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.”
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Feb 26, 2021 10:42 PM
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (MSUM Athletics) The Minnesota State University Moorhead men’s basketball team survived a hard-fought double-overtime contest with Minnesota State-Mankato on Friday, topping the Mavericks 73-61 in the quarterfinals of the Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference/Sanford Health tournament at the Sanford Pentagon in Sioux Falls, S.D.
MSUM was scheduled to advance to the NSIC semifinals to face Wayne State. The Wildcats, however, will not be able to compete because of the COVID-19 testing protocols, and as a result MSUM automatically advances to the Sunday’s championship game. The Dragons will face the winner of Saturday’s Northern State/Minot State semifinal. The NSIC tournament championship game is Sunday at 4 p.m.
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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