{"id":192654,"date":"2020-02-25T22:00:45","date_gmt":"2020-02-26T04:00:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/?p=192654"},"modified":"2020-02-25T22:04:05","modified_gmt":"2020-02-26T04:04:05","slug":"viking-men-drop-quarter-final-to-viterbo-tues","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/?p=192654","title":{"rendered":"Viking Men Drop Quarter Final to Viterbo, Tues"},"content":{"rendered":"
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LA CROSSE, WIS.\u00a0 (VCSU)<\/a> \u2013 The Valley City State men’s basketball team was unable to keep up with the hot-shooting Viterbo V-Hawks Tuesday night as the Vikings’ season came to an end during the North Star Athletic Association Postseason Tournament quarterfinal round.<\/p>\n

The No. 6-seeded Vikings lost their quarterfinal game at No. 3 seed Viterbo University, 90-69. The Vikings shot 56 percent on the road, but were unable to overcome even better shooting by Viterbo as the V-Hawks made 64 percent from the field and 58 percent from 3-point range Tuesday night.<\/p>\n

Valley City State ends the season with a 9-20 overall record. Viterbo (15-13) advances to the NSAA Final Four this weekend in Watertown, S.D.<\/p>\n

The Vikings scored on three of their first four possessions to hold an early 7-6 lead. Viterbo scored the next nine points to take the lead for good at 15-7 early in the game. The Vikings trailed by as many as 12 in the first half, 31-19, before putting together a 14-4 run. Five different Vikings scored during the stretch, including 3-pointers by Chris Thompson<\/a> and Denzel Kennedy<\/a>. Thompson’s 3-pointer from the right wing pulled the Vikings to within 35-33 with 2:12 left in the half. Viterbo responded with two big 3-pointers to end the half, taking a 41-33 lead into the locker room.<\/p>\n

VCSU scored the first five points of the second half on baskets by Austin Lee<\/a> and Kevin Schramm<\/a>, closing to within 41-38. Viterbo then took control for good with a quick 14-2 run, taking a 55-40 lead with 15:06 to go. The Vikings could get no closer than 13 points the rest of the way.<\/p>\n

Schramm led the Viking offense with 17 points on 7-for-8 shooting. Chris Thompson<\/a> made three 3’s and totaled 16 points and five assists for VCSU. Logan Nelson<\/a> and Connor Entzi<\/a> each had eight points, and Austin Lee<\/a> made two 3’s to finish with six points.<\/p>\n

The Vikings shot 56 percent overall (27-48), 47 percent on 3’s (8-17) and went 7-for-12 on free throws. Viterbo shot even better though, finishing the game at 64 percent from the field (36-56), 58 percent from 3-point range (11-19) and 7-for-9 on free throws.<\/p>\n

Noah Fredrickson totaled a game-high 21 points for the V-Hawks, while Jack Monis had a big game with 20 points, six rebounds and six assists.<\/p>\n

Both teams committed 12 turnovers. Helped by their hot shooting, the V-Hawks held a 31-15 rebounding advantage, including an 8-1 edge in offensive rebounds.<\/p>\n

Viterbo moves on to play No. 2 seed Mayville State in the tournament semifinals Saturday in Watertown.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

LA CROSSE, WIS.\u00a0 (VCSU) \u2013 The Valley City State men’s basketball team was unable to keep up with the hot-shooting Viterbo V-Hawks Tuesday night as the Vikings’ season came to an end during the North Star Athletic Association Postseason Tournament quarterfinal round. The No. 6-seeded Vikings lost their quarterfinal game […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-192654","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/192654","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=192654"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/192654\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":192655,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/192654\/revisions\/192655"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=192654"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=192654"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=192654"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}