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Backup point guard MacDonald shines for SCSU women's basketball team Written by Andy Rennecke Jan. 10
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NSIC women’s basketball SMSU (0-8 NSIC, 2-10 overall) at St. Cloud State (4-4, 8-4)Game time: 6 p.m., Halenbeck Hall. Broadcast: KYES-AM 1180.About the Huskies: St. Cloud State is on a three-game losing streak. The Huskies haven’t won since Dec. 14 when they beat the University of Mary 100-80. SCSU’s Jessica Benson is averaging a double-double of 16 points and 11.4 rebounds a game this season. She needs 64 points to reach 1,000 for her career. St. Cloud State freshman point guard Betsy MacDonald tries to dribble around an opponent in a game earlier this season at Halenbeck Hall. / About the Mustangs: Southwest hasn’t won a Photo courtesy of Bella Rose Photography conference game and has only defeated Crown College and Notre Dame de Namur. Fourth-year head coach Allison Kruger has a career record of 19-74. St. Cloud Tech graduate Annessa Rosch is averaging 4.9 points and 1.9 rebounds a game off the bench for the Mustangs. NSIC men’s basketball SMSU (6-2 NSIC, 9-5 overall) at St. Cloud State (5-3, 9-3)Game time: 8 p.m., Halenbeck Hall. Broadcast: KYES-AM 1010.About the Huskies: Junior forward Connor Niehaus will start his second straight game for the Huskies with junior guard Kevin Levandoski continuing to come off the bench. Head coach Kevin Schlagel likes the lineup because he feels it gives them a better rebounding presence. “We’re trying to solidify our rebounding and get the attention of a few guys,” Schlagel said. “Some of our guys are in a slump and we need to shake them out of it.”About the Mustangs: Southwest has played a tough schedule that has included wins over Northwest Missouri State and Northern Michigan and losses to Fort Hays State, South Dakota State and Michigan Tech. Senior center Nick Smith went over 1,000 career points last week in a win over MSU-Moorhead. He averages 11.7 points a game. When Betsy MacDonald started to play soccer as a kid, she wanted to score as many goals as possible. She wanted to score so much that she started to steal the ball away from her teammates. “We talked to Betsy about that,” said Jim MacDonald, Betsy’s father and 27-year boys basketball coach at Fridley High School. “She was being way too competitive. My wife and I both told her that she could be an intense person, but that she had to be a good person. She’s turned into a great person. She’s honest, sincere and I couldn’t be more proud of her.” Before starting in high school coaching, Jim played at Minnesota-Duluth from 1977-80. Betsy learned a lot from her dad, even though basketball was never pushed on her. Page 1 of 2
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“He’s the reason I got into basketball because I would always go with him to summer camps at Fridley,” she said. “I ended up liking it so much and kept going back to camps with him.” MacDonald’s in her first year as a backup point guard for the St. Cloud State women’s basketball team. She’s averaging 16.2 minutes a game while scoring 6.6 points a game. The Huskies (4-4 NSIC, 8-4 overall) are host to Southwest Minnesota State in an NSIC game at 6 p.m. Friday at Halenbeck Hall. Making impact St. Cloud State head coach Lori Fish expected the 5-foot-5 St. Paul Central High School graduate to be an impact player off the bench for the Huskies this season. “I started following her during her junior year in high school and I felt like she was the type of kid who could make a difference right away,” Fish said. “I’m not surprised with how she’s playing. “Everybody loves her on our team. She has a spunk about her and a neat personality. She always has a smile on her face and people rally around her.“ What stands out more than anything through MacDonald’s first 12 college games is her shooting. She’s made 19 of 31 three-pointers this season and is shooting 49.1 percent overall from the floor. MacDonald went 7 of 7 from three-point range and 8 of 8 overall from the field in a win over Minot State on Dec. 13. The next night against the University of Mary she hit three shots from downtown to make it 11 in a row. She finished the game against Mary by going 4 of 6 from beyond the arc. Follow Andy Rennecke on Twitter @AndyRennecke.
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Backup point guard MacDonald shines for SCSU women's basketball team Written by Andy Rennecke Jan. 10
sctimes.com
NSIC women’s basketball SMSU (0-8 NSIC, 2-10 overall) at St. Cloud State (4-4, 8-4)Game time: 6 p.m., Halenbeck Hall. Broadcast: KYES-AM 1180.About the Huskies: St. Cloud State is on a three-game losing streak. The Huskies haven’t won since Dec. 14 when they beat the University of Mary 100-80. SCSU’s Jessica Benson is averaging a double-double of 16 points and 11.4 rebounds a game this season. She needs 64 points to reach 1,000 for her career. St. Cloud State freshman point guard Betsy MacDonald tries to dribble around an opponent in a game earlier this season at Halenbeck Hall. / About the Mustangs: Southwest hasn’t won a Photo courtesy of Bella Rose Photography conference game and has only defeated Crown College and Notre Dame de Namur. Fourth-year head coach Allison Kruger has a career record of 19-74. St. Cloud Tech graduate Annessa Rosch is averaging 4.9 points and 1.9 rebounds a game off the bench for the Mustangs. NSIC men’s basketball SMSU (6-2 NSIC, 9-5 overall) at St. Cloud State (5-3, 9-3)Game time: 8 p.m., Halenbeck Hall. Broadcast: KYES-AM 1010.About the Huskies: Junior forward Connor Niehaus will start his second straight game for the Huskies with junior guard Kevin Levandoski continuing to come off the bench. Head coach Kevin Schlagel likes the lineup because he feels it gives them a better rebounding presence. “We’re trying to solidify our rebounding and get the attention of a few guys,” Schlagel said. “Some of our guys are in a slump and we need to shake them out of it.”About the Mustangs: Southwest has played a tough schedule that has included wins over Northwest Missouri State and Northern Michigan and losses to Fort Hays State, South Dakota State and Michigan Tech. Senior center Nick Smith went over 1,000 career points last week in a win over MSU-Moorhead. He averages 11.7 points a game. When Betsy MacDonald started to play soccer as a kid, she wanted to score as many goals as possible. She wanted to score so much that she started to steal the ball away from her teammates. “We talked to Betsy about that,” said Jim MacDonald, Betsy’s father and 27-year boys basketball coach at Fridley High School. “She was being way too competitive. My wife and I both told her that she could be an intense person, but that she had to be a good person. She’s turned into a great person. She’s honest, sincere and I couldn’t be more proud of her.” Before starting in high school coaching, Jim played at Minnesota-Duluth from 1977-80. Betsy learned a lot from her dad, even though basketball was never pushed on her. Page 1 of 2
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“He’s the reason I got into basketball because I would always go with him to summer camps at Fridley,” she said. “I ended up liking it so much and kept going back to camps with him.” MacDonald’s in her first year as a backup point guard for the St. Cloud State women’s basketball team. She’s averaging 16.2 minutes a game while scoring 6.6 points a game. The Huskies (4-4 NSIC, 8-4 overall) are host to Southwest Minnesota State in an NSIC game at 6 p.m. Friday at Halenbeck Hall. Making impact St. Cloud State head coach Lori Fish expected the 5-foot-5 St. Paul Central High School graduate to be an impact player off the bench for the Huskies this season. “I started following her during her junior year in high school and I felt like she was the type of kid who could make a difference right away,” Fish said. “I’m not surprised with how she’s playing. “Everybody loves her on our team. She has a spunk about her and a neat personality. She always has a smile on her face and people rally around her.“ What stands out more than anything through MacDonald’s first 12 college games is her shooting. She’s made 19 of 31 three-pointers this season and is shooting 49.1 percent overall from the floor. MacDonald went 7 of 7 from three-point range and 8 of 8 overall from the field in a win over Minot State on Dec. 13. The next night against the University of Mary she hit three shots from downtown to make it 11 in a row. She finished the game against Mary by going 4 of 6 from beyond the arc. Follow Andy Rennecke on Twitter @AndyRennecke.
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