The Cobber men posted an 18-7 record, 15-5 and tied for second in the MIAC, and advanced to the MIAC playoffs for the first time since 1987. Fourth-year coach Duane Siverson saw his first recruiting class cap their senior years with the second most wins in Cobber history, including an overtime win at Moorhead State.
The team set Cobber season records for scoring (86.4 per game) and field goal shooting (51.2%) while leading the league in rebounding, scoring, shooting percentage and defense. Only a 72-67 playoff loss to St. John's kept the Cobbers from a first ever NCAA tournament bid. Brett Inniger '95, Fargo, N.D., who earned his second All-MIAC award, scored 20.6 points per game, set the school career 3-point field goal record with 133, and also was named to the MIAC All-Defensive team.
Brad Keenan '95, Moorhead, Minn., returned from life in baseball's minor leagues to finish his degree and All-MIAC basketball honors. He averaged 15 points per game, set the Cobber career rebound record (544), and shot a school-record 64.9% from the field, 6th best in the nation. Matt Northrop '96, Omaha, Neb., earned Academic All-MIAC honors by averaging 8 points and 4 rebounds and maintaining his 3.3 GPA in Health and Physical Education.
Kurt Motschenbacher '95, Glyndon, Minn., averaged 12 points per game to cap a career that totaled 831 points, 16th best in Cobber history.
No Name Yr Ht P Hometown 10 Greg Dean So 5-10 G Rapid City, SD 12 Pete Balmer Sr 6-7 F Thief River Falls 14 Todd Tedrow So 6-1 G Pierre, SD 20 Brett Inniger Sr 6-3 G Fargo, ND 22 Nick Guida Jr 6-2 G Moorhead 24 Jessie Williams Jr 5-10 G Seattle, Wash. 30 Jason Sorenson Jr 6-2 G Appleton 32 Kurt Motschenbacher Sr 6-6 F Glyndon 34 Bryan Christianson Jr 6-4 F Waseca 40 Matt Northrop Jr 6-5 F Omaha, NE 44 Tony Weick Sr 6-3 F Wheaton 50 Kenny Nelson Jr 6-7 F Seattle, Wash. 52 Brad Keenan Sr 6-5 C Moorhead Head Coach: Duane Siverson, 4th year Record: With Men 47-51, Career 212-89 Assistant Coaches: Jerry Pyle, Pat Westby Student Assistants: Charlie Ehlers, Chad Solvie 1994-95 Running Cobber Junior Varsity Roster No Name Yr Ht P Hometown/High School 12 Trevor Peterson Fr 6-1 G Staples 20 Todd Tedrow So 6-1 G Pierre, SD 22 John Vorachek So 6-1 G Crookston 24 Brian Kjesbo Fr 6-0 G Wendell/Elbow Lake 30 Dustin Chouinard Fr 6-0 G Absarokee, MT 34 Brady Krchnavy Fr 6-2 F Englevale, ND/Lisbon 40 Phil Wishart Fr 6-1 G Roseville/Mounds View 44 Brian Christopherson Fr 6-6 C Fargo, ND/North 50 Brett Krchnavy So 6-5 F Englevale, ND/Lisbon 54 Jake Hancock Fr 6-6 C Bemidji Head Coach: Pat Westby Assistant Coach: Charlie EhlersMIAC Race
1994-95 MIAC Men's Race 1. St. Thomas 20-0 26-1 * 2. Concordia 15-5 18-7 * St. John's 15-5 17-8 * 4. Gustavus 12-8 14-10 * Carleton 12-8 13-11 6. Augsburg 10-10 12-12 7. St. Olaf 7-13 9-15 Hamline 7-13 8-15 9. St. Mary's 6-14 7-17 10. Bethel 5-15 6-18 11. Macalester 1-19 2-22 * MIAC Playoffs: 1/23 SJU 72 Cobbers 67 STU 54 Gusties 49 1/25 STU 80 Johnnies 69Rosters, Season Stats, All-MIAC Team
1994-95 Running Cobber Basketball H/A Date Opponent Results H 11/12 U of Manitoba W 73-65 (Exh) A 11/18-19 So.Colo. Classic 11/18 U of So. Colo. L 79-87 OT 11/19 UC Colorado Spr W 90-74 H 11/26 Valley City St W 101-75 A 12/3 Hamline *W 85-67 A 12/5 St. Thomas *L 60-65 H 12/10 Gustavus *W 67-64 A 12/17 Moorhead St. W 106-104 OT 1/7 St. John's *W 80-52 A 1/9 Carleton *L 78-86 H 1/11 Augsburg *W 85-65 A 1/14 Macalester *W 111-79 A 1/16 St. Mary's *W 103-58 A 1/18 St. Olaf *W 82-71 H 1/21 Bethel *W 91-84 H 1/23 Hamline *W 96-78 OT H 1/25 St. Thomas *L 78-81 A 1/28 Gustavus *L 98-101 2OT A 2/4 St. John's *L 77-94 H 2/6 Carleton *W 73-63 A 2/8 Augsburg *W 85-68 H 2/11 Macalester *W 122-98 H 2/13 St. Mary's *W 85-62 H 2/15 St. Olaf *W 73-63 A 2/18 Bethel *W 87-58 MIAC Playoffs H 2/23 St. John's L 67-72 Record: 18-7 Overall, 15-5 MIAC Tie for 2nd in MIACRosters, MIAC Race
1994-95 MIAC Men's Basketball All-Conference Team *Karnell James So G St. Thomas Brett Inniger Sr G Concordia Brad Keenan Sr C Concordia Jeff Koles Jr G Bethel Matt Aune Sr G Hamline Joe Deignan Sr G St. John's Josh Cherry Jr F St. John's Tom Klimisch Sr F Carleton Scott Lauinger Jr C Gustavus Bobby Aguirre Sr G Macalester Jim South Jr C Augsburg Johnny Tauer Sr F St. Thomas Mike Bergan Sr G St. Thomas Steve Berger Sr F St. Olaf Donald Jordan Jr G St. Mary's *MIAC Player of the Year All Defensive Team Joe Deignan St. John's Matt McDonagh St. Thomas Karnell James St. Thomas Brett Inniger Concordia Eric Ferch Carleton Scott Launiger Gustavus All Freshman Team Jahmai Phipps Hamline Jim Loveren Carleton Eric Ferch Carleton Pete Slapnicher Bethel Rob Sader Macalester Sixth Man Award Mark Swenson St. Thomas Coach of the Year Steve Fritz St. ThomasRosters, MIAC Race
1994-95 Running Cobber Season Statistics - 25 Games, 18-7 record NAME GP PPG RPG PTS RBS FG-FGA FG% FT-FTA FT% 3-PT 3PT% AS ST BL Inniger 25 20.6 4.4 514 109 171-359 48 107-136 79 65-176 37 92 45 15 Keenan 25 14.0 8.9 350 222 146-225 65 58-82 71 0-2 0 20 23 5 Motsch' 20 11.7 3.8 233 76 85-156 55 62-86 72 1-4 25 14 10 6 Williams 23 8.3 2.5 191 58 68-175 39 30-43 70 25-69 36 114 46 4 Nelson 25 8.1 5.0 203 126 83-146 57 37-51 73 0-0 0 28 22 52 Northrop 24 7.8 4.1 187 98 66-156 42 22-32 69 33-76 43 32 15 4 Dean 25 5.4 2.7 134 68 47-85 55 40-65 62 0-1 0 121 73 4 Balmer 25 4.6 2.6 114 65 48-87 55 16-23 70 2-6 33 26 12 7 Weick 25 4.5 3.7 112 92 47-82 57 18-35 51 0-0 0 21 13 3 Sorenson 17 3.2 1.3 54 22 18-40 45 4-5 80 14-32 44 10 2 2 Christian'12 2.7 0.5 32 6 9-18 50 12-14 86 2-6 33 7 3 0 Tedrow 8 2.0 0.1 16 1 5-9 56 4-4 100 2-4 50 3 1 0 Guida 13 1.5 0.9 19 12 7-24 29 5-11 46 0-1 0 10 3 1 Team GMS PPG RPG FG-FGA FG% FT-FTA FT% 3-PT 3PT% AS ST TOPG Concordia 25 86.4 40.8 800-1562 51% 415-587 71% 144-377 38 498 268 16.3 Opponents 25 74.8 32.5 645-1536 42% 388-574 68% 191-539 35 300 218 16.3Rosters, MIAC Race
Concordia 73 U of Manitoba 65 11/12/94 FG FT PTS REB AS ST PF Inniger 4-17 6-6 16 4 2 0 0 Balmer 7-11 0-0 14 2 0 2 2 Northrop 4-7 1-2 11 7 0 0 0 Motsch' 4-7 2-2 10 0 1 0 2 Keenan 3-6 3-4 9 7 1 0 0 Nelson 3-6 0-2 6 6 1 1 3 Weick 2-4 1-2 5 6 5 1 3 Dean 1-1 0-0 2 3 6 3 2 Team FGs 3-Pt FTS REB AS TO PF Half Concordia 28-69 4-18 13-18 41 20 21 18 37 U of Manitoba 21-55 5-11 11-18 35 7 23 13 30 3-Point: Inniger 2-10, Williams 0-3, Sorenson 0-1, Northrop 2-4 Opponent Leaders: Baptiste 21, Filmon 12, Skrabek 12 Cobbers 79 U of So. CO 87 OT 11/18/94 FG FT PT RB AS ST PF Inniger 5-17 3-6 16 5 2 0 1 Northrop 6-11 0-1 15 2 1 1 3 Keenan 6-7 0-0 12 6 0 1 3 Motsch' 4-7 4-6 12 4 1 3 5 Williams 5-11 0-2 10 5 4 1 5 Dean 1-1 3-6 5 5 3 2 2 Balmer 2-8 0-0 4 0 1 0 2 Weick 1-3 1-4 3 5 0 0 5 Nelson 0-5 2-4 2 7 0 1 2 Team FGs 3-Pt FTS RB AS TO PF Hf CC 30-70 6-20 13-29 50 12 18 30 28 USC 30-63 9-17 18-37 47 15 17 27 41 3-Point: Inniger 3-11, Williams 0-2, Northrop 3-5, Balmer 0-2. Opponent Leaders: Clark 22, Hudson 13
Concordia 90 UCCS 74 11/19/94 FG FT PT RB AS ST PF Inniger 11-20 2-2 30 3 4 2 1 Northrop 3-5 3-3 11 3 0 1 3 Nelson 4-5 3-4 11 5 0 0 2 Keenan 5-7 0-0 10 5 0 0 2 Motsch' 3-5 2-2 8 4 0 0 4 Williams 1-6 3-4 6 5 7 1 4 Dean 1-1 3-4 5 2 6 4 2 Balmer 2-3 0-0 4 3 1 0 1 Guida 1-2 1-3 3 1 1 0 0 Weick 1-2 0-0 2 7 1 0 3 Team FGs 3-Pt FTS RB AS TO PF Hf CC 32-57 9-20 17-22 40 20 13 22 46 UCCS 27-65 5-18 15-22 29 6 9 21 26 3-Point: Inniger 6-13, Williams 1-3, Northrop 2-4. Opponent Leaders: Hess 21, Williams 12
Cobbers 80 St. John's 52 1/7/95 FG FT PT RB AS ST PF Keenan 12-13 4-5 28 17 1 1 3 Motsch' 6-7 1-3 13 5 1 0 3 Inniger 2-10 7-8 11 5 3 1 0 Northrop 4-12 0-0 9 7 5 1 2 Williams 3-9 0-0 7 2 6 4 3 Dean 3-5 0-0 6 4 2 1 2 Balmer 1-1 0-0 2 2 0 0 1 Nelson 1-2 0-0 2 1 1 2 3 Christian' 0-0 2-3 2 1 0 2 0 Weick 0-0 0-0 0 1 2 0 3 Guida 0-1 0-0 0 1 0 0 0 Sorenson 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 Team FGs 3-Pt FTS RB AS TO PF HF CC 32-61 2-10 14-19 46 21 20 20 31 St. John's 18-52 6-16 10-20 25 7 21 15 24 3-Point: Inniger 0-4, Williams 1-2, Northrop 1-3 Opponent Leaders: Cherry 16, Vogt 9
Cobbers 78 Carleton 86 1/9/95 FG FT PT RB AS ST PF Inniger 8-19 3-6 20 5 4 1 3 Motsch' 6-7 4-6 16 5 0 0 5 Northrop 6-9 0-0 15 9 0 0 2 Williams 4-9 0-0 10 1 0 2 5 Balmer 3-5 1-2 7 5 1 0 0 Keenan 3-5 0-2 6 5 0 0 4 Nelson 1-4 0-0 2 7 1 1 3 Dean 1-5 0-1 2 2 7 2 4 Christian' 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 Weick 0-2 0-1 0 0 2 0 1 Team FGs 3-Pt FTS RB AS TO PF HF CC 32-65 6-16 8-18 39 15 16 27 37 Carl 28-59 7-13 23-34 31 18 9 20 39 3-Point: Inniger 1-7, Williams 2-3, Northrop 3-4, Dean 0-1, Keenan 0-1 Opponent Leaders: Ferch 23, Klimisch 16
Cobbers 85 Augsburg 65 1/11/95 FG FT PT RB AS ST PF Inniger 5-14 5-5 15 3 5 3 1 Motsch' 4-6 2-3 10 1 0 0 0 Williams 3-5 2-2 10 1 6 2 3 Sorenson 3-4 0-0 9 2 1 0 2 Keenan 4-8 0-0 8 13 0 1 2 Weick 3-4 2-2 8 6 1 0 3 Nelson 3-7 2-4 8 5 0 1 3 Northrop 2-4 0-0 5 3 4 1 0 Dean 2-4 1-2 5 1 7 0 2 Balmer 1-2 1-2 3 1 1 1 4 Tedrow 1-1 0-0 3 0 1 1 0 Guida 0-0 1-2 1 0 1 0 0 Christian' 0-2 0-0 0 0 1 0 0 Team FGs 3-Pt FTS RB AS TO PF HF CC 31-62 7-16 16-22 41 28 15 20 45 AUG 21-61 3-16 20-25 35 18 14 20 24 3-Point: Tedrow 1-1, Inniger 0-5, Williams 2-4, Sorenson 3-4, Christian' 0-1, Northrop 1-1 Opponent Leaders: South 33
Concordia 96 Hamline 78 1/23/95 FG FT PT RB AS ST PF Inniger 10-18 8-9 32 5 6 3 0 Keenan 8-9 4-5 20 8 1 2 4 Williams 5-10 1-2 13 1 6 3 3 Weick 4-6 2-2 10 5 2 0 3 Northrop 3-9 0-0 8 6 3 0 2 Balmer 1-2 3-4 5 2 1 0 0 Nelson 2-4 0-1 4 4 2 1 5 Dean 1-3 2-2 4 2 3 2 4 Sorenson 0-3 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 FGs 3-Pt FTS RB AS TO PF HF Reg CC 34-64 8-22 20-25 38 24 9 19 43 75 Ham 26-67 6-21 14-16 31 6 13 20 43 75 Concordia 78 St. Thomas 81 1/25/95 FG FT PT RB AS ST PF Inniger 5-17 2-2 13 5 5 0 3 Williams 5-13 1-2 13 6 5 3 3 Motsch' 5-6 1-2 11 4 0 0 0 Keenan 5-11 1-1 11 9 0 0 1 Northrop 4-8 0-0 11 2 0 2 1 Nelson 4-6 0-0 8 4 0 1 3 Dean 3-3 1-1 7 1 4 2 2 Balmer 1-2 1-1 7 1 0 0 2 Weick 0-1 2-2 2 2 0 2 1 Team FGs 3-Pt FTS RB AS TO PF HF CC 32-67 6-15 8-10 38 15 14 14 40 St.T 27-57 10-25 17-22 29 12 13 8 33 3-Point: Inniger 1-6, Williams 2-5, Northrop 3-4 Opp. Leaders: James 30 Concordia 98 Gustavus 101 1/28/95 FG FT PT RB AS ST PF Motsch' 9-20 8-9 27 6 1 0 4 Inniger 8-19 5-6 24 6 2 2 5 Dean 6-7 4-5 16 3 5 4 5 Keenan 3-12 3-4 9 15 0 0 2 Nelson 3-6 2-3 8 4 3 1 3 Williams 1-11 2-2 5 2 0 2 5 Christen'2-5 0-0 4 2 0 0 0 Weick 1-2 3-4 3 1 0 0 4 Northrop 1-5 0-0 2 1 1 1 2 Sorenson 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 Balmer 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 FGs 3-Pt FTS RB AS TO PF HF Reg 1OT CC 34-88 5-21 22-24 46 12 14 30 31 75 86 GAC 34-72 3-15 30-40 53 21 19 26 33 75 86 3-Point: Inniger 3-10, Williams 1-6, Motsch' 1-2, Christen' 0-2 Opp. Leaders: Lauinger 34
Concordia 77 St. John's 94 2/4/95 FG FT PT RB AS ST PF Inniger 8-19 4-8 24 2 1 0 4 Dean 5-7 6-8 16 3 3 1 4 Nelson 4-6 1-3 9 6 0 0 1 Northrop 1-7 6-6 9 2 1 0 4 Motsch' 2-7 1-2 5 2 1 2 2 Balmer 2-2 1-2 5 3 2 0 2 Keenan 1-7 3-4 5 13 2 1 4 Weick 2-3 0-0 4 0 0 0 4 Sorenson 0-1 0-0 0 2 0 0 1 FGs 3-Pt FTS RB AS TO PF HF CC 25-59 5-15 22-33 35 10 14 26 40 StJ 31-65 12-23 20-26 31 12 4 24 38 3 Point Goals: Inniger 4-9, Northrop 1-5, Sorenson 0-1 Opponent Leaders: Jackson 21, Cherry 20, Diegnan 20 Concordia 73 Carleton 63 2/6/95 FG FT PT RB AS ST PF Inniger 7-11 2-3 18 4 3 1 1 Keenan 6-7 4-7 16 10 1 1 4 Motsch' 5-9 3-5 13 1 0 2 2 Dean 2-2 5-7 9 6 6 5 2 Williams 3-4 2-2 8 4 1 1 4 Nelson 3-5 0-0 6 10 1 1 3 Balmer 1-3 0-1 2 2 1 0 3 Weick 0-1 1-2 1 4 3 1 3 Northrop 0-5 0-0 0 2 0 0 0 FGs 3-Pt FTS RB AS TO PF HF CC 27-47 4-7 15-25 41 16 19 22 31 Car 22-55 9-25 12-21 29 9 16 20 24 3-Points: Inniger 2-3, Williams 2-2, Northrop 0-2. Opponent Leaders: Richardson 18, Lovrien 14, Nelson 14. Concordia 85 Augsburg 68 2/8/95 FG FT PT RB AS ST PF Keenan 8-10 7-8 23 8 2 0 1 Inniger 5-12 4-4 16 5 5 1 1 Williams 3-11 2-2 11 1 4 3 4 Northrop 3-5 2-2 10 4 0 0 1 Dean 1-4 4-4 6 7 6 4 3 Nelson 2-2 1-3 5 3 2 1 1 Motsch' 2-6 0-0 4 2 0 0 3 Balmer 2-2 0-0 4 3 1 1 1 Weick 2-2 0-0 4 1 0 1 4 Sorenson 1-1 0-0 2 0 1 0 2 Guida 0-2 0-0 0 0 1 0 0 FGs 3-Pt FTS RB AS TO PF HF CC 29-57 7-16 20-23 39 21 23 21 42 Aug 23-57 5-19 17-25 30 13 24 22 36 3-Points: Inniger 2-8, Williams 3-6, Northrop 2-2. Opponent Leaders: South 20, Stern 11
Concordia 67 St. John's 72 2/23/95 FG FT PT RB AS ST PF Inniger 5-12 5-5 18 3 3 3 1 Balmer 5-6 2-2 12 0 0 1 1 Motsch' 3-8 4-4 10 5 1 1 5 Keenan 4-9 0-0 8 8 1 0 1 Nelson 1-7 2-2 4 6 0 1 1 Dean 2-6 0-1 4 3 7 6 3 Northrop 1-6 0-0 2 4 0 1 2 Sorenson 0-1 0-0 0 2 0 0 1 FGs 3-Pt FTS RB AS TO PF HF CC 25-61 3-11 14-15 33 16 10 18 37 StJ 25-47 11-26 11-17 30 13 19 13 30 3 Point Goals: Inniger 3-7, Williams 0-3, Northrop 0-1 Opponent Leaders: Jackson 21, Diegnan 15, Cherry 14
1994-95 Running Cobber Junior Varsity Roster No Name Yr Ht Pos Hometown/High School 10 David Henderson Fr 5-10 G Los Angeles, CA 12 Trevor Peterson Fr 6-1 G Staples 20 Phil Wishart Fr 6-1 G Roseville/Mounds View 22 John Vorachek So 6-1 G Crookston 24 Brian Kjesbo Fr 6-0 G Wendell/Elbow Lake 30 Dustin Chouinard Fr 6-0 G Absarokee, MT 32 Branden Christianson So 6-2 F Westby, MT/ 34 Brady Krchnavy Fr 6-2 F Englevale, ND/Lisbon 42 Steve Anderson So 6-3 F Cumberland, WI/Luck 44 Brian Christopherson Fr 6-6 C Fargo, ND/Fargo North 50 Brett Krchnavy So 6-5 F Englevale, ND/Lisbon 54 Jake Hancock Fr 6-6 C Bemidji Head Coach: Pat Westby Assistant Coaches: Charlie Ehlers, Chad Solvie
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