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Timaris Brown scored a team-high 20 points for Moorhead on Saturday.
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77
Winner St. Cloud St. SCSU 16-5,13-2 NSIC
64
MSU Moorhead MSUM 10-11,7-8 NSIC
Winner
St. Cloud St. SCSU
16-5,13-2 NSIC
77
Final
64
MSU Moorhead MSUM
10-11,7-8 NSIC
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 F
St. Cloud St. SCSU 43 34 77
MSU Moorhead MSUM 29 35 64

Game Recap: Men's Basketball | | Nolan Schmidt

Physical Matchup Goes SCSU's Way in Moorhead

MOORHEAD, Minn. -- Minnesota State Moorhead men's basketball fell in a physical matchup with St. Cloud State on Friday evening inside Nemzek Fieldhouse. The Huskies took advantage of a cold shooting night from the Dragons en route to a 77-64 victory. 

How It Happened
  • Moorhead opened the game making their first two field goal attempts as Isa El-Amin and Sam Hastreiter gave the Dragons a 5-2 lead early on. 
  • The lead would by MSUM's only of the game as St. Cloud State would build a six-point lead midway through the first half. 
  • The Husky offense would pick up from there, eventually leading 30-19 with six minutes to play in the half. 
  • St. Cloud State would continue to hold a double figure led the rest of the first half, leading 43-29 at the break. 
  • Moorhead was led by 12 points from El-Amin, but the difference proved to the long range shot. The Huskies made 50 percent of their attempts compared ot MSUM's 16.7 percent mark. 
  • As the second half began, the Dragons would whittle the the deficit down thanks to defense, Dominic Gooden and Timaris Brown. 
  • The transfer tandem would get the Dragons back within five points (45-40) after a triple from Gooden.
  • Gooden would continue to connect from deep, netting two more threes to help tie the game at 49 points midway through the half. 
  • St. Cloud State would answer with eight straight points to jump back in front. 
  • Down the stretch, Moorhead would come as close as seven points before the Huskies separated themselves at the free throw line. 
  • MSUM shot just 39.7 percent from the floor for the game in the 77-64 loss. 
  • In total, 50 fouls were assessed in the game and a combined 64 free throws were attempted. 
  • Timaris Brown scored his 1,000th collegiate point in the loss. 

Top Dragons
Steve d'Eustachio's Stat of the Game

Tonight ended the Dragon's ten-game winning streak against St. Cloud St. Despite the defeat, the Dragons have won 18 of their last 23 matchups with the Huskies.

Up Next

MSUM (10-11, 7-8 NSIC) returns to the Nemzek Fieldhouse court tomorrow evening for a 5:30 p.m. meeting with Minnesota State as part of Noize Night. 
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