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Huskies fight for win over BSU
By Ben Birnell
 Media Credit: Adam Masloski SCSU´s Steve Trull (left) and Alex Carlson fight for a loose ball with Bemidji State´s Ian Atkins during the first half of Sunday´s game at Halenbeck Hall.
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Since losing Nov. 21 in Washington, the Huskies have rattled off three straight wins.
Last Wednesday night found SCSU on the road in St. Paul besting Macalester College Scots 72-66 to improve to 6-1 on the season. The matchup also marked the fifth straight game decided by six points or less.
The Huskies couldn't find any consistency in last Wednesday's 72-66 win for Sunday's game against the Bemidji State University Beavers. The Huskies (7-1) got solid play up and down its roster as they beat BSU 69-60 at Halenbeck Hall in front of an announced crowd of 1, 635.
"I thought we played the way we need to play," said Husky head coach Kevin Schlagel. "We played hard. Not just a couple of guys, but everybody, and I thought we went to the boards with some aggressiveness. I thought our overall performance was better tonight (than Wednesday)."
Carlson was not only happy with his team's performance against a gritty team like Bemidji State, but also the aggressiveness of his team's rebounding, a stat in which both teams tied with 35.
"We rebounded a lot better tonight (than against Macalester)," said senior Husky captain Alex Carlson. "We're not going to (outplay) someone by throwing them around, so we have to bring good intensity and I think we did that."
Coming into Sunday night's game against Bemidji State, Schlagel thought that they would be as good a team as they could face up and down the roster.
"They have a lot of kids that can play," Schlagel said. "They get after you defensively and I thought it was a good test for us to see if we could handle the ball against that kind of pressure."
The Huskies Matt Siegle had a nice night against BSU after fouling out Wednesday night. The sophomore forward had 15 points, six rebounds and two assists in 35 minutes. Siegle was a bright spot in the early going for the Huskies as he made SCSU's first four baskets of the night.
On the downside, Nate Miller didn't have an especially good night from the field. He made three-of-10 from the floor and ended the night with nine points, three assists and three rebounds. Fortunately enough, the Huskies stepped up and helped contribute where Miller didn't. Carlson knows that the team can't expect 41-point performances from Miller every night and was happy the rest of the team could step up and help out.
"It's not fair for us to ask Nate to score 20-25 points a night," Carlson said. "It was good to see everyone else stepping up, but we can't be that pressure on him, it's not fair."
The Huskies were a dismal four of 12 from the charity stripe in the first half after 13 BSU fouls. Things turned around down the stretch in the second half as the Huskies hit 16-of-21 including their last 10-of-11 shots to help to the nine-point win.
"They were rough," Siegle said. "We hit them down the stretch. But they'll come, we've been shooting them well and they'll fall."
The Huskies take on St. John's University next Saturday at 8 p.m. at Halenbeck Hall.
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