Golden Eagle men's Basketball
Shawn D. Smith, Sports Information Director • 218-281-8414 (work) • 319-431-2545 (cell) • smithsd@umn.edu Minnesota Crookston 6-12; 4-10 NSIC Head Coach: Dan Weisse At UMC: 6-12 Career: 6-12
Top Players Jr. G 10 Derrick Redd, Jr. 11.6 PPG, 3.9 RPG Sr. F 32 Tyler West, Jr. 10.5 PPG, 7.5 RPG
Upper Iowa 12-8; 8-6 NSIC Head Coach: Brooks McKowen At UIU: 28-22 Career: 28-22
Top Players Sr. G 12 Bo Pagel 13.4 PPG, 3.9 RPG Sr. G 21 Grant Lang 12.7 PPG, 3.4 RPG
Top Players So. G 11 Riley Bambenek 14.7 PPG, 4.8 RPG Jr. G 20 Isaiah Gray 13.0 PPG, 4.8 RPG
2014-15 Schedule
On Tap For This Weekend
Fri., Jan. 30 Minnesota Crookston at Upper Iowa • 8 p.m. • Dorman Gymnasium • Fayette, Iowa Live Stats: http://www.sidearmstats.com/uiu/mbball/ Live Video: http://portal.stretchinternet.com/uiu/ Sat. Jan. 31 Minnesota Crookston at Winona State • 6 p.m. • McCown Gymnasium • Winona, Minn. Live Stats: http://www.sidearmstats.com/winona/mbball/ Live Video: http://portal.stretchinternet.com/winona/
#BackToHisWays
UMC senior forward Tyler West, Jr. had been struggling recently, but he snapped out his slump Saturday against Northern State as West notched 15 points and seven rebounds. West was 7-of-8 from the charity stripe in the game. The senior is averaging 10.5 points and 7.5 rebounds per game on the 2014-15 season.
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points against Northern State last Saturday
Rebounds against Northern State last Saturday 32 Tyler West, Jr.
#AtThePoint UMC senior point guard Kevin Larson has come into his own in the last half of the season for the Golden Eagles. Larson is averaging 10.8 points per game for the Golden Eagles since a Dec. 19 win over Bemidji State. Larson has tallied double-figure scoring in seven of nine games during the stretch. In addition, he is averaging 4.2 rebounds per game during the stretch.
10.8 4.2
Winona State 9-9; 6-8 NSIC Head Coach: Mike Leaf At WSU: 377-148 Career: 377-148
points/Game Over Last 8 games
Rebounds/Game over last 8 games 14 Kevin Larson
#LookingForTheW The Golden Eagles are looking for a win to snap a seven-game losing streak which dates back to Jan. 3 against Minot State. The Golden Eagles are just three wins shy of nine wins, which is the program’s best during the NSIC era.
Non-Conference Schedule 11/14 Central Washington Seattle, Wash. L, 65-52 11/15 #22 Seattle Pacific Seattle, Wash. L, 90-38 11/19 Jamestown Crookston, Minn. W, 74-65 11/22 Crossroads Crookston, Minn. W, 83-79 Conference Schedule 11/29 Bemidji State Bemidji, Minn. L, 78-50 12/5 Minnesota Duluth Crookston, Minn. L, 66-50 12/6 St. Cloud State Crookston, Minn. W, 99-85 12/12 Wayne State Wayne, Neb. W, 61-57 12/13 Augustana Sioux Falls, S.D. L, 67-50 12/19 Bemidji State Crookston, Minn. W, 73-64 1/2 U-Mary Crookston, Minn. W, 64-61 1/3 Minot State Crookston, Minn. L, 80-73 1/9 St. Cloud State St. Cloud, Minn. L, 70-63 1/10 Minnesota Duluth Duluth, Minn. L, 71-47 1/16 Concordia-St. Paul Crookston, Minn. L, 72-53 1/17 Minnesota State Crookston, Minn. L, 80-50 1/23 MSU Moorhead Moorhead, Minn. L, 69-42 1/24 Northern State Aberdeen, S.D. L, 58-48 1/30 Upper Iowa Fayette, Iowa 6 p.m. 1/31 Winona State Winona, Minn. 4 p.m. 2/6 Sioux Falls Crookston, Minn. 6 p.m. 2/7 SMSU Crookston, Minn. 4 p.m. 2/13 Minot State Minot, N.D. 6 p.m. 2/14 U-Mary Bismarck, N.D. 4 p.m. 2/20 Northern State Crookston, Minn. 6 p.m. 2/21 MSU Moorhead Crookston, Minn. 4 p.m.