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BEMIDJI STATE MEN’S BASKETBALL Bemidji State Athletic Media Relations • 1500 Birchmont Drive NE #29, Bemidji, MN 56601 • BSUBeavers.com Asst. Director (Primary Contact): Collin Boyles • E: [email protected] • O: (218) 755-2763 • C: (701) 771-1108 GAMES EIGHT AND NINE 2018-19 SCHEDULE/RESULTS NR BEMIDJI STATE BEAVERS (4-3 / 1-2 NSIC) BEMIDJI STATE (4-3, 1-2 NSIC) Head Coach: Mike Boschee (North Dakota, ‘91) Date Team Time/Result Record at BSU: 80-94, 57-78 NSIC (Seventh Season) • Career Record: 195-209 (16th Season) Oct. 27 at Valley City State # L, 86-83 Nov. 6 at Northern Iowa # L, 97-51 vs Nov. 10 at South Dakota State # L, 86-63 Nov. 12 Oak Hills Christian W, 103-63 Nov. 17 Northland College W, 95-69 NR WAYNE STATE WILDCATS (8-1 / 3-0 NSIC) Palm Beach Atlantic Classic (Florida) Head Coach: Jeff Kaminsky (Grand Valley State; Kent State) Nov. 20 at Palm Beach Atlantic W, 74-69 Record at WSC: 32-37, 20-27 NSIC (Third Season) • Career Record: 484-404 (31st Season) Nov. 21 vs. UPR-Bayamon L, 73-72 Dec. 1 Minnesota Crookston * W/OT, 96-65 Dec. 7 Northern State * L, 84-73 Dec. 8 MSU Moorhead * L, 100-97 Dec. 15 at Wayne State * 4:30 p.m. NR AUGUSTANA VIKINGS (5-3 / 2-1 NSIC) Dec. 16 at Augustana * 2:30 p.m. Head Coach: Tom Billeter (Illinois, ‘83; Arizona, ‘87) Dec. 30 at Minnesota Crookston * 4 p.m. Jan. 4 Minnesota Duluth * 7:30 p.m. Record at AU: 287-166, 170-108 NSIC (16th Season) • Career Record: 384-216 (21st Season) Jan. 5 St. Cloud State * 5:30 p.m. Jan. 11 at MSU Moorhead * 7:30 p.m. Jan. 12 at Northern State * 6 p.m. BSU LEADERS Jan. 18 Upper Iowa * 7:30 p.m. SETTING THE SCENE Jan. 19 Winona State * 5:30 p.m. POINTS Jan. 25 at Minot State * 7:30 p.m. Opponents: Wayne State (Saturday) Jan. 26 at U-Mary * 5:30 p.m. Augustana (Sunday) Feb. 1 at Sioux Falls * 7:30 p.m. Date: Dec. 15 / 16 Feb. 2 at Southwest Minn. State * 6 p.m. Location: Wayne, Neb. / Sioux Falls, S.D. Feb. 8 Concordia-St. Paul * 7:30 p.m. Tip-offs: 4:30 p.m. / 2:30 p.m. Feb. 9 Minnesota State * 5:30 p.m. Gymnasium: Rice Auditorium / Elmen Center Feb. 15 U-Mary * 7:30 p.m. Capacity: 2,500 / 4,000 Feb. 16 Minot State * 5:30 p.m. Feb. 22 at St. Cloud State * 7:30 p.m. Feb. 23 at Minnesota Duluth * 5:30 p.m. MULTIMEDIA DEREK THOMPSON Feb. 27 NSIC Tournament - First Round TBD March 2-5 NSIC Tournament (Sioux Falls, S.D.) TBD Internet Audio: www.BeaverRadioNetwork.com 7 GP / 128 PTS / 18.3 PPG Local Radio: KKBJ-AM 1360 (Kevin Reid) Local TV: N/A Home games in Bold REBOUNDS * - Northern Sun Intercollegiate game Web Stream: https://portal.stretchinternet.com/bsu/ # - Exhibition Live Stats: http://wildcat.wsc.edu/athletics/mediastats/basketball/xlive.htm (WSC) http://www.goaugie.com/sidearmstats/mbball/summary (AU) TEAM INFORMATION 2017-18 Record: 12-16 THINGS TO KNOW... NSIC Record: 9-13 / 5-9 THE SERIES (11th Overall / 4th North) VS. WAYNE STATE Starters Returning/Lost: 3/2 • Wayne State leads the all-time series against Bemidji State, 27-23. Letterwinners Returning/Lost: 5/9 DEREK THOMPSON Newcomers: 9 • BSU has won four straight and nine of the last 11 games versus 2018-19 Captains: Wayne State. 7 GP / 54 REB / 7.7 RPG • The Beavers won the most recent meeting, 91-70, Feb. 2, 2018 PROGRAM HISTORY in Bemidji, Minn. ASSISTS Inaugural Season: 1921 • Junior forward Logan Bader scored 13 points in last season’s Overall Record: 1,009-1,145 (.468) contest against the Wildcats while also totaling eight rebounds, (96 seasons) three assists, one steal and one block. Sophomore forward Derek Years in post-season play: 7 Thompson also reached double-digit scoring with 10 points while 5 NAIA - National: 1940, 1941, 1942 Dist.: 1984, 1985 adding six rebounds. 2 NCAA - NC Region: 2004 • The series began Dec. 30, 1973, a 71-58 win by Bemidji State at Central Region: 2012 the Wayne State Invitational. NIC Championships: 7 JA MORGAN (‘40, ‘41, ‘42, ‘51, ‘52, ‘57, ‘67) VS. AUGUSTANA 7 GP / 53 AST / 7.6 APG NSIC Championships: 2 (2004, 2012) • Augustana leads the all-time series against Bemidji State, 15-6. • The Vikings have won seven straight games against the Beavers STEALS COACHING STAFF while BSU took its last win in the series, 97-79, Jan. 10, 2014. The Head Coach: Mike Boschee (Sixth) victory was on the back-end of back-to-back wins over AU. Alma Mater: North Dakota ‘91 • Augie won two games versus Bemidiji State last season, first a 92- Office Phone: (218) 755-2774 e-mail: [email protected] 66 decision Feb. 3, 2018 during the regular season followed by an Record at BSU: 80-94 88-72 victory Feb. 21, 2018 to open the 2017-18 NSIC Tournament. Career Record: 195-209 (16 Seasons) • Bader averaged 10.5 points per game against the Vikings last Record versus the NSIC: 57-78 season, shooting 38.1 percent from the field with 5.0 rebounds per game. Thompson scored 9.5 points per game on 43.8 percent JACOB HOFFMAN Assistants: shooting from the field with 5.5 rebounds per contest. 7 GP / 9 STL / 1.3 SPG Mike Iseman Central College ‘15 (1st) Tim Wagner Harding ‘18 (1st) • The series began Feb. 10, 1968, a 95-86 win by Bemidji State. 2018-19 BEAVER BASKETBALL 1 GAMES EIGHT & NINE at WAYNE STATE & AUGUSTANA GAME NOTES BSU WHEN... THINGS TO KNOW... THIS WEEK IN THE NSIC 2018-19 FAST BREAK BEMIDJI STATE Friday, December 14 Time MONTH Sioux Falls at Minnesota Duluth 7:30 p.m. Plays in November 3-1 • Bemidji State was swept in its first full weekend of conference games to North- Upper Iowa at Concordia-St. Paul 7:30 p.m. Plays in December 1-2 ern State University, 84-73, and to Minnesota State University Moorhead, 100-97. Winona State at Minnesota State 7:30 p.m. Plays in January 0-0 • The Wolves overcame a 17-point deficit and scored 20 of the final 30 points Minot State at Northern State 7:30 p.m. Plays in February 0-0 U-Mary at MSU Moorhead 7:30 p.m. Plays in March 0-0 of the game to come back against the Beavers. Junior guard Ja Morgan led the Southwest Minn. State at St. Cloud State 7:30 p.m. team with 25 points while Thompson followed with 24. Morgan shot 9-for-13 DAY OF THE WEEK from the field and added five assists and one steal. Saturday, December 15 Time Bemidji State at Wayne State 4:30 p.m. Plays on Sunday 0-0 • BSU’s loss to NSU was the first game in which the Beavers had totaled less Plays on Monday 1-0 Minnesota Crookston at Augustana 4:30 p.m. Plays on Tuesday 1-0 rebounds than their opponent. Northern State won the rebound margin in the Winona State at Concordia-St. Paul 5:30 p.m. Plays on Wednesday 0-1 second half, 20-6. Sioux Falls at St. Cloud State 5:30 p.m. Plays on Thursday 0-0 Southwest Minn. State at Minnesota Duluth 5:30 p.m. • MSUM shot over 60 percent from the field and from 3-point range while adding Minot State at MSU Moorhead 5:30 p.m. Plays on Friday 0-1 20 points off turnovers to take down BSU. All five Beavers starters scored in dou- Plays on Saturday 2-1 U-Mary at Northern State 5:30 p.m. ble figures, led by Bader with 23 points and junior guard Jacob McNallan with 22. Upper Iowa at Minnesota State 8 p.m. TIME OF DAY • Saturday’s loss to MSUM was the first time BSU had let an opponent shoot Plays during the day (Before 6 p.m.) 1-2 Sunday, December 16 Time over 50 percent from the field and the first time BSU shot a lower field goal Bemidji State at Augustana 2:30 p.m. Plays at night 3-1 percentage than its opponent Minnesota Crookston at Wayne State 2:30 p.m. LOCATION • On the season, Thompson leads the squad with 18.3 points per game with Plays at home 3-2 three games of at least 22 points. He also paces the team on the boards with 7.7 2018-19 NSIC STANDINGS Plays on the road 1-0 rebounds per game and has three double-doubles. Thompson and Morgan each North NSIC Overall Stk Plays at a neutral site 0-1 Northern State 3-0 7-2 W4 rank among the top six in the NSIC in field goal percentage while Bader comes (RV) St. Cloud State 2-1 7-2 W2 CONFERENCE in behind at eighth. Sophomore guard Jacob Hoffman leads the league shooting Minnesota Duluth 2-1 5-2 L1 Record vs. the NSIC 1-2 58.8 percent from behind the arc, followed by Bader shooting 57.7 percent. U-Mary 2-1 5-4 W1 Nonconference opponents 3-1 MSU Moorhead 1-2 7-4 W1 Division Il 2-3 Minnesota Crookston 1-2 7-4 L1 vs. NAIA or Division IIl 2-0 SCOUTING WAYNE STATE • Wayne State is coming off back-to-back wins over Upper Iowa University, 83- Bemidji State 1-2 4-3 L2 Minot State 0-3 5-7 L3 HALFTIME SCORE 56, and Winona State University, 82-80 in overtime, to extend its winning streak Leads at half 4-1 Trails at half 0-2 to seven games overall and three in conference play.