What's Up?: The Minnesota State (4-0) continues its homestand Saturday afternoon as it entertains Concordia at 7 p.m. The Mavericks – who defeated Mount Marty, 92-63, last weekend – and Golden Bears will play in the league lidlifter for both squads.
What Just Happened: Three Mavericks reached double-figures in Minnesota State's convincing 92-63 victory over Mount Marty last Saturday evening in the Taylor Center. Sophomore forward
Assem Marei led all scorers with 19 points on 7-of-9 shooting, including 5-of-5 from the free throw line. Redshirt freshman guard
Jaymeson Moten added 14 points and junior wing
Gage Wooten added ten. Sophomore wing Lucas Brown grabbed a team-high eight rebounds, while sophomore guard
Zach Monaghan passed out nine assists and gathered five steals.
Just A Reminder: Just a reminder the start time for Saturday's game has been pushed back from 4 p.m., to 7 p.m.
Minnesota State History: The 2012-13 season marks the 91st campaign as a varsity sport for Minnesota State men’s basketball. The Mavericks are 1,189-841 (.586) in 2,030 games since the program’s inception in the 1920-21 season. MSU capped its 33rd and final season as a member of the NCC in 2008 and owned a 283-267 (.515) record in 550 league games played. In the NSIC, MSU owns a 56-28 record (.667) to go with a pair of regular-season championships.
The Mavericks have made seven appearances in the NCAA Tournament, going 12-9 (.571) in those trips.
A Little About Concordia: Concordia enters the weekend owners of a 1-2 record. CU opened its season with a 79-70 loss to Clarke and then an 80-76 loss at Western Washington before downing Alaska Fairbanks, 65-60 last Saturday.
On the season, the Golden Bears are allowing 73 points per game while scoring 70.3. They are shooting 41.3 percent from the floor, 41.2 percent from downtown and 65.4 percent from the free throw line. CU is being outrebounded by a 37.7-36.3 margin this year.
Sophomore guard Terez VanPelt leads the team in scoring averaging 20.3 points per game while senior forward Isaiah Thomas is averaging 14.7. Rounding out the players in double figures for CU is sophomore guard Cole Olstad (13.7 ppg) and senior forward Nick Mabbutt (10.0). Olstad is hauling in a team-high 7.3 rebounds per game.
Concordia is coached by Kelly Boe who is in his 114-84 in his seven year coaching career and 91-75 during his six years at CU.
Series History: Minnesota State has played Concordia 17 times with the Mavericks owning a 12-5 record in the series...Concordia has won the last three games in the series with a average margin of victory of 7.7...Minnesota State is 7-3 all-time against CU in the Taylor Center but has dropped its last two home games in the series...Head coach
Matt Margenthaler is 11-4 all-time against CU...Sophomore forward
Zach Romashko has started two career games against Concordia and is averaging 14 points per game and six rebounds while shooting 50 percent from the floor...Eight of Romashko's 12 rebounds against CU, have been of the offensive variety...Junior forward
Jimmy Whitehead is averaging 8.5 points in four career games against CU while junior forward
Connor O'Brien is averaging 12.8 points and 9.0 rebounds while shooting 51.3 percent from the floor againnst Concordia.
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