Cyclones Season 2012-13 Ends

The SCTCC men's basketball team wrapped up the season last week with a buzzer-beating 1 point defeat to MCAC 2nd place M-State Fergus Falls, and followed that up with a road defeat at 1st place Rochester.  Winning 3 out of the last 5 games of the conference season will be looked back upon as a stepping stone for the freshman heavy team.  The Cyclones played the conference season with 8 players, including 7 freshman. 
The lone sophomore Nolan Peterson (Mora, MN), will be missed for his hard work and dedication to the team.  Nolan will be graduating this spring with a second degree in Electrical Construction Technology after previously completing the requirements for his AA degree.  Nolan will finish with a 3.41 GPA.  We are very proud of the two years that Nolan has put in at SCTCC.

To finish the season, many of the Cyclones had outstanding year's on the floor as well. 
SCORING
FR Jared Noonan (2nd in Southern Division) 17.6ppg
FR Riley West (7th) 16.1ppg
FR Jett Leaf (10th) 14.7
3 PT FG%
FR Zach Jiskra (3rd in Southern Divsion) 40.0%
FR Leland Harris (4th in Southern Division) 38.1%
FR Alex Matchinsky - 35.2%
STEALS
FR Jett Leaf (4th in Southern Division) - 51 (2.0 per game)
FR Jared Noonan - 42
FR Riley West - 39
ASSISTS
FR Riley West (3rd in Southern Division) 4.8apg
FR Jett Leaf - 2.7 apg
FR Jared Noonan - 2.5 apg
REBOUNDING
Nate Vang - 6 rpg
Jared Noonan - 5.8 rpg
Jett Leaf - 4.8 rpg

Overall, the team was ranked in the top 20 among NJCAA schools in a few categories:
Scoring - 18th (79 ppg)     Field Goal Attempts - 15th (69.2 Shots per game)
Free Throws Made Per Game - 9th (16.6 made)     Free Throws Attempted Per Game - 4th (25.6 att)