"First of all, Ridgewater played an excellent basketball game. We played great for 85% of the game which isn't good enough against a good team like Ridgewater on the road. That's two consecutive games that a terrible seven minute stretch has cost us the game. We are certainly a good team, but to be great we need move past these lapses and it has to be immediately," said Head Coach Jason Retzlaff.

Minneapolis CTC defeated the Spartans 84-81 in an exciting game that came right down to the buzzer.
Zaire Saunders led the Spartans with 22 points. Wiley Jiles added 19 points and nine rebounds while Jordan Johnsrud added 15 points, ten rebounds and three assists.

This was Minneapolis's last trip to Fergus Falls as the college is dropping its basketball program. Minneapolis is ranked eighth in the nation, is 18-4 on the season and 7-0 in the southern division. Fergus Falls is now 15-5 on the season and 4-2 in the Southern Division.

"It's disappointing to come up short in a great game against a very good team. We lapsed defensively early in the second half and they took full advantage of it. Zaire Saunders had a great night and we did some good things in stretches but not for the entire game. It has been a fantastic rivalry with Minneapolis built on mutual respect throughout the years and it was great to see a full house for their last trip to Fergus Falls," said Head Coach Jason Retzlaff.

Wiley Jiles led the Spartans to a 80-58 win over Riverland CC with 25 points and 12 rebounds. Jiles moved into the top 10 in career scoring at M State. He passed Jason Terwey (1988) who was at 826. Jiles now stands at 850.
Jordan Johnsrud contributed 15 points and six rebounds while Jerome Vaughn added 11 points, six rebounds and four steals.

"We played very well tonight and had one of our better defensive efforts of the year. The guys played extremely hard. Ray Gardner had an outstanding all-around performance and did a fantastic job on the defensive end. Wiley had a great offensive performance as well," said Head Coach Jason Retzlaff.

M State moves to 15-4 and 4-1 in the Southern Division. M State has won 5 in a row and 12 of their last 13.

The Spartan Men are now 14-4 as they defeated St. Cloud Tech 88-72 Wednesday night. Wiley Jiles recorded a double-double with 22 points and 13 rebounds. Jordan Johnsrud added 16 points and 8 boards. Dewon McKenzie had 13 points.

Fergus Falls is now 13-4 and 3-1 in the Southern Division. The Spartan Men have also won 10 of their last 11 games.

Zaire Saunders downed a 40-shot at the buzzer to defeat the Minnesota West Blue Jays 88-87 in Worthington. Wiley Jiles led the team with 23 points and Jordan Johnsrud had 20 points and seven rebounds.

The Spartan Men defeated Ridgewater Community College 78-71 Saturday. Jordan Johnsrud led the Spartans with 19 points, three steals and four blocks. Wiley Jiles had 15 points, 17 rebounds and three steals. Travon McKee added 13 points and five assists. Jerome Vaughn had 12 points, nine rebounds and four steals.

"It was a really tough game and I thought Ridgewater did a great job controlling the tempo of the game. Although we struggled to shoot it, I was very happy to see our guys hang in there and play very well at crunch time. Ray and Jordan taking charges on back to back defensive possessions were really the big plays of the game," said Head Coach Jason Retzlaff.

The Spartan Men are 11-4 on the season and 1-1 in division play.

Minneapolis Community & Technical College ended the Spartan's seven game winning streak with a 75-71 victory.
Jordan Johnsrud led the Spartans with 28 points and ten rebounds. Wiley Jiles added 14 points.

"This was a hard fought game as it usually is when we get together," commented Fergus Falls head coach Jason Retzlaff. "We turned the ball over too many teams which led to many transition baskets for Minneapolis. They are a very good basketball team."

The Spartan Men defeated Rainy River Community College 79-54 at the Central Lakes Classic in Brainerd on Saturday.

Wiley Jiles led the Spartans with 14 points, seven rebounds and four steals. Freshman Travon McKee had 12 points, six rebounds and four assists.

"We played extremely well today. I thought defensively we set the tone and were able to cause a lot of problems for them with our aggressiveness. I feel we have improved throughout the pre-Christmas schedule and are playing well right now. Hopefully we can keep the momentum going after the break," said Head Coach Jason Retzlaff.

The Men are now 9-3 on the season.

The Spartan Men defeated Fond du Lac CTC 86-61 Friday on the road.

The Spartan Men defeated Hibbing Community College Saturday afternoon 87-79. Jordan Johnsrud led the Spartans with 28 points, 13 rebounds, four assists and two blocks. Wiley Jiles had 23 points and eight rebounds. Jerome Vaughn added 11 points and nine rebounds.

"It was a very good weekend for us to get a couple of wins. Hibbing plays with a lot of energy and came at us with defensive pressure. I was happy with how we played in the second half. Jordan Johnsrud was outstanding in all aspects of the game today," said Head Coach Jason Retzlaff.

The Spartan Men Shot 57% from the field in their 98-77 win over Rainy River Community College Friday night. Wiley Jiles led the Spartans with 18 points and 8 rebounds.

"We played well tonight and had contributions from a number of people. We set the tone by attacking the basket against their zone early. Our defense forced turnovers in the first half that got us some transition baskets. Overall it was a very good night," said Head Coach Jason Retzlaff.

The Spartan men defeated the Concordia Cobbers JV team 85-74 Tuesday night.

Wiley Jiles led the team with 32 points and six assists. Jordan Johnsrud acheived a double/double by scoring 17 points, pulling down 10 rebounds and having two blocks. Jerome Vaughn had 12 points, seven rebounds and four steals. Sam Neumann had 10 points and four assists while Ray Gardner had four assists.

"It was a nice win tonight. They certinaly have a quality team and play very hard. We had opportunites to put them away and they came back at us hard. Right now we need to improve our consistency. We look very good in stretches and then have stretches where we aren't very sharp. That will be our biggest area of improvement to get to the next level as a team," said Head Coach Jason Retzlaff.

The Spartan's lost 81-60 to Northland CTC in Thief River Falls Tuesday. Jordan Johnsrud led the Spartans with 16 points and 11 rebounds. Wiley Jiles added 15 points and eight rebounds. Jerome Vaughn had 11 points, eight rebounds, four assists and three steals.

"We really struggled to shoot the ball in the second half. We did a better job on the boards compared to our first game with them, but we couldn't get anything to fall," said Head Coach Jason Retzlaff.

The Spartans are now 3-3 on the season.

The Spartans fell to the Wildcats 88-72 Wednesday night. Sophomores Jordan Johnsrud and Wiley Jiles led the Spartans with 20 and 19 points respectively. Jiles and Jerome Vaughn had 7 rebounds each.

"We played an outstanding team tonight and played very inconsistent which led to a tough night. Poor defensive positioning and some poor shot selection really plagued us in the last ten minutes of the first half," stated Head Coach Jason Retzlaff.

The Spartans play next at Trinity Bible College in Ellendale, ND. Women at 1pm and Men at 3 pm.

The M State Spartans fall to 2-1 after losing to Northland CTC 87-81 Saturday. Freshman Travon McKee led the Spartan scoring with 19 points. Sophomores Wiley Jiles and Jordan Johnsrud each contributed 17 points. Sophomore Jerome Vaughn had 9 rebounds and 6 assists.

"It was a hard fought game and Northland is certainly an excellent basketball team. They dominated us on the boards and it cost us the game. It's tough to lose at home but we need to learn from mistakes and get better next week in practice," said Head Coach Jason Retzlaff.

The Spartans next game is on Wednesday at North Dakota State College of Science. (Men only)

The Spartan Men's Team defeated Itasca CC 86-51 on Thursday. Sophomore Wiley Jiles led the team with 21 points and contributed 7 rebounds. Freshman Zaire Saunders added 19 points. Sophomore captain Jordan Johnsrud had 8 rebounds, 5 assists and 2 blocks.

"I was happy with our performance tonight and we defended our home court well. We are looking for consistency, especially on the defensive end, and we did a good job keeping them off balance. Zaire Saunders really gave us a boost offensively and Sam Neumann played a very good all-around game," stated Head Coach Jason Retzlaff.

The next game for the Spartans is this Saturday, Nov. 14 vs. Northland in Fergus Falls. Women play at 1pm, Men at 3pm.