Golden Eagle men's Basketball
Shawn D. Smith, Sports Information Director • 218-281-8414 (work) • 319-431-2545 (cell) • smithsd@umn.edu Minnesota Crookston 4-3; 1-2 NSIC Head Coach: Jeff Oseth At UMC: 59-243 Career: 59-243
Top Players Sr. G 12 Ashton Harrell 15.7 ppg, 4.3 rpg Sr. F 44 Brandon Burns 11.7 ppg, 3.7 rpg
Northern State 7-2; 2-1 NSIC Head Coach: Paul Sather At NSU: 52-40 Career: 146-102
Top Players Jr. F 2 Seth Bachand 13.4 ppg, 4.9 rpg So. G 55 Skye Warwick 12.0 ppg, 1.7 rpg
On Tap For This Weekend
Fri., Dec. 13 Minnesota Crookston at Northern State • 8 p.m. • Wachs Arena Live Stats: http://www.sidearmstats.com/northern/mbball/ Live Video: http://client.stretchinternet.com/client/northern.portal# Sat., Dec. 14 Minnesota Crookston at MSU Moorhead • 8 p.m. • Alex Nemzek Hall Live Stats: http://web.mnstate.edu/livestats/basketball/xlive.htm Live Video: http://client.stretchinternet.com/client/msum.portal#
Golden Eagle Quick Hits Find Harrell The University of Minnesota Crookston is a better team when senior guard Ashton Harrell (G, Houston, Texas/Sports and Rec Management) is on, as evidenced by the Minnesota Duluth game. Harrell poured in a career-high 34 points on 9-of-13 shooting and 4-of-4 from three. Harrell seemed like he couldn’t miss on the game as he helped the Golden Eagles to a crucial NSIC win over UMD. Getting The First NSIC Win Last year it took until the last weekend for UMC to get their first NSIC win, the Golden Eagles got their first NSIC win out of the way this season as they took down Minnesota Duluth in the second weekend of the season. The Golden Eagles will look to have continued success in the league as they play Northern State and Minnesota State Moorhead this weekend. Dishing It Out Junior point guard Kevin Larson (New Ulm, Minn./Sports and Rec Management) has been a great leader from his position so far this season, after transferring from Iowa Lakes Community College. Larson is averaging 4.4 assists per game this season. He had a huge game with seven assists in the win against Minnesota Duluth last Friday. Larson added 10 points in that game, for perhaps his best game so far in the Golden Eagle uniform. Against St. Cloud State, Larson had five assists. Newcomers Several newcomers have played major roles for the Golden Eagles this season. Larson and Tyler West, Jr. (Jr., F, Portland, Ore./Communications) have started all seven games for UMC this season. Larson comes in averaging 4.6 points, 3.1 rebounds and 4.4 assists while West is averaging 9.6 points and 4.7 rebounds. In addition, newcomer Lucas Reller (Jr., Lead, S.D.) has started three games this season and is averaging 3.7 points and 2.8 rebounds. Off the bench, sophomore John Hughes (F, Tualatin, Ore./Management) comes in averaging 3.9 points and 4.3 rebounds. Seeing The Court Freshmen Konner Goettsche (F, Plymouth, Minn.) and Austin Dierks (F, Chokio, Minn.) saw their first action as Golden Eagles last weekend against St. Cloud State. Goettsche had battled injuries early on in the season while Dierks just hadn’t seen the court yet. Dierks tallied four points and two rebounds in just three minutes against the Huskies.
MSU Moorhead 7-0; 3-0 NSIC Head Coach: Chad Walthall At MSUM: 62-33 Career: 178-102
Top Players So. G 22 Tyler Vaughan 11.3 ppg, 2.9 rpg Jr. F 35 Urbane Bingham 10.1 ppg, 4.0 rpg
2013-14 Schedule Non-Conference Schedule 11/12 Valley City State Crookston, Minn. L, 65-47 11/15 Northland Crookston, Minn. W, 76-68 11/20 Finlandia Crookston, Minn. W, 81-61 11/23 at Jamestown Jamestown, N.D. W, 88-79 11/30 Bemidji State Crookston, Minn. L, 78-63 12/6 Minnesota Duluth Crookston, Minn. W, 87-85 12/7 St. Cloud State Crookston, Minn. L, 87-50 12/13 at Northern State Aberdeen, S.D. 8 p.m. 12/14 at MSU Moorhead Moorhead, Minn. 8 p.m. 12/20 at Bemidji State Bemidji, Minn. 8 p.m. 1/3 Upper Iowa Crookston, Minn. 6 p.m. 1/4 Winona State Crookston, Minn. 6 p.m. 1/10 at #17 Wayne State Wayne, Neb. 8 p.m. 1/11 at #10 Augustana Sioux Falls, S.D. 6 p.m. 1/17 Northern State Crookston, Minn, 8 p.m. 1/18 MSU Moorhead Crookston, Minn. 6 p.m. 1/24 at Minot State Minot, N.D. 8 p.m. 1/25 at U-Mary Bismarck, N.D. 6 p.m. 1/31 at Sioux Falls Sioux Falls, S.D. 8 p.m. 2/1 at SW Minnesota St. Marshall, Minn. 7 p.m. 2/7 U-Mary Crookston, Minn. 8 p.m. 2/8 Minot State Crookston, Minn. 6 p.m. 2/14 #25 Concordia Crookston, Minn. 8 p.m. 2/15 #12 Minnesota State Crookston, Minn. 6 p.m. 2/21 at St. Cloud State St. Cloud, Minn. 8 p.m. 2/22 at Minnesota Duluth Duluth, Minn. 6 p.m.