The University of Minnesota Crookston (UMC) Men’s Basketball team was beaten in every facet of the game by St. Cloud State as the Huskies won a Northern Sun Conference game 81-50 at Lysaker Gymnasium in Crookston.
After UMC scored the first basket of the game by Zen Goodridge (Jr-Orlando, Fla), but St. Cloud State then went on an 11-0 run to take a sizeable lead. In the last six minutes of the first half, the Huskies outscored UMC 15-7 to take a 39-22 lead at the break.
The second half saw St. Cloud State building up a 20 point lead in the first four minutes as the Huskies were all over the boards and outscored UMC in the paint 41-14!! Besides the board, St. Cloud State shot 46% from the field and over 30% hitting nine treys! UMC never had a chance in the second half as the Huskies put it away 81-50 for an impressive victory in the conference. St. Cloud State had three in double figures led by Anthony Roberts with 18 going 8-8 at the free-throw line. UMC had just one in double figures, Ethan Channel (Jr-Beaverton, Oregon) with 10.
UMC is 4-4 on the season and 1-1 in the conference while St. Cloud State improves to 4-4 overall and 1-1 in the conference. UMC will be at Minnesota Duluth for a Saturday afternoon game.
| Box Score | 1st | 2nd | Final |
| St. Cloud State | 39 | 43 | 81 |
| Minnesota Crookston | 22 | 28 | 50 |
| For UMC | Points | Rebounds | Assists/Steals |
| Ethan Channel | 10 | ||
| Leonard Dixon | 7 | 9 | |
| Zach Westphal | 7 | 3 | |
| Zen Goodridge | 6 | 7 | |
| Sam Tiley | 5 | ||
| Uzo Dibiamaka | 4 | 3 | 4 assists |
| Brian Sitzmann | 4 | 3 | 5 assists |
| Dylan Hushaw | 3 | ||
| Marcus Thompson | 2 | ||
| Silas Xia | 2 |
