HOUGHTON, Mich. – The Michigan Tech men's basketball season opens this weekend at the D2 Midwest Region Tip-Off hosted at the Justagame Fieldhouse in Wisconsin Dells, Wisconsin. The Huskies start with a contest against Missouri-St. Louis on Friday, followed by a Saturday tilt with Maryville. Both games are slated for a 3 p.m. tipoff.
Live stats for the games can be found at MichiganTechhuskies.com/live with a live stream and in-person tickets are available for purchase provided by the Justagame Fieldhouse.
About the Tritons
Missouri-St. Louis was picked to finish seventh in the GLVC following a 13-16 season in 2023-24. The Miners return seven players from last year's squad, including First Team All-GLVC selection Matt Enright, who paced the team in scoring with 13.9 points per outing with 94 assists and 25 steals.
Troy Glover II returns for UMSL as the team's top-rebounder last season with 8.1 boards and 10.1 points per outing.
The Tritons add a class of four freshmen and four transfers to the roster this season.
Bob Sundvold returns for his 12th season at the helm of the Tritons.
This is the third meeting between the two teams in three years, with the Tritons winning 75-57 in 2022 as the Huskies claimed last year's game 83-75.
About the Saints
Maryville was tabbed to finish 12th in the GLVC after going 12-14 in the 2023-24 campaign. The Saints are under the guidance of first-year head coach Preston Ingram following the last five years as head coach at Missouri Baptist University.
Maryville has seven returners from last season while adding six transfers and two newcomers to the roster in 2024-25.
The Saints have already gotten playing experience this season, falling to Saint Louis 106-65 in an exhibition contest on Oct. 25. Senior Dewayne Vass tied his career-high in points with 24 on 8-for-10 from the field. As a team, the Saints scored 42 points in the second half after only scoring 23 in the first stanza.
About the Huskies
Michigan Tech welcomes back 14 players from the 2023-24 campaign, including junior guard Marcus Tomashek, who earned D2CCCA All-Region Second Team and All-GLIAC First Team honors following a season where he averaged 22.9 points per game.
Tomashek was tabbed GLIAC Preseason Player of the Year as the Huskies were picked to finish tied for sixth in the league.
Tomashek, a Green Bay, Wisconsin, native, scored 640 points in 28 games during his sophomore campaign, which is the eighth-most points for a season in program history. He went from averaging 11.8 points as a freshman to 22.9 last season, needing just seven points to become the newest 1,000 point scorer for the Black & Gold.
The Black & Gold bring back four players who started at least 17 games last season in Nate Abel, Pete Calcaterra, Dawson Nordgaard and All-GLIAC Defensive Team member Josh Terrian. The Huskies added three newcomers to the roster in 2024-25 with Ty Fernholz, Layne Risdon and Grant Warren.
Head coach Josh Buettner returns for his fourth year at the helm of his alma mater.
