Box Score
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THE GAMES
Thu., Feb. 25, 2010
• 7:30 p.m. (ET) • SDC (3,200)
Michigan Tech (8-17, 7-13 GLIAC) hosts Lake Superior State
(13-12, 11-9 GLIAC)
Sat., Feb. 27, 2010
• 3 p.m. (ET) • SDC (3,200)
Michigan Tech hosts Saginaw Valley State
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HOJNACKI SCORES 40 IN TWO GAMES, TIES 3-POINT
RECORD
Mike Hojnacki scored 26
points at Findlay and added 14 at Hillsdale for a 40-point total
last week. The 6-7 forward has averaged 17.3 points over the last
six contests to raise his season average to 12.0. Hojnacki tied a
school record for 3-point percentage in a game by making all six of
his tries at Findlay. The last Tech player to accomplish that was
Aaron Buckoski in 1998.
TOUGH LATE SEASON SCHEDULE
Michigan Tech has faced the top two teams in each GLIAC Division in
the last four games and gone 2-2. The Huskies host the next two
best squads at the SDC Gym this week in Lake Superior State and
Saginaw Valley State. Tech is wrapping up its season with a
six-game stretch where the opponents are currently a combined 34
games above .500.
SERIES HISTORY VS. SAGINAW VALLEY AND LAKE
SUPERIOR
Michigan Tech trails Saginaw Valley State 34-33 in the all-time
series. The Cardinals have won four straight in the series after
the Huskies had won 16 of the previous 17 matchups. Against Lake
Superior State, Tech is 46-49. LSSU won a narrow, 67-64 victory in
Sault Ste. Marie, Mich., earlier this season. See page 4 for
complete series history.
FAREWELL SENIORS
Michigan Tech's two seniors, forwards Chris Baugh and Georgio
Holt, will wrap up their careers this week. The duo will be
honored during a senior day ceremony prior to Saturday's (Feb. 27)
game vs. Saginaw Valley State. Baugh has tallied 281 points and 220
rebounds in 95 career games. Holt has played in 76 career games
with 307 points and 213 rebounds.
THIS AND THAT
Both sophomore Mike Hojnacki and freshman
Ali
Haidar have notched exactly 143 rebounds on the season for 5.7
per game averages … Tech had held eight straight opponents
under 70 points until Hillsdale put up 79 last Saturday (Feb. 20)
… Tech is 5-4 at home this season.
HEAD COACH KEVIN LUKE
Kevin Luke is in his 16th
year on the Michigan Tech bench as head coach. The school's
winningest skipper owns a career record of 282-177 (.614 winning
percentage). He is a four-time GLIAC Coach of the Year and was the
2002-03 NABC National Coach of the Year.