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 MSUM tops No.12 UMD 81-73 for first NSIC Tournament title (Photo: NSIC)
MSUM tops No.12 UMD 81-73 for first NSIC Tournament title - Mar 4, 2022 
The Minnesota State University Moorhead men's basketball team is headed back to the NCAA tournament after an 81-73 win over Minnesota Duluth in the NSIC/Sanford Health Tournament Championship game on Tuesday at the Sanford Pentagon in Sioux Falls, S.D.MSUM (19-11) won its first-ever NSIC/Sanford Health Tournament title in six tries and received an automatic qualification to the NCAA tournament by winning the conference tournament title. The Dragons have won eight in a row, and avenged two regular-season losses to the Bulldogs (25-4) with Tuesday's win. It will be the sixth NCAA tournament appearance for the Dragons in Chad Walthall's 12-year tenure as head coach. MSUM junior guard Gavin Baumgartner (6'4''-G-1998) was named the NSIC tournament's Most Valuable Player while senior forward Gatdoar Kueth (6'6''-G) and junior guard Lorenzo McGhee (6'5''-G) also earned all-tournament honors. Five Dragons scored in double figures, led by Jaden Stanley-Williams (6'7''-F) with 15 points. Baumgartner had 12 points, while Kueth and freshman guard Jacob Beeninga (5'10''-PG) had 11 points each. Sophomore forward Dane Zimmer had 10 points and eight rebounds. Baumgartner led with five assists while Jaden Stanley-Williams had three blocks. MSUM was down 60-58 with 9:49 left but Beeninga drained a three-pointer to make it 61-60 and the Dragons never trailed again. They outscored UMD 23-15 over the final nine minutes and built a lead as big as 10 points on their way to the win. Beeninga and Jaden Stanley-Williams each had eight points during that run. Beeninga had 11 second-half points for MSUM while Jaden Stanley-Williams had 10. Baumgartner scored 12 first-half points as the Dragons built a 40-36 halftime lead. Zimmer had eight points. MSUM's bench outscored UMD 46-5, and MSUM had a 56-34 edge in rebounds. The Dragons shot 57.4 percent (35-of-61) for the game, compared to 45.8 percent (27-of-59) for UMD. The game had 13 ties and six lead changes. Courtesy of northernsun.org NSIC Tournament Final: Minnesota Duluth - MSU Moorhead 73-81 NSIC Tournament Semifinals: Minnesota Duluth - Upper Iowa 78-73 MSU Moorhead - Augustana 69-53 All-NSIC Awards 2022 - Mar 4, 2022
All-Tournament MVP:  Gavin Baumgartner (6'4''-G-1998) of MSUMNorth Division Player of the Year: Austin Andrews (6'6''-F) of UMDSouth Division Player of the Year: Tyler Riemersma (6'8''-F) of AugustanaDefensive Player of the Year: Dylan LeBrun (6'6''-G-1999) of AugustanaNewcomer of the Year: Kai Huntsberry (6'3''-PG) of MaryCoach of the Year: Tom Billeter of Augustana First Team Tyler Riemersma (6'8''-F) of Augustana Adam Dykman (6'7''-F-1996) of Augustana Kai Huntsberry (6'3''-PG) of Mary Austin Andrews (6'6''-F) of UMD Drew Blair (6'5''-G) of UMD Lorenzo McGhee (6'5''-G) of MSUM Max Cody (6'1''-G) of Minot St. Anthony Roberts (6'4''-G) of St.Cloud St. Joe Smoldt (6'0''-PG-1997) of Upper Iowa Jake Hilmer (5'10''-PG-2000) of Upper Iowa Justin Eagins (6'3''-G-2000) of WSC Alec Rosner (6'2''-G) of Winona St.Second Team Isaac Fink (6'4''-G) of Augustana Quincy Anderson (6'4''-G-1997) of MSU Gavin Baumgartner (6'4''-G-1998) of MSUM Melvin Newbern (6'5''-G/F) of Minot St. Sam Masten (6'3''-G) of Northern St. Jordan Belka (6'7''-F) of Northern St. Jacksen Moni (6'10''-F) of Northern St. Matt Cartwright (6'4''-G-1998) of Sioux Falls Kenny Byers (6'4''-G-1999) of SMSU Caleb Donaldson (6'3''-G) of St.Cloud St. Jareese Williams (6'2''-G-1998) of Upper Iowa Jordan Janssen (6'7''-F-1999) of WSC
All-Tournament Team Gatdoar Kueth (6'6''-G) of MSUM Lorenzo McGhee (6'5''-G) of MSUM Gavin Baumgartner (6'4''-G-1998) of MSUM Drew Blair (6'5''-G) of UMD Joshua Brown (6'4''-G) of UMD |
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