UMC Men's Basketball taking on Sioux Falls – on KROX

The University of Minnesota Crookston Golden Eagle men’s basketball team is taking on the University of Sioux Falls Cougarts in a Northern Sun game in Sioux Falls, South Dakota.

FIRST HALF –
UMC started the game with the hot hand as they made their first two three-point shots by Kazadi Mukoma Jr. (Jr. Grand Island, NE) and Alijah Washington (Jr. San Jose, CA) for a 6-0. Sioux Falls answered with five points before UMC’s Washington and Lindsey Donez (Fresh. Stockton, CA) made baskets for a 10-5 lead. Sioux Falls countered with five points to tie the game at 10-10 before UMC’s GD Deng (Sr. Des Moines, IA) made a three-pointer, and Washington made a layup. After a USF three, Mukoma Jr. answered with a three-pointer for an 18-13 lead with 12:09 left in the half. Sioux Falls bounced back with a 10-0 run for a 23-18 lead halfway through the half. UMC answered with a 5-2 run with another Mukoma Jr. three-pointer and a Washington basket to get within a 25-23 deficit. The teams exchanged baskets until UMC’s Braydon Carlson (Soph. Woodbury) had a tip-in to tie the game at 30 with 3:47 left in the half.
Sioux Falls responded with a 7-0 run. The Golden Eagles stopped the run with a three-pointer from Spencer Swenson (Fresh. Sauk Rapids). UMC trailed 37-33. Trailing 40-35 with one minute left, Swenson made a tough shot, and with seven seconds left in the half, UMC’s Brady Westphal (Fresh. West Fargo, ND) set a pick and was thrown down to the ground by the neck by a Cougar player, and a technical foul was called. Westphal made both free throws to bring the Golden Eagles within a 40-39 deficit, and that was the score at halftime.

SECOND HALF –