CROOKSTON, Minn. -- Kyle Behrens (Sr., Hayfield, Minn.) scored 21 points (16 in the second half), and Jeff Brandt (Fr., Minot, N.D.) and Tom Jacobson (Sr., Mayville, N.D.) each added 15 points as the Sioux came back to defeat Minnesota-Crookston, 83-60, in non-conference mens basketball on Saturday.
The Golden Eagles got off to a fast start. After UND led 3-2, UMC went on a 20-6 run to lead 22-9 with 10:41 to play in the first half. UMCs Cory Helms scored all eight of his points during that stretch. The Sioux began chipping away at the UMC lead, and tied it at 28-28 with 5:31 to play in the half on a layup by Brandon Badding (Jr., Langdon, N.D.).
UMC led 40-37 with 1:15 to play in the half, but Brandt hit consecutive three-pointers in the final minute of the half to give the Sioux a 43-30 halftime lead. UND forward Jerrid Sebesta (Jr., Montevideo, Minn.) scored all 13 of his points in the first half to spark the comeback.
UND extended its scoring run to 19-0 by tallying the first 13 points of the second half to lead 56-30. The Golden Eagles scoring drought lasted for 5:32, including the first 4:17 of the second half. The Sioux pulled away from there, as UMC never got closer than 16 points for the rest of the game.
The Sioux forced the Golden Eagles into 23 turnovers while committing just 12. UND outrebounded UMC, 35-34. Behrens had eight rebounds to lead UND, which outrebounded UMC, 35-34.
Official Basketball Box Score -- GAME TOTALS -- FINAL STATISTICS University of North Dakota vs Minnesota, Crookston 11/25/00 7:00PM at UMC -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- VISITORS: University of North Dakota 3-1 TOT-FG 3-PT REBOUNDS ## Player Name FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA OF DE TOT PF TP A TO BLK S MIN 05 Tom Jacobson........ * 5-12 1-3 4-4 2 2 4 4 15 1 0 0 2 32 12 Curtis Munlin....... * 3-6 1-2 0-0 1 5 6 1 7 7 5 1 4 28 30 Jeff Brandt......... * 5-11 3-5 2-2 1 2 3 3 15 5 2 0 2 25 44 Brandon Badding..... * 2-5 0-0 0-0 0 2 2 4 4 0 0 0 0 26 54 Kyle Behrens........ * 7-17 0-2 5-7 2 6 8 2 19 1 3 1 0 22 20 Jade Jahner......... 1-3 1-2 0-0 0 2 2 1 3 0 0 0 0 12 32 Ryan Walker......... 1-2 0-1 0-0 1 1 2 2 2 3 0 0 0 13 34 Nigel Jenkins....... 1-1 0-0 1-2 0 2 2 0 3 0 1 0 1 10 40 Jerrid Sebesta...... 3-4 0-0 7-8 0 2 2 3 13 0 0 0 2 23 42 Josh Johnson........ 0-0 0-0 0-0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 50 J.P. Afif........... 0-3 0-0 2-3 3 0 3 0 2 0 1 0 0 9 TEAM................ Totals.............. 28-64 6-15 21-26 11 24 35 20 83 17 12 2 11 200 TOTAL FG% 1st Half: 13-33 39.4% 2nd Half: 15-31 48.4% Game: 43.8% DEADB 3-Pt. FG% 1st Half: 3-9 33.3% 2nd Half: 3-6 50.0% Game: 40.0% REBS F Throw % 1st Half: 14-16 87.5% 2nd Half: 7-10 70.0% Game: 80.8% 5,1 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- HOME TEAM: Minnesota, Crookston 1-2 TOT-FG 3-PT REBOUNDS ## Player Name FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA OF DE TOT PF TP A TO BLK S MIN 10 McQuain, Robert..... * 1-2 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 2 2 0 2 0 0 18 22 Spilde, Tryg........ * 1-2 0-0 1-2 0 1 1 1 3 5 3 0 0 23 42 Hasz, Joe........... * 5-16 0-6 11-12 3 5 8 2 21 3 4 0 1 34 44 Peoples, Dan........ * 0-2 0-0 0-0 0 3 3 3 0 0 2 1 1 15 52 Wilcox, Jeremy...... * 4-7 0-0 0-0 2 2 4 3 8 0 1 0 0 15 04 Jenkins, Birman..... 1-1 0-0 0-0 2 1 3 3 2 0 2 0 0 16 12 Bergstrom, Ryan..... 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 20 Marshall, Jason..... 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 4 30 Hansen, Brandon..... 3-9 1-4 4-4 3 1 4 1 11 0 3 0 1 25 34 Wilson, Mike........ 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 40 Helms, Cory......... 3-9 2-4 0-0 0 6 6 3 8 1 1 0 1 29 50 Kellenberger, John.. 2-4 0-0 1-2 0 3 3 2 5 0 2 1 0 12 TEAM................ Totals.............. 20-54 3-14 17-20 10 24 34 21 60 9 23 2 4 200 TOTAL FG% 1st Half: 14-24 58.3% 2nd Half: 6-30 20.0% Game: 37.0% DEADB 3-Pt. FG% 1st Half: 2-5 40.0% 2nd Half: 1-9 11.1% Game: 21.4% REBS F Throw % 1st Half: 10-10 100 % 2nd Half: 7-10 70.0% Game: 85.0% 3 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Officials: Technical fouls: University of North Dakota-None. Minnesota, Crookston-None. Attendance: 300 Score by Periods 1st 2nd Total University of North Dakota.... 43 40 - 83 Minnesota, Crookston.......... 40 20 - 60