The only Minnesota basketball team at any level that was active on Thanksgiving Day was the U of M Crookston Golden Eagles, who played down in Puerto Rico on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday. The Eagles won 2 of 3, with both wins coming against Puerto Rican teams, but lost on Thursday to Missouri Southern 87-63. The Eagles are heading home today at 7-2.
But Mo. Southern took them to the cleaners, shooting 43 and 39 percent from the field (vs. 38 and 33 percent for the Eagles) to win easily despite making just 45 percent of their FT. 6-1 junior guard Harrison Cleary led the Eagles with 13 points, 7 below his average, while 6-6 senior forward Josh Collins scored 10 and 6-7 senior forward Chase Knickerbocker (Annandale) scored 5 with 10 rebounds, just the reverse of his season averages. The Eagles were within 6-1 sophomore guard Ben Juhl, who averages 12 ppg but got 8 points, double his season average, from 6-6 junior wing Malcolm Cohen.
Bottom line: This is a pretty good D2 team but in the Northern Sun, pretty good probably gets you about a .500 record. Going into the pool today for our November monthly awards are:
Player of the Day--Harrison Cleary
Team of the Day--UM Crookston men
Coach of the Day--Dan Weisse, UM Crookston
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