Nau scores 22 off the bench, St. Thomas beats Western Michigan 77-71

AP
Dec 13, 2024

SAINT PAUL, Minn. (AP) Ben Nau scored 22 points off of the bench to help lead St. Thomas over Western Michigan 77-71 on Friday night.

Nau shot 6 for 8 from beyond the arc and 4 of 4 from the free-throw line for the Tommies (8-4). Kendall Blue scored 13 points and added six rebounds and three steals. Miles Barnstable shot 3 of 8 from the field, including 1 for 6 from 3-point range, and went 3 for 3 from the line to finish with 10 points.

The Broncos (3-6) were led in scoring by Javaughn Hannah, who finished with 17 points. Chansey Willis Jr. added 13 points, eight rebounds, five assists and three steals for Western Michigan. Markhi Strickland also had 13 points and six rebounds.

St. Thomas went into halftime leading Western Michigan 36-34. Nau scored nine points in the half. St. Thomas pulled off the victory after a 16-0 second-half run erased a seven-point deficit and gave them the lead at 52-43 with 13:21 left in the half. Nau scored 13 second-half points.

Both teams play Sunday. St. Thomas hosts Crown (MN) and Western Michigan goes on the road to play North Dakota State.

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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.

1st Half
WMU
Broncos
34
STTHMN
Tommies
36

Time		Play	Score
20:00		(Tommies gains possession)
19:39		Owen Lobsinger personal foul
19:36		Drake Dobbs misses three point jump shot
19:34		Tommies offensive rebound
19:20	+2	Nolan Minessale makes two point jump shot	0-2
18:51		Chansey Willis Jr. misses three point jump shot
18:49		Markhi Strickland offensive rebound
18:44	+2	Markhi Strickland makes two point jump shot	2-2
18:28		Max Burton blocks Kendall Blue's two point layup
18:26		Tommies offensive rebound
18:22		JaVaughn Hannah personal foul
18:13		Nolan Minessale misses two point layup
18:11		Chansey Willis Jr. defensive rebound
18:10		Kendall Blue personal foul
18:02		Max Burton misses two point layup
18:00		Kendall Blue defensive rebound
17:22	+2	Drake Dobbs makes two point jump shot	2-4
17:13		Nolan Minessale blocks Markhi Strickland's two point layup
17:13		Markhi Strickland offensive rebound
17:05		JaVaughn Hannah misses three point jump shot
17:05		Kendall Blue defensive rebound
17:05		Kendall Blue turnover (Chansey Willis Jr. steals)
17:05		Chansey Willis Jr. turnover
17:02	+3	Miles Barnstable makes three point jump shot (Drake Dobbs assists)	2-7
16:43		Seryee Lewis misses two point jump shot
16:41		Michael Sulaka offensive rebound
16:29		Markhi Strickland misses two point jump shot
16:27		Kendall Blue defensive rebound
16:21	+3	Kendall Blue makes three point jump shot	2-10
16:17		Broncos 30 second timeout
16:17		TV timeout
16:08		Chansey Willis Jr. misses two point jump shot
16:06		Miles Barnstable defensive rebound
15:53		Miles Barnstable misses three point jump shot
15:51		Michael Sulaka defensive rebound
15:43		Markhi Strickland misses two point layup
15:41		Nolan Minessale defensive rebound
15:30		Markhi Strickland personal foul
15:19		Carter Bjerke misses three point jump shot
15:17		Michael Sulaka defensive rebound
14:47		Chansey Willis Jr. misses three point jump shot
14:45		Carter Bjerke defensive rebound
14:45		Seryee Lewis personal foul
14:25	+2	Carter Bjerke makes two point jump shot	2-12
14:02	+3	Donovan Williams makes three point jump shot (Marquese Josephs assists)	5-12
13:39	+3	Ben Nau makes three point jump shot (Kendall Blue assists)	5-15
13:17		Ben Nau personal foul
13:09		Donovan Williams misses two point layup
13:07		Miles Barnstable defensive rebound
12:54		Brandon Muntu personal foul
12:51	+2	Miles Barnstable makes two point layup (Ryan Dufault assists)	5-17
12:51		Donovan Williams shooting foul (Miles Barnstable draws the foul)
12:51	+1	Miles Barnstable makes regular free throw 1 of 1	5-18
12:34	+3	Owen Lobsinger makes three point jump shot (Max Burton assists)	8-18
12:22		Rich Byhre misses three point jump shot
12:20		Max Burton defensive rebound
11:50	+2	Brandon Muntu makes two point jump shot (Donovan Williams assists)	10-18
11:37		Ryan Dufault misses two point jump shot
11:35		Owen Lobsinger defensive rebound
11:12		Brandon Muntu misses three point jump shot
11:10		Tommies defensive rebound
11:10		TV timeout
10:53	+2	Kendall Blue makes two point layup	10-20
10:23		Owen Lobsinger misses two point jump shot
10:21		Michael Sulaka offensive rebound
10:17		Chansey Willis Jr. misses three point jump shot
10:15		Rich Byhre defensive rebound
10:09		Miles Barnstable misses three point jump shot
10:07		Owen Lobsinger defensive rebound
10:01	+2	Markhi Strickland makes two point layup	12-20
9:45		Michael Sulaka blocks Kendall Blue's two point jump shot
9:43		Tommies offensive rebound
9:41		Carter Bjerke misses three point jump shot
9:39		Owen Lobsinger defensive rebound
9:25	+3	Owen Lobsinger makes three point jump shot (JaVaughn Hannah assists)	15-20
9:05		Kendall Blue misses three point jump shot
9:03		Chansey Willis Jr. defensive rebound
8:53	+3	Owen Lobsinger makes three point jump shot (Markhi Strickland assists)	18-20
8:39		Nolan Minessale misses two point dunk
8:37		Michael Sulaka defensive rebound
8:33		Carter Bjerke personal foul
8:28		JaVaughn Hannah misses two point jump shot
8:26		Nolan Minessale defensive rebound
8:23	+2	Nolan Minessale makes two point layup	18-22
7:59		Chansey Willis Jr. turnover (Kendall Blue steals)
7:43		Kendall Blue misses three point jump shot
7:41		Donovan Williams defensive rebound
7:28		Carter Bjerke personal foul
7:28		TV timeout
7:19		Chansey Willis Jr. turnover (Kendall Blue steals)
7:03	+3	Ben Nau makes three point jump shot (Drake Dobbs assists)	18-25
6:46		Markhi Strickland misses three point jump shot
6:44		Tommies defensive rebound
6:22	+3	Ben Nau makes three point jump shot (Miles Barnstable assists)	18-28
5:57		Markhi Strickland misses two point jump shot
5:55		Miles Barnstable defensive rebound
5:50		Markhi Strickland blocks Drake Dobbs's two point layup
5:48		Chansey Willis Jr. defensive rebound
5:48		Ben Oosterbaan personal foul
5:36		Chansey Willis Jr. misses three point jump shot
5:34		Michael Sulaka offensive rebound
5:29	+2	Chansey Willis Jr. makes two point layup	20-28
4:59	+2	Ben Oosterbaan makes two point layup (Ben Nau assists)	20-30
4:38	+2	Chansey Willis Jr. makes two point jump shot	22-30
4:19	+2	Ryan Dufault makes two point layup (Rich Byhre assists)	22-32
4:11		Owen Lobsinger misses three point jump shot
4:09		Tommies defensive rebound
3:52		Chansey Willis Jr. shooting foul
3:52		TV timeout
3:52	+1	Carter Bjerke makes regular free throw 1 of 2	22-33
3:52		Carter Bjerke misses regular free throw 2 of 2
3:52		JaVaughn Hannah defensive rebound
3:40	+2	Donovan Williams makes two point layup (Chansey Willis Jr. assists)	24-33
3:29		Carter Bjerke turnover (Donovan Williams steals)
3:16	+2	JaVaughn Hannah makes two point jump shot	26-33
3:00		Carter Bjerke misses three point jump shot
2:58		Donovan Williams defensive rebound
2:39	+2	JaVaughn Hannah makes two point jump shot	28-33
2:19		Miles Barnstable misses three point jump shot
2:17		Owen Lobsinger defensive rebound
2:04	+2	Chansey Willis Jr. makes two point layup	30-33
2:04		Ryan Dufault shooting foul (Chansey Willis Jr. draws the foul)
2:04	+1	Chansey Willis Jr. makes regular free throw 1 of 1	31-33
1:54		Nolan Minessale misses two point jump shot
1:52		Owen Lobsinger defensive rebound
1:31		Max Burton misses two point jump shot
1:29		Markhi Strickland offensive rebound
1:27		Markhi Strickland misses two point layup
1:25		Nolan Minessale defensive rebound
1:17		Miles Barnstable misses three point jump shot
1:15		Owen Lobsinger defensive rebound
0:52		Rich Byhre shooting foul (Markhi Strickland draws the foul)
0:52		Markhi Strickland misses regular free throw 1 of 2
0:52	+1	Markhi Strickland makes regular free throw 2 of 2	32-33
0:44		Drake Dobbs misses two point layup
0:42		Max Burton defensive rebound
0:28	+2	JaVaughn Hannah makes two point dunk (Donovan Williams assists)	34-33
0:03	+3	Nolan Minessale makes three point jump shot (Drake Dobbs assists)	34-36
0:00		End of period

Nau scores 22 off the bench, St. Thomas beats Western Michigan 77-71

1st Half WMUBroncos34STTHMNTommies36

1st Half
WMU
Broncos
34
STTHMN
Tommies
36