ST CLOUD STATE TOOK ON THE UNIVERSITY OF MARY IN A MEN'S BASKETBALL CONTEST

St. Cloud State University took on the University of Mary in a semifinal men's basketball game. Both
teams came out on fire as they were each able to hit their shots that they put up.
 

University of Mary started out quietly as they were not able to hit shots. They all of a sudden they came
to life.
 

At the first media timeout with 15-14 left the score was St Cloud State 12 and the University of Mary
 

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St. Cloud State was able hit their three-point shots that they were putting up.
 

University of Mary woke up and they went on a run midway through the first half. The score was tied
at 15 with 11:03.
 

University of Mary's Jalen Jaspers came off the bench and provided them an offensive lift.
 

With 10:41 left in the first half there was a media timeout. The score was tied at 15.
 

Jaspers took the ball hard to the basket. He knew where he was on the floor. His teammates did a good
job of getting him the ball. If Jaspers was open he would take the jump shot. If he was not open he
would pass it off for another teammate to get the basket.
 

Anthony Moody for the University of Mary was able to zip past his defenders and take the ball hard to
the basket.
 

With 6:17 left in the first half the score was tied at 17.

University of Mary went to a zone defense late in the half. They looked to spread St. Cloud State out.
 

They were able to do a good job of doing that.
 

Cameron Lee also stepped up and made some nice shots for the University of Mary.
 

The University of Mary went on a run to end the first half.
 

At halftime the score was St. Cloud State University 29 and the University of Mary 24.
 

University of Mary came out on fire. They were able to make a few baskets in a row.
 

Both teams traded baskets early in the second half. University of Mary looked to get the lead midway
through the half.
 

St. Cloud State was able to get the long rebounds and take it strong to the basket. They were able to
score off of those long rebounds.
 

With 14:42 there was a media timeout. The score was St. Cloud State 43 and the University of Mary
38.
 

Moody was all over the court in the second half. On the offensive end he was able to get his teammates
the ball where they could score it.
 

The University of Mary went to a zone defense. St. Cloud State had a hard time defending their zone
defense.
 

With 11:34 left in regulation the score was tied at 46.
 

St. Cloud State looked to get the ball into Nate Lamare Phillips’ hands. Phillips was all over the court.
 

He was able to find his shot midway through the half.
 

The score went back and forth throughout the second half. Neither team was able to go on a run.

With 7:36 left to go, the score was the University of Mary 53 and St. Cloud State University 51.
 

There were many ties and lead changes in the second half.
 

Phillips was able to take the ball hard to the basket and blow by the defenders late in the contest.
 

With 3:46 left in regulation the score was tied at 55.
 

Both teams continued to fight over loose balls down the stretch.
 

The game came down to the wire.
 

St. Cloud State came away with the 65-59 victory over the University of Mary.
 

The University of Mary shot 24-56 from the field. That included going 4-20 from behind the thee-point
line. They also shot 7-11 from the free throw line. They were led in scoring by Eric Erdmann with 20
points and Anthony Moody with 18 points.
 

St. Cloud State shot 24-48 from the field. That included going 6-15 from behind the three-point line.
They shot 11-15 from the free throw line. St. Cloud State was led in scoring by Taylor Witt with 22
points, Andrew Barnstetter with 14 points and Nate Lamare Phillips with 6 points.

FATE OF FOOTBALL IN ST. CLOUD IS UP IN THE AIR

Officials at St. Cloud State University have a big decision on their hands. They must decide if they should continue supporting the football program or the football program should be shut down.

The football program like many other sports on campus gets a portion of their funding from student fees. In order to keep the program running the school would have to raise student fees to help support the football program.

St. Cloud State is a NCAA Division 2 program. They are a member of the 14 team Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference. Football is a required sport to be apart of the conference. If a team does not field a football team they can no longer be a part of the conference. 

ST CLOUD WINS IN A THRILLER

St Cloud took on Concordia St Paul at the Gangelhoff center. Both of these teams started out playing tight man to man defense. Both teams tried to gain the upper advantage on each other in the early goings. St Cloud State was able to get a good lead over Concordia St Paul but they kept fighting back.

Both teams went hard after the class on both ends of the court. Both teams looked to push the ball up the court on the offensive end. For Concordia Mike Cunningham made some nice plays in the first half. He was not afraid to shoot the ball.

Concordia didn’t get off to the start that they were hoping for. They were playing hard but there shots just weren’t falling. Sammy Ricks for Concordia made some nice moves trying to get to the basket. He was able to get himself into the rhythm early in this game. Even though his team couldn’t find the basket in the early goings he kept shooting.

St Cloud State got out to a quick lead and they tried to maintain it in the first half. They were able to maintain their lead through the second half.

Concordia St Paul was able to get there shot back and they got back into the game. At half time the score was St Cloud State 33 and Concordia St Paul 31. The leading scorer for St Cloud State at half time is Craig Coenen with 15 and for Concordia St Paul Sam Ricks was the leading scorer so far with 10 points.

Both teams came out fired up ready to play in the second half. Neither team gave up. The game when back and forth the whole night and neither team were going to budge. This game would come down to the final minute. St Cloud State would come away with the 69-67. The leading scorers for Concordia St Paul were Mike Cunningham with 17 and Craig Heiman with 16. Also Sammy Ricks had 16 points for Concordia.

For St Cloud State Craid Coenen was there leading scorer with a total of 21 points to lead the Huskies.