2006-2007 Season Review

     The MSU men’s basketball team finished the season 7-7 in Dakota Athletic Conference (DAC) play maintaining a run of six years without a losing record in conference play.  The Beavers finished 14-15 overall snapping a streak of four consecutive winning seasons. 

     Minot State’s balanced won/loss record tells the story of the season as the Beavers enjoyed only one weekend sweep the entire season and their longest win streak was three games.  On the other side of things MSU was swept only once during conference action.  However, that sweep came during a pivotal four game losing streak.  Early in the second half of the DAC schedule the Beavers faced the toughest stretch of their conference schedule with three straight road games against three of the top four teams in the league.  Minot State quite possibly played its best basketball of the season but came away empty handed with a three point loss and two overtime losses.  The streak sealed the Beavers’ fate in the middle of the DAC standings.

     For the season, Joe Gathings led MSU in scoring at 12.2 points per game despite playing only in MSU’s final 17 games.  Gathings was followed in scoring by Jordan Cooper (Westhope) at 11.9 point per game.  MSU was led in rebounding by Cleodis Hilliard at 5.1 per game.  Post season honors went to a couple seniors.  Cooper was named Second-Team All-Conference and Drew Hysjulien (Grand Forks) was named a NAIA Scholar-Athlete