hits 1,000
Baumgartner hit a three-pointer at the 7:24 mark of the first half to surpass 1,000 points for his Dragon career, becoming the 34th MSUM men’s player to surpass that milestone. He finished the contest with 11 points and was one of four Dragons in double figures.