Photo Credit: Destiny Soto
Posted: Jan 16, 2022
Mitchell, S.D. – Dakota Wesleyan men's basketball pulls out the win in a low scoring game where neither team shot above 40% from the floor. While neither team shot above 40% from the floor, DWU posted a better shooting percentage of 38.6%, compared to MMU shooting 30.6% from the field.
THE QUICK DETAILS
Score:
DWU 53 – MMU 40
Records:
DWU 8-10 Overall (GPAC 5-6)
MMU 5-16 Overall (GPAC 1-11)
HOW IT HAPPENED
- The Tigers and Lancers were both scoreless through the first two minutes and 15-seconds; Jeffrey Schuch got the Tigers on the board with a layup and the 2-0 lead.
- The Lancers tied the game at 4-4 after seven and half minutes with a jump shot and the first tie of the game.
- Shortly after MMU tied the game, the Lancers were up 12-9 on the Tigers with 7:54 remaining in the first half following two made free throws.
- Mason Larson, put DWU back on track after a three-pointer for the 12-12 tie with 6:13 minutes left before the break.
- Schuch made a big shot beyond the arc with just under two minutes remaining as the Tigers were on top 19-17.
- The DWU lead didn't last long before MMU tied the game at 19-19 heading into the last 30-seconds.
- One-second before the halftime buzzer, Teegan Evers collected on a layup for the 21-19 lead heading into the locker room at half.
- Starting the second half, the Lancers hit a jump shot right away tying the game again at 21-21.
- With a 25-23 lead, the Tigers went cold for over three-minutes of play, as the Lancers were looking to make their first basket in over five-minutes.
- As DWU held Mount Marty scoreless down the stretch for over four-minutes of play, it allowed the Tigers to jump out to 12-point lead entering the last 3:50 minutes of play.
- Dakota Wesleyan put the emphasis on the win at home as Larson connected with Evers for the high-flying dunk and the 53-40 victory at home.
- While the Tigers did not shoot their best from the floor, they were still able to outshoot Mount Marty 38.6% to 30.6% from the floor.
- DWU held MMU to shooting only 9.5% beyond the arc as the Tigers shot 20% from distance.
- Dakota Wesleyan outrebounded Mount Marty 37-26 and outscored them 8-3 on second change points.
- The Tigers forced nine turnovers from the Lancers, converting them into ten points off those turnovers.
- Mount Marty forced seven Dakota Wesleyan turnovers and scored four points off those same turnovers.
- The Tigers tallied 32 points in the paint and two Fastbreak points in the game with five ties and six lead changes.
BEYOND THE RESULTS
- Teegan Evers: 16 points, 50 FG%, 20 3-pt%, and nine rebounds
- Jeffrey Schuch: 11 points, 35.7 FG%, 25 3-pt%. and eight rebounds
- Koln Oppold: Eight points, 37.5 FG%, 2-of-2 free throw shooting, and 11 rebounds
- Mason Larson: Seven rebounds, and four assists
UP NEXT
Dakota Wesleyan men's basketball is back in action on Friday, January 21 as they travel to Hastings, Nebraska for another GPAC matchup. The Tigers will face off against the Broncos of Hastings College for a 6:45 p.m. tip off Friday.