Beavers close fall semester with UMary and Minot State
Holiday fun and NSIC stakes highlight two-game home stand against UMary and Minot State

Bemidji State University Men’s Basketball hosts Ugly Sweater Night and the Battle of the Beavers at the BSU Gymnasium Thursday and Saturday. Thursday’s 5:30 p.m. tipoff against University of Mary will include a halftime ugly sweater contest while Saturday’s game against Minot State University is set for 1:30 p.m.

Bemidji State enters the weekend at an even 5-5 overall split, going 2-3 in the Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference. The Beavers haven’t been able to stay in the win column for more than a game at a time this season, splitting a 1-1 record each week. Last week, BSU started the weekend battling through three overtimes with University of Jamestown, ultimately falling 98-94. They then picked themselves up and took down Northern State University, 66-63, in Aberdeen last Saturday.

Junior guard John Pecarich leads the team and the conference from the three-point arc this season, marking 79 attempts, a .500 shooting percentage, 3.40 threes per game and 34 total three-pointers made. He’s ranked sixth in the NCAA for total threes as well. Pecarich is also fifth in the conference for field goal attempts and sixth for free-throw percentage at .837.

Also holding space in the leaderboards is Henry Shannon III who leads the conference in blocks, blocks per game and minutes per game. Shannon is seventh in the NSIC for field-goal percentage at .525 and fourth in field goals at 73.

Following this weekend’s action, the Beavers will have a short winter break before returning to the BSU Gymnasium on Jan. 3 to host RV University of Minnesota Duluth, Jan. 9 to host Southwest Minnesota State University and Jan. 10 against University of Sioux Falls. They’ll then get back on the road with a trip to St. Cloud State University the following week. All NSIC games are available on the NSIC Network and Beaver fans can listen in via the Beaver Radio Network with Kevin Reid.