Reid Peters / Winonan

The Winona State University men’s basketball team split a pair of games on the road last week with a win over the University of Mary and a loss to Minot State.

Winona State’s conference record is now 6-6 after spending the weekend in North Dakota.

Kyle Bauman led the way with a double-double in the Warriors 64-54 win over Mary on Friday. The win was over a University of Mary team that received votes in the National Association of Basketball Coaches top 25 Poll.

Bauman collected a career-high 14 rebounds and scored a game-high 18 points on 7-of-16 shooting in 33 minutes.

Winona State remained scoreless throughout the opening six minutes into the game, until Bauman knocked down a 3-pointer. A Charlie Koontz layup put the Warriors up by 7 with 6:21 to play before the Marauders made a late run to bring the score 22-20 at the end of the half.

Isaiah Gray said both teams played tough defense throughout the game.

Early in the second half, Bauman hit his second three of the game to increase Winona State’s lead 30-26. Three straight Bauman baskets boosted the Warrior advantage 39-31 with 13:15 left to play. Thirteen of Bauman’s 18 points were scored in the second half.

With 8:30 to play, Mark Blacklock had a tip in to give the Warriors a double-digit lead for the first time in the contest. A 3-pointer by Conrad Masberg increased the Winona State lead to 14 with 4:26 left to play, which would lead to a 64-54 Winona State victory.

Gray chipped in 13 points, eight rebounds and three assists.

Both teams shot low percentages, with Winona State shooting 23-of-58 (39.7 percent), and the Marauders shooting 19-of-66 (28.8 percent).

An early Mesberg 3-pointer gave Winona State up 11-3 early on in the contest in the 63-46 loss to Minot State on Saturday evening at the MSU Dome.

This would be the only three the Warriors made, as they ended 1-of-13 from deep.

The Beavers quickly responded with an 11-2 run that put them up 14-13 with 8:09 to play in the half. Corey Jeffs then put in two consecutive layups that gave Winona State a 21-15 lead. Despite the Warriors’ low shooting percentages, they were within two at the half, 28-26.

Winona State got six baskets in the second half, going 6-of-24 (24 percent) from the field. Winona State was also outscored 35-20 in the second half resulting in a 63-46 Minot victory.

“We were getting a lot of good shots,” Gray said. ”They were just perimeter shots, and we weren’t knocking them down.”

The loss marked the first time the Warriors have lost to Minot out of six all-time matchups.

Masberg led the way for the Warriors with 14 points and four boards, while Blacklock finished with 10 points and eight boards. Kyle Bauman also chipped in 12 points and four boards.

Winona State (7-9, 6-6 NSIC) comes home for two conference games against Augustana on Friday, and Wayne State on Saturday.