Golden Eagle men's Basketball
Shawn D. Smith, Sports Information Director • 218-281-8414 (work) • 319-431-2545 (cell) • smithsd@umn.edu Minnesota Crookston 4-20; 1-19 NSIC Head Coach: Jeff Oseth At UMC: 59-260 Career: 59-260
Top Players Sr. F 44 Brandon Burns 10.6 ppg, 2.9 rpg So. G 10 Derrick Redd 9.6 ppg, 2.5 rpg
St. Cloud State 17-7; 13-7 NSIC Head Coach: Kevin Schlagel At SCSU: 338-156 Career: 338-156
Top Players Sr. F 24 Matt Craggs 14.9 ppg, 7.4 rpg Sr. G 20 Damarius Cruz 13.2 ppg, 2.8 rpg
On Tap For This Weekend
Fri., Feb. 20 Minnesota Crookston at St. Cloud State • 8 p.m. • Halenbeck Hall • St. Cloud, Minn. Live Stats: http://www.sidearmstats.com/stcloudstate/mbball/ Live Video: http://client.stretchinternet.com/client/scsu.portal# Sat. Feb. 21 #18 Minnesota State at Minnesota Crookston • 6 p.m. • Romano Gymnasium • Duluth, Minn. Live Stats: http://www.sidearmstats.com/umd/mbball/xlive.htm Live Video: http://client.stretchinternet.com/client/umd.portal#
Golden Eagle Quick Hits A Year Ago Almost a year ago to the date Friday, UMC picked up one of the program’s signature wins as they upended St. Cloud State University 80-77. The Huskies were ranked No. 22 in the nation at the time and it sent UMC’s senior class out with a victory at Lysaker Gymnasium. The Golden Eagles will look to match the performance but this time in a hostile environment in the always tough Halenbeck Hall. The game will also have an added atmosphere as it will be the second to-last regular-season game for Head Coach Kevin Schlagel, who is retiring at the conclusion of the season.
Mr. Burns Brandon Burns (Sr., F, Baton Rouge, La./Sports and Rec Management) has had an up-and-down season but has been very productive for the Golden Eagles in the last three games as he finishes out his collegiate career in the Maroon and Gold. Burns is coming off a strong second half performance as he finished with 18 points in the loss to No. 18 Minnesota State Saturday. Burns is averaging 12.7 points in the last three for the Golden Eagles. He will look to continue this trend against Minnesota Duluth and St. Cloud State
Georgia On My Mind This isn’t the Georgia in the Southern United States we speak of, this is the Republic of Georgia in Europe, the home country of Giorgi Koguashvili (Jr., G, Tbilisi, Republic of Georgia/Ag Business) who has played an added role for the Golden Eagles in the last games for Minnesota Crookston. Koguashvili is averaging 11.4 points per game after averaging just 3.1 points per contest in the first 10 games he played in this season. He is coming off an 18-point performance against University of Mary Jan. 25 and added 15 points against Minnesota State University and University of Mary. He has had double-figure scoring in five of the last seven games for Minnesota Crookston.
78 Days It has been 78 days since UMC’s last victory over University of Minnesota Duluth Dec. 6. Things have not been easy with the Golden Eagles losing their leading scorer Ashton Harrell (Sr., G, Houston, Texas/Sports and Rec Management) shortly after that win over UMD. The Golden Eagles will get another shot at Minnesota Duluth after winning 87-85, but first they will take on a St. Cloud State University team they beat last season at home to conclude the regular season. The Huskies were ranked 22nd in the nation when the Golden Eagles pulled off the major upset of the Huskies
Minnesota Duluth 10-14; 8-12 NSIC Head Coach: Matt Bowen At UMD: 18-33 Career:82-135
Top Players Sr. G 24 Jordan Reetz 17.3 ppg, 4.0 rpg Jr. G 12 Reece Zoelle 15.3 ppg, 6.3 rpg
2013-14 Schedule Non-Conference Schedule 11/12 Valley City State Crookston, Minn. L, 65-47 11/15 Northland Crookston, Minn. W, 78-68 11/20 Finlandia Crookston, Minn. W, 81-61 11/23 at Jamestown Jamestown, N.D. W, 88-79 Conference Schedule 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. L, 79-64 12/14 at MSU Moorhead Moorhead, Minn. L, 102-77 12/20 at Bemidji State Bemidji, Minn. L, 103-61 1/3 Upper Iowa Crookston, Minn. L, 97-66 1/4 Winona State Crookston, Minn. L, 88-52 1/10 at Wayne State Wayne, Neb. L, 65-51 1/11 at Augustana Sioux Falls, S.D. L, 79-61 1/17 Northern State Crookston, Minn, L, 72-49 1/18 MSU Moorhead Crookston, Minn. L, 87-63 1/24 at Minot State Minot, N.D. L, 78-59 1/25 at U-Mary Bismarck, N.D. L, 74-56 1/31 at Sioux Falls Sioux Falls, S.D. L, 75-73 2/1 at SW Minnesota St. Marshall, Minn. L, 79-53 2/7 U-Mary Crookston, Minn. L, 67-62 2/8 Minot State Crookston, Minn. L, 87-64 2/14 Concordia Crookston, Minn. L, 82-66 2/15 Minnesota State Crookston, Minn. L, 82-55 2/21 at St. Cloud State St. Cloud, Minn. 8 p.m. 2/22 at Minnesota Duluth Duluth, Minn. 6 p.m.