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MLC's basketball Knights spun a major upset in New Ulm Monday, Dec. 10 when it beat St. John's University of Collegeville 76-63 for their first win of the season. The St. John's team was the varsity and not a JV or B team.

St.John's has been noted as a perennial basketball power among Minnesota Colleges of the MAIC alignment.

The article provided by MLC is available through the link included in the scoreboard (see tab at top of yellow banner).

The following was posted by the St. John's sports website:

NEW ULM, Minn. – Saint John's shot 36.4 percent (24-for-66) in a 76-63 non-conference loss at Martin Luther on Monday, Dec. 10, in New Ulm.

The Johnnies (2-5, 2-2 MIAC) missed 17 three-pointers (4-for-21) and shot 52.4 percent (11-for-21) at the free-throw line.

Junior Seth Marx (Maple Grove, Minn./Benilde-St. Margaret's) led SJU with 19 points and classmate Kevin McKenzie (De Pere, Wis./Notre Dame Academy) added 11. The rest of the Johnnies shot 13-for-42 (31.0 percent) from the field and 0-for-10 from beyond the arc.

Galen Holzhueter led all scorers with 29 points and collected 11 rebounds for the Knights (1-6, 0-0 UMAC), who out-rebounded the visitors 47-37.

SJU held a 34-33 lead at the half, but MLC shot 46.4 percent (13-for-28) in the second half and out-scored the Johnnies 27-16 in the final 11:37.

The Johnnies return home for another non-conference game against Minnesota Morris on Thursday, Dec. 13. Tip-off is set for 7:30 p.m. at Sexton Arena in Collegeville.