St. Cloud State Basketball

The St. Cloud State basketball teams split a pair of games at Minnesota State-Mankato Saturday. The SCSU men downed Mankato 77-75 after the SCSU women lost 60-46 to the Mavericks. Shaun Jensen made two key baskets down the stretch and Brett Putz made a pair of free throws allowing the Huskies to come away with the win. Jensen led the Huskies with 17 points and Putz chipped in 15 including reaching a milestone with 200 career made 3-point baskets. The SCSU men are 7-1 overall and 3-1 in the NSIC.

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The St. Cloud State men's basketball team defeated Valley City State 80-74 Monday night to improve to 4-0 on the season. Shaun Jensen had 20 p0ints and 6 assists and Tim Bergstrasser added 18 points and 9 rebounds for SCSU. St. Cloud State shot 58 percent from the field while Valley City State shot 41 percent.

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Starting in 2012-2013 the NSIC will split into 2 separate divisions for men's and women's basketball. The decision came at the NSIC meetings held at the Kelly Inn in St. Cloud this week. The North Division will consist of St. Cloud State, Bemidji State, MN-Crookston, MN-Duluth, MSU-Moorhead, Minot State and Northern State.

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St. Cloud State senior guard Taylor Witt has been named to the 2011 National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) All-Central District first team. This is the 2nd straight year that Witt has earned the NABC honor. Witt led the Huskies in scoring averaging 20.1 points a game in 2010-2011.

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The St. Cloud State men's basketball team upset Augustana 79-73 Wednesday night in Sioux Falls, South Dakota in the quarterfinals of the NSIC tournament. SCSU was led by Taylor Witt with 39 points and Josh Ortmann added 13 points. The Huskies improve to 14-13 this season and will play 2nd seeded University of Mary at Concordia-St. Paul at 7:30pm Saturday in the NSIC tournament semifinals.

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The St. Cloud State men's basketball team lost 78-66 at Concordia-St. Paul in their final regular season game Saturday night. Taylor Witt led SCSU with 13 points and Brett Putz added 12 points. The Huskies are 13-13 on the season and finish 6th in the NSIC. SCSU will play at 3rd seeded Augustana Wednesday night in the NSIC quarterfinals.

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The St. Cloud State men's and women's basketball teams lost at home to the University of Mary Saturday night at Halenbeck Hall. The men lost 78-73 after the women were defeated 79-53. Taylor Witt led the men with 23 points and Brett Putz added 20 for the Huskies. Jordi Gerking led the SCSU women with 13 points.

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The St. Cloud State men's basketball team defeated Northern State 76-66 Friday night to clinch an NSIC tournament berth. Andrew Bernstetter led the Huskies with 22 points and 16 rebounds and Brett Putz added 15 points for SCSU. St. Cloud State improves to 13-11 overall and 12-8 in the NSIC.

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The St. Cloud State men's basketball lost for a 2nd consecutive night while the SCSU women won their 2nd straight at Southwest Minnesota State in Marshall Saturday night. The SCSU men got beat 71-58. Shaun Jensen led the Huskies with 17 points and Taylor Witt was held to 5 points in 26 minutes.

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The St. Cloud State women's basketball team got a couple of free throws with .2 seconds left from Jordi Gerking and the Huskies beat MSU-Mankato 71-70 in Mankato Friday night. SCSU was led by Talisha Barlow with 19 points. SCSU improves to 11-11 overall. The St. Cloud State men's basketball team didn't fare as well as they lost 80-69 at #9 MSU-Mankato Friday Night.

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