Harmon Game winner gives a Mavericks victory on the road at Sioux Falls – Minnesota State University – Mankato Athletics

Sioux Falls, SD – Last second shot from Junior David Haron Pushed the state of Minnesota (16-9, 12-5 NSIC) over the top of the road against Sioux Falls (12-12, 8-10 NSIC), 75-73.

Harmony grabbed the ball of the wing and swung an open look from an assist of Kyreese willinghamWho led the team in the game with 21 points, eight rebounds, four assists, three thefts and a block. Senior Justin Aigins He scored 17 points at 5-10 firing of three and team four thefts in the victory.

With the sixth win of the team over the cougars, Mavericks moved to third place in the NSIC standings behind Southwestern Minnesota and Concordia-CV. Paul. MSU has already won three straight. After the match on Saturday, Sioux Falls is now bound to the ninth place in the conference with Wayne State.

Willingham first put the Mavericks on the board with a two -point jumper in the first possession of the game, but Cougars coincided immediately to the other end with three. A few minutes later, Noah Putz hit his second three of the game to lift the USF 6-4. He rejected an assist from Kenji’s teammate to bring out the home team by four, but Aigins sank three to reduce this deficit to one. Harmon had a basket for advice after a cougar and one, after which Willingham struck three to make it a game with one point. Caddy Kirkman He did in a row after arranging the hosts team, after which Harmon made her second basket of the game to cut her back in a game with one point with 10:37, left in the first half.

Both teams traded buckets back and forth until Igin made 23-21 games with three. Puetz reached two -digit with arrangement, then, from waiting, Will be operated Connected from deep to tie the game with 4:25 left in half. Sioux Falls quickly received the lead with Schawn Warrior’s arrangement for his second goal in the game field. The cougars led six points after two more series in a quick sequence. Drew Daniel He made his first shot in the game to put an end to the USF Run and Willingham made one shot to make a three-point game, 33-30, aimed at halftime.

MSU fired 31.4% in the first half and made four triphoners. The team forced six turnover in the first half, but could not take advantage of any of them. Willingham led by 10 points in the first half. Ages ended the half time with six points.

Warrior made the first two buckets of the second half to raise the hosts by seven. After Harrison Braudis Doing, Puetz quickly reacted with its own result. He struck three for the couges, after which Creyton Morish did a layout to lift the USF by 10 with 16:59 in regulation. Willingham threw a dip for his first second half basket. Braudis started 8-1 mileage for the state of bouncing, followed by Trial of Harmon and Aigins to reduce the deficit back to three. Willingham contacted the arrangement and after a pair of free throws on Kirkman, it was a game of 51-50 with 10:12 left in the second half.

Morish and Aggies traded with three points baskets to keep it with one point game. Back further, continued as Morry made another shot from a deep 6:19, left in regulation. Willingham made arrangement and Daniel tied it with a pair of straight to the charity. Willingham made a free throw to give MSU a 64-63 lead with 4:17 left in the second half, but the lead returned to USF after a pair of Puetz. Kirkman loaded an assistance from Willingham, after which Jigis sank three index finger to give Maverix a four -point lead with 3:14 to play.

Willingham made a sort of answering after Siu Falls made a jumper from the other end. Kyle Ingerson struck his first shot in the game in a huge place, three index finger to reduce Cougar’s deficit to one by 1:06, left on the clock. Braudis arranged to put Mavericks to full three points with 0:45, left in regulation, but Ingwerson sank another shot from deep to tie the game with 30 seconds. Willingham ran the clock within eight seconds of the clock, headed to the left, where it was greeted with a double team. Harmony, which was on the other side of the court, opened a passing lane by back to the wing, and Willingham threw a great pass to it, where he nailed a two-point jumper with 0.5 seconds to give Minessota 75- 73 on the road.

Mavericks fired 28-72 from the floor (38.9% FG), 8-26 beyond the arc (30.8% 3p). The team shoots 11-14 from the free throw line (78.6% feet). Minesota forced 16 rpm and had 13 thefts. MSU marked 19 second chance of 12 offensive boards, although it was ahead of 10 in the game.

Willingham was linked to the lead of the game with 21 points. He also finished the game with eight rebounds, four assists, a blocked shot and three defense thefts. Ages scored 17 points in a 6-16 shooting, six fights, two assists, a block and four thefts to lead the team before fouling. Kirkman scored 13 points and ended with four rebounds, three assists and theft. The man of the evening harmony scored nine points at 4-6 firing with two fights and theft from the bench.

Cougars ended the game with firing 27-58 from the pitch (46.6% FG), 7-18 from the city center (38.9% 3P) and 12-15 from the free throw line (80% feet). USF has completed the game with 44 rebounds and 17 assists. Puetz also had 21 points for the loss. Morish ended the day with a 16-point-junior double double double to walk along with blocked defensive shots. Warrior collected 14 points, seven boards and four assists.

“Our boys could be folded several times, but they stayed together and received the victory,” said Maverix’s chief coach Mat MargntallerS “These are down games from the section we need to win.”

Minnesota State has a quick twist as the team travels north to take over Minnesota Dulut (16-7, 11-6 NSIC). This game will be played on Tuesday, February 11 at 7 pm at Romano High School in Dulut. This will be the first game of the season between the two teams. The last time Mavericks and Bulldogs stood up, MSU won 97-77 in the NSIC tournament in the Pentagon of Sanford in Siu Falls.

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David Haron Provides a 75-73 victory over Siu Falls on the road to move the state of Minnesota to third place in the NSIC ranking!#Rollherd #MaverickHoops ?? pic.twitter.com/z9wtkdxta2

– MSU Men’s Basketball (@minnstmball) February 8, 2025