Minnesota State 98 - Sisseton Wahpeton College 75

Minnesota State raced out to a big lead early in the game and did not look back in defeating Sisseston Wahpeton College by the score of 98 to 75.  Several early dunks by Akok Aguer and Yonis Mohamud highlighted the fast start.  The Spartan energy continued to intensity as they built their lead to as much as 29 points in the first half.  M State had their highest scoring half of the season to date by netting 57 points at intermission while holding Sisseton to 32.  Aguer led all scorers by netting 9 of his 11 points in the first half alone.  Marqual Turner continued to come off the bench and provide a spark by scoring 6 points in only three minutes of play.

The second half saw Sisseton Wahpeton reduce the lead to 18 before the Spartans created a run of their own to regain a 25-point lead with 9 minutes to play.  The Spartans had 7 players score in double figures led by Noah Kabanga and Yonis Mohamud with 19 and 17, respectively.  Belind Alemadi, Marqual Turner, and Matt Gooselaw finished with twelve points each.  Akok Aguer contributed 11 points while also pulling down a game high 11 rebounds and just missing a triple double with 9 assists.  Mikele Kambalo rounded out the double digit scoring with 10 points of his own.  Sisseton was led by Quintin Abbey with a game high 17 points.

Minnesota State improved its record to 8-5.  Southern divisional play begins next Wednesday at Anoka-Ramsey.  The top 4 teams from the Southern division qualify against the top 4 teams in the Northern division for Regional play.