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 13 & 14 2018-19 SCHEDULE/RESULTS NR BEMIDJI STATE BEAVERS (4-8 / 1-7 NSIC) BEMIDJI STATE (4-8, 1-7 NSIC) Head Coach: Mike Boschee (North Dakota, ‘91) Date Team Time/Result Record at BSU: 80-99, 57-83 NSIC (Seventh Season) • Career Record: 195-214 (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 MSU MOORHEAD DRAGONS (11-5 / 5-3 NSIC) Palm Beach Atlantic Classic (Florida) Head Coach: Chad Walthall (Concordia College, ‘91; St. Cloud State, ‘93) Nov. 20 at Palm Beach Atlantic W, 74-69 Record at MSUM: 183-84, 121-63 NSIC (Ninth Season) • Career Record: 299-153 (16th 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 * L, 75-59 RV NORTHERN STATE WOLVES (11-3 / 7-1 NSIC) Dec. 16 at Augustana * L, 74-60 Head Coach: Paul Sather (Northern State, ‘96; Wayne State College, ‘98) Dec. 30 at Minnesota Crookston * L, 72-51 Record at NSU: 173-85, 115-68 NSIC (Ninth Season) • Career Record: 267-147 (14th Season) Jan. 4 Minnesota Duluth * L, 72-57 Jan. 5 St. Cloud State * L, 107-101 (2OT) Jan. 11 at MSU Moorhead * 7:30 p.m. Jan. 12 at Northern State * 6 p.m. SETTING THE SCENE BSU LEADERS Jan. 18 Upper Iowa * 7:30 p.m. Opponents: MSU Moorhead (Friday) Jan. 19 Winona State * 5:30 p.m. Northern State (Saturday) POINTS Jan. 25 at Minot State * 7:30 p.m. Date: Jan. 11 / 12 Jan. 26 at U-Mary * 5:30 p.m. Location: Moorhead, Minn. / Aberdeen, S.D. Feb. 1 at Sioux Falls * 7:30 p.m. Feb. 2 at Southwest Minn. State * 6 p.m. Tip-offs: 7:30 p.m. / 6 p.m. Feb. 8 Concordia-St. Paul * 7:30 p.m. Gymnasium: Nemzek Fieldhouse / Wachs Arena Feb. 9 Minnesota State * 5:30 p.m. Capacity: 2,200 / 8,000 Feb. 15 U-Mary * 7:30 p.m. Feb. 16 Minot State * 5:30 p.m. Feb. 22 at St. Cloud State * 7:30 p.m. MULTIMEDIA Feb. 23 at Minnesota Duluth * 5:30 p.m. Internet Audio: www.BeaverRadioNetwork.com DEREK THOMPSON Feb. 27 NSIC Tournament - First Round TBD Local Radio: KKBJ-AM 1360 (Kevin Reid) 12 GP / 182 PTS / 15.2 PPG March 2-5 NSIC Tournament (Sioux Falls, S.D.) TBD Local TV: N/A Web Stream: https://portal.stretchinternet.com/bsu/ Home games in Bold Live Stats: http://web.mnstate.edu/livestats/basketball/xlive.htm (MSUM) REBOUNDS * - Northern Sun Intercollegiate game http://sidearmstats.com/northern/mbball/ (NSU) # - Exhibition THINGS TO KNOW... TEAM INFORMATION THE SERIES 2017-18 Record: 12-16 NSIC Record: 9-13 / 5-9 VS. MSU MOORHEAD (11th Overall / 4th North) • MSU Moorhead leads the all-time series against Bemidji State, 98-85. Starters Returning/Lost: 3/2 • The Dragons edged out the Beavers in the first meeting of the Letterwinners Returning/Lost: 5/9 season, 100-97, Dec. 8, 2018 in Bemidji, Minn. Prior to the 2018-19 DEREK THOMPSON Newcomers: 9 series, BSU swept the season series against MSUM in 2017-18 for 12 GP / 85 REB / 7.1 RPG 2018-19 Captains: the first time since 2003-04. PROGRAM HISTORY • Despite shooting over 50 percent from the floor and coming back from a 15-point deficit, BSU allowed MSUM to shoot 61 percent ASSISTS Inaugural Season: 1921 Overall Record: 1,009-1,150 (.467) from the field through the game. (96 seasons) • All five Beavers starters reached double-digit points, led by junior for- Years in post-season play: 7 ward Logan Bader with a season-high 23 points. Junior guard Ja Mor- 5 NAIA - National: 1940, 1941, 1942 gan led the squad with a previous-career-high nine assists followed by Dist.: 1984, 1985 sophomore guard Jacob Hoffman with a career-high six assists. 2 NCAA - NC Region: 2004 • The series began Feb. 17, 1928, a 33-22 win by MSU Moorhead. Central Region: 2012 NIC Championships: 7 Bemidji State has faced MSU Moorhead more than any opponent in JA MORGAN (‘40, ‘41, ‘42, ‘51, ‘52, ‘57, ‘67) program history at 183 games. 12 GP / 71 AST / 5.9 APG NSIC Championships: 2 (2004, 2012) VS. NORTHERN STATE COACHING STAFF • Northern State leads the all-time series against Bemidji State, 64-27. STEALS Head Coach: Mike Boschee (Sixth) • NSU won the first meeting of 2018-19 series against BSU, 84-73, Alma Mater: North Dakota ‘91 Dec. 7, 2018 in Bemidji. Office Phone: (218) 755-2774 • The Beavers opened the second half with an 11-2 run to take a e-mail: [email protected] game-high 17-point lead but allowed the Wolves to score 10 un- Record at BSU: 80-99 answered points immediately after. Another run, this time of 7-0, Career Record: 195-214 (16 Seasons) Record versus the NSIC: 57-83 brought NSU back to within two points and eventually retook the lead, 64-63, for the first time since early in the first half. JACOB MCNALLAN Assistants: • Morgan and sophomore forward Derek Thompson combined for 9 GP / 12 STL / 1.3 SPG Mike Iseman Central College ‘15 (1st) 49 points, led by Morgan with a career-high 25. Tim Wagner Harding ‘18 (1st) • The series began Dec. 18, 1959, a 78-48 win by Bemidji State. 2018-19 BEAVER BASKETBALL 1 GAMES 13 & 14 at MSU MOORHEAD and NORTHERN STATE GAME NOTES BSU WHEN... THINGS TO KNOW... THIS WEEK IN THE NSIC 2018-19 FAST BREAK BEMIDJI STATE Friday, January 11 Time MONTH Bemidji State at MSU Moorhead 7:30 p.m. Plays in November 3-1 • Bemidji State dropped Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference games to Uni- Minnesota Crookston at Northern State 7:30 p.m. Plays in December 1-5 versity of Minnesota Duluth, 72-57, and St. Cloud State University, 107-101 in Upper Iowa at Augustana 7:30 p.m. Plays in January 0-2 double overtime, Jan. 4-5. Winona State at Wayne State 7:30 p.m. Plays in February 0-0 Southwest Minn. State at Concordia-St. Paul 7:30 p.m. Plays in March 0-0 • BSU trailed UMD by just two points, 34-32, heading into the second half Sioux Falls at Minnesota State 7:30 p.m. before the teams trended in opposite directions shooting from the floor. The Minot State at St. Cloud State 7:30 p.m. DAY OF THE WEEK Beavers shot 35.7 percent from the field compared to 55.6 percent for the U-Mary at Minnesota Duluth 7:30 p.m. Plays on Sunday 0-2 Bulldogs during the second half. Morgan led BSU in scoring with 13 points, fol- Plays on Monday 1-0 Saturday, January 12 Time Plays on Tuesday 1-0 lowed by Bader with 12. Minnesota Crookston at MSU Moorhed 5:30 p.m. Plays on Wednesday 0-1 • The Beavers topped 100 points for the second time this season against the Upper Iowa at Wayne State 5:30 p.m. Plays on Thursday 0-0 Winona State at Augustana 5:30 p.m. Huskies, marking its first 100-point game in conference play since Dec. 20, 2013 Southwest Minn. State at Minnesota State 5:30 p.m. Plays on Friday 0-2 versus University of Minnesota Crookston, a 103-61 win. Plays on Saturday 2-3 Sioux Falls at Concordia-St. Paul 5:30 p.m. • Morgan led BSU in scoring for the second straight game with 24 points, followed by Minot State at Minnesota Duluth 5:30 p.m. U-Mary at St. Cloud State 5:30 p.m. TIME OF DAY Thompson with 22. The duo combined to shoot 19-for-25 from the field. Freshman Bemidji State at Northern State 6 p.m. Plays during the day (Before 6 p.m.) 1-6 guard Max Bjorklund recorded his first career double-double with 17 points and 10 Plays at night 3-2 assists. Bader also recorded a double-double with 15 points and 13 rebounds. 2018-19 NSIC STANDINGS LOCATION • On the season, Thompson leads the squad with 15.2 points per game with four North NSIC Overall Stk Plays at home 3-4 games of at least 22 points. He also paces the team on the boards with 7.1 rebounds (RV) Northern State 7-1 11-3 W2 MSU Moorhead 5-3 11-5 W4 Plays on the road 1-3 per game, which ranks ninth in the NSIC, and has three double-doubles. Thompson Plays at a neutral site 0-1 St. Cloud State 5-3 10-4 W1 ranks sixth in the NSIC in field goal percentage while Bader comes in at 18th. Hoffman Minnesota Crookston 4-4 10-6 W3 CONFERENCE ranks second among the league shooting 51.7 percent from behind the arc. Minnesota Duluth 4-4 7-5 L1 Record vs. the NSIC 1-7 • BSU ranks behind only MSU Moorhead and St. Cloud State among NSIC U-Mary 3-5 6-8 L4 Nonconference opponents 3-1 Minot State 2-6 7-10 W1 Division Il 2-8 programs in offensive field goal percentage.