Ben Hande
February 7, 2005
The University of St. Thomas had four players in double figures and shot 50 percent from the three-point line as they beat St. Olaf men's basketball 79-64 Monday night in Skoglund Center.
Pat Fraser (Sr., Bloomington, Minn/ Jefferson) scored ten points in three minutes bringing St. Olaf to within nine with eight minutes left to play, but St. Thomas' Bryan Schnettler (So., Sartell, Minn.) hit a three after a Fraser four-point play to put the game out of reach.
Leading St. Olaf was Jon Bain (So., Austin, Minn.) with 18 points including 8-for-12 from the freethrow line. Fraser finished with 14 points going 5-of-6 from the field 1-for-1 from three-point range and 3-of-3 from the freethrow line.
St. Thomas' Schnettler contributed 16 points off the bench including 4-of-7 from long range; Isaac Rosefelt (So., St. Paul, Minn./ St. Thomas Academy), the MIAC's leading rebounder dropped 18 points; Sean Sweeny (Jr., St. Paul, Minn./ Cretin-Derham Hall), the MIAC's assist leader had 17 points and nine assists; and Joey Schimek (Jr., Prior Lake, Minn.) added a double-double 13 points and 12 rebounds.
The Oles shot well, going 43 percent from the field and 35 percent from beyond the arc, but St. Thomas shot 46 percent from the field and 50 percent from three.
The loss gives St. Olaf their sixth straight putting them at 3-14 in the MIAC.
The Oles take on Gustavus Adolphus Wednesday night in St. Peter starting at 7:30 p.m.
Newspaper Box Score St. Thomas vs STO 02-07-05 7:30 at St. Olaf College At St. Olaf College ST. THOMAS 79, STO 64 ST. THOMAS (13-7 (13-3)) Isaac Rosefelt 7-12 4-6 18; Sean Sweeney 5-10 4-4 17; Bryan Schnettler 5-10 2-2 16; Joey Shimek 5-11 3-4 13; Danny Peterson 3-7 2-2 8; Neal Anderson 2-7 0-0 5; Nate Worrell 1-2 0-0 2; Berker Tas 0-1 0-0 0; Alex Weaver 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 28-61 15-18 79. STO (7-14 (3-13)) Jon Bain 5-11 8-12 18; Pat Fraser 5-6 3-3 14; Will Johnson 3-5 0-0 8; Chad Norberg 2-6 1-2 6; Andy Grimsrud 2-4 0-0 5; Wade Pierce 2-3 0-1 4; Tucker Weisman 1-11 0-0 3; Mark Bergstrom 1-3 0-0 2; Eric Scholten 1-1 0-0 2; Bobby Hunter 1-2 0-0 2; Erik Sviggum 0-1 0-0 0; Steve Banick 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 23-54 12-18 64. St. Thomas.................... 39 40 - 79 STO........................... 33 31 - 64 3-point goals-St. Thomas 8-16 (Bryan Schnettler 4-7; Sean Sweeney 3-5; Neal Anderson 1-4), STO 6-17 (Will Johnson 2-3; Chad Norberg 1-4; Tucker Weisman 1-6; Pat Fraser 1-1; Andy Grimsrud 1-1; Erik Sviggum 0-1; Mark Bergstrom 0-1). Fouled out--St. Thomas-None, STO-None. Rebounds-St. Thomas 37 (Joey Shimek 12), STO 34 (Jon Bain 7). Assists-St. Thomas 18 (Sean Sweeney 9), STO 7 (Steve Banick 2; Tucker Weisman 2). Total fouls-St. Thomas 16, STO 20. A-532