2016-17 Men's Basketball Roster
Biography
2015-16: Started all 36 games...averaged 11.8 points and 4.8 rebounds in 31.9 minutes per game...shot 47.8 percent from the field, including 43.6 percent from three-point range...also shot a team-best 88.3 percent from the foul line...scored in double figures 23 times...scored a career-high 31 points against Augustana in NSIC title game (3/1/16)...had a season-high 11 rebounds against Upper Iowa (2/27/16)...named to NSIC All-Academic Team for second straight year.
2014-15: Helped MSUM men reach NCAA DII Elite 8 for first time in school history...named to All-NSIC Second Team...scored in double figures 26 times on the season...named to All-Central Region tournament team...had a season-high 26 points in win over Fort Hays State (11/15/14)...averaged 12.3 points, 3.8 rebounds and 1.2 assists per game...shot 50.7 percent from the field and 80.8 percent from the free-throw line...named to NSIC All-Academic Team.
2013-14: Made an immediate impact as a freshman, appearing in all 29 games...scored in double figures in nine games...scored season-high 18 points three times...hit game-winning shot in 80-79 win over No. 25-ranked Winona State (2/1/14)...scored in double digits 10 times...had career-high five rebounds twice, including vs. Winona State in NSIC Tournament (3/3/14)...shot 48 percent from the field.
Prep: Set school record with 1,886 career points...Minnesota Mr. Basketball finalist as a senior...set school single-season record with 689 points as a senior when he averaged more than 26 points per game...two-time team captain...was named to the All-Pioneer Press boys basketball team as a junior after averaging more than 21.7 points, 6.2 rebounds and 2.3 assists per game...was also Associated Press All-State honorable mention...his 608 points scored as a junior were second most in school history...is a three-time team MVP...played for the Dakota Pride AAU Basketball team in 2010-11 and for the Minnesota Comets AAU Basketball team in 2012.
Personal: Son of Gerri and Char Lien...undecided major...born May 12, 1995.
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