University of St. Thomas Athletics
10-1, 5-1MIAC
Macalester
2-8, 0-6MIAC
| Team | 1 | 2 | F |
|---|---|---|---|
| MAC | 20 | 25 | 45 |
| St. Thomas | 50 | 46 | 96 |
10-1 Men's Hoops extends win streak
1/7/2015 12:00:00 AM | Men's Basketball
Senior Conner Nord had 14 points and six rebounds in his 100th career game as No. 5-ranked St. Thomas cruised to a 96-45 home victory over Macalester in Wednesday night's MIAC men's basketball game at Schoenecker Arena.
The Tommies (10-1 overall, 5-1 MIAC) have won six in a row and stayed in a share of the conference lead with St. Olaf. They raced to a 50-20 halftime lead, sank 10 3-pointers, shot 62 percent on the game, with only eight turnovers.
Marcus Alipate added 16 points, and Ryan Saarela scored 10. UST used 18 players, and 17 contributed points.
Fourth-year UST coach John Tauer improved to 84-16 in his career.
Bert Yaffe scored nine points to lead the Scots (2-8, 0-6).
The Tommies are home Jan 10 to play Concordia-Moorhead (3 p.m.).
