Box Score St. Cloud State 84 Wayne State 80

            St. Cloud State outscored Wayne State 55-42 in the second half to rally for an 84-80 Northern Sun Conference men's basketball win over the Wildcats Friday evening at Halenbeck Hall in St. Cloud, Minnesota.  SCSU is now 15-9 overall and 11-4 in the NSIC while WSC falls to 6-15 and 4-11 in league play.
            The first half saw the host Huskies control the first 10 minutes while WSC surged in the final 10 minutes of the half to take a 38-29 halftime lead.
            The Huskies held a 13-5 lead at the 13:13 mark of the first half following an Andy Foley 3-pointer.  SCSU still led 15-11 with 10:30 to go in the half when the Wildcats used a pair of scoring runs to turn an eight-point deficit into a nine-point lead.
            WSC scored 11 straight points to take a 22-15 lead on a Tony Bonner basket with 6:15 to go in the half.  After SCSU got within four at 27-23 at the 4:04 mark, the 'Cats scored nine of the next 11 points and took a 36-25 lead on a Kendall Jacks jumper with 1:36 left in the half before SCSU scored the final four points of the half to make the score 38-29 at intermission.
            The 'Cats opened the second half on a 3-pointer from Jordan Cornelius to take their biggest lead of the game at 41-29.  But SCSU rallied with a 14-2 run over the next 3:11 and knotted the score at 43-43 on a Gage Davis 3-point play with 16:41 to go.
            The Huskies continued their hot shooting, culminating a 10 for 12 stretch to start the second half with a Scottie Stone 3-pointer at the 10:25 mark for a 58-51 St. Cloud State lead.
            WSC responded with a Cornelius trey and a pair of Kendall Jacks free throws to close within 58-56 at the 9:03 mark.
            The Wildcats got as close as two points on two other possessions with the last coming at 62-60 on a pair of Jacks free throws with 7:47 remaining.  But the Huskies scored seven of the following eight points for a 69-61 lead with 6:00 to play.
            WSC made one more run at SCSU and had a chance to tie the game with just over 1:00 left, but missed three of four free throws. 
            The 'Cats got within one at 81-80 when Cornelius made a layin off a Matt Thomas steal with 18 seconds left.  But SCSU sealed the win making 9 of 10 free throws in the final 38 seconds for the 84-80 win.
            Wayne State ended the game making 28 of 62 shots from the field for 45.2 percent, but was just 12 of 35 in the second half after shooting 59 percent (16 of 27) in the first half.  The 'Cats were 6 of 17 behind the arc and 18 for 26 from the charity stripe.
            Jacks and Cornelius led WSC in scoring with 14 points apiece while Brian Goodwin and Vance Janssen each accounted for 13 points.
            St. Cloud State finished 24 of 50 from the floor for 48 percent, going only 4 of 18 behind the 3-point line.  But the Huskies won the game at the foul line connecting on 32 of 34 (94.1%).
            Gage Davis paced the Huskies in scoring with 28 points followed by Andy Foley with 13.  Scottie Stone and Mark Hall each produced 12 points for SCSU.
            The Huskies held a 36-29 edge in rebounding on the Wildcats.  Jacks led WSC on the glass with six caroms.  Luke TerHark had four assists to lead the Wildcats.
            Wayne State will be on the road again Saturday evening visiting Minnesota Duluth in a 6 p.m. contest.