Lake State - 2024: Sweet 16 | 2025: Elite 8 2025 Midwest Regional Champions #EnjoyTheJourney #BelieveInBlue ⚓️
Sault Ste. Marie, MI
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2020 has been a tough year for everybody, we wanted to end our year on a positive note and head into 2021 on the right path! With that being said... Every player apart of our family is now on scholarship ‼️ #ETJ
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Lake Superior State Extends Head Men’s Basketball Coach Steve Hettinga with 10-Year Contract
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ICE. COLD. BUZZER. BEATER. 🥶🥶🥵
The play that forced it to OT last night was too smooth.. @GLIACsports @ESPNAssignDesk @espn @NCAADII @SportsCenter
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MALEK ADAMS just scored his 1,000th career point! He is the 43rd Laker and the first since the 2017-18 season to reach the milestone! Congrats, Malek!
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Excited to welcome @soper_2 to the Laker Family!
Cross-Lex's top all time scorer and shot blocker
All-Thumb Player of the Year
1st Team All State
Future Laker
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𝐄𝐋𝐈𝐓𝐄 𝟖 𝐁𝐎𝐔𝐍𝐃! We’re still dancing - we're the Midwest Regional Champions!
The Lakers will head to Evansville, IN next Tuesday to continue their dance! LET’S GO!!
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Lakers win! Beat #5 Ferris State 79-74 to improve to 10-1 on the year and 5-0 in conference! Williams with 26 & 10, Marquardt with 15, Stein with a career high 11.
#LakeStateBasketball
#EnjoyTheJourney
#GLIACMBB
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We're in! We're going dancing!!
We'll head to UIndy to take on Walsh! #ETJ
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With tonight’s win, .@CoachHettinga has secured his 250th win behind our bench! Congrats to the most passionate coach who always have his guys’ backs through it all! A few former Lakers have sent their well wishes and congratulations - it’s clear how loved and respected he is.
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It’s been a long year man, just gotta have that warrior spirit 😎 First day of pre-season ✅ #ETJ
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REGIONAL FINAL HERE WE COME‼️ Can't stop this feeling! 🕺🕺
The Lakers are on FIRE 🔥 at the NCAA tournament this weekend! Hard work truly pays off! 💪
We will move on and play the winner of the Ferris and UIndy game... stay tuned!
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They say a picture is worth a thousand words ⚓️💙
Special night for the whole crew but a little extra special for Coach H with this senior class! No quit - still dancing! 🕺
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Excited to welcome Grad Transfer @c_ebeling to the Laker Family!
3 Time MIAA All-Conference
2021 All Region
1277 Career points...and counting
Future Laker
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Great practice at the historic Hinkle Fieldhouse this afternoon. Thanks to @ButlerMBB for the hospitality! #EnjoyTheJourney #LakeStateBasketball
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Congrats to our very own @MontreceCollins on being selected a First Team All-GLIAC member! Montrece averaged 15 PPG while also adding 7 rebounds per game. #ETJ
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Prayers up to @DustyMysen as he goes through surgery today. Thankful for such a great family to be apart of our family, Mysen Strong! Faith over fear. #ETJ
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Excited to announce the hiring of Joshua Hentschel as our new Assistant Coach/JV Head Coach! Josh comes to us from Liberty University men's Basketball
#ETJ
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So excited to announce the addition of Brandon Allen to our program! #LakeStateBasketball #EnjoyTheJourney
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Bye bye, Bulldogs 👋
Caden Ebeling with a cool 27 points and 7 rebounds. Okerlund with 17 points and 6 rebounds, Wren with 18 and 7. Perkins led all rebounders with 8.
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#ETJ | #LakerWin
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Congratulations to Kemon Bassett for being named GLIAC North Player of the Week! In his first weekend as a Laker he's making an impact! #enjoythejourney
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Stowe Promoted to Associate Head Coach lssulakers.com/sports/m-bask…
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Proud of how far we came this season but not the ending to the dance we wanted. Holding our head’s high - thankful for all of the support we received all season long. No doubt we’ll be back again!
Thank you for the support, Laker Nation 💙💛
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Lakers Win!
LSSU- 85 GVSU- 73
Team Leaders:
Points: Williams (22)
Assists- Williams (6)
Rebounds- Manger (8)
Congrats to Michael Nicholson on his 1,000th career point!
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Update on former Laker great Akaemji Williams playing professionally from Pontiac, MI. Year two playing in France for Garrone ASPPTBasket. Last season he averaged 18.5 PPG as the starting PG #ETJ
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2021 Award Winners!
MVP:𝙆𝙚𝙢𝙤𝙣 𝘽𝙖𝙨𝙨𝙚𝙩𝙩
MIP:𝘽𝙡𝙖𝙠𝙚 𝘾𝙖𝙨𝙨𝙞𝙙𝙮
Bud Cooper Coaches Award:𝙅𝙪𝙨𝙩𝙞𝙣 𝙁𝙞𝙨𝙘𝙝𝙚𝙧
Tom Thornton Award:𝙏𝙧𝙞𝙨𝙩𝙚𝙣 𝙈𝙮𝙨𝙚𝙣
Best Newcomer:𝘿𝙖𝙫𝙞𝙙 𝙒𝙧𝙚𝙣
Chris Buell Award:𝘾.𝙅. 𝙍𝙤𝙗𝙞𝙣𝙨𝙤𝙣
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Congratulations to @FerrisMBBALL and @CoachBronks winning the 2018 NCAA DII national championship. #NCAAD2 #GLIACBasketball
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LAKERS DEFEAT ASHLAND! Lead by Montrece Collins and Xander Okerlund both with 29 points! #EnjoytheJourney #BelieveinBlue
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THE LAKERS ARE GOING TO THE REGIONAL SEMIS!!!!!!!
LAKERS WIN!!! LAKERS WIN!!!!
We'll see you tomorrow!!!!
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Teams that bowl together stay together! Great time today. A few strikes, a few gutter-balls and a ton of fun #ETJ
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Laker fans, let's give one more thank you to our senior, Xander Okerlund.
Thank you for everything that you have given to the program over the past five years. The mark that you have left here will last for many more years to come.
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A sincere shout of gratitude to all who came out to welcome back our team last night to the Bud!
We're holding our heads high for all that we accomplished this year! Thank you for the year-long support, Laker fans!
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Final: Lake State beats 24th ranked Kentucky Wesleyan 96-66! Williams with 23 & 7, Goldschmidt with 17, Marquardt 12, and Schramayer a career high 12!
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C.J. Robinson has been named to the All-GLIAC Defensive Team! Congrats, C.J.!
📄bit.ly/3vyWO4W
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𝙇𝘼𝙆𝙀𝙍𝙎 𝙒𝙄𝙉! Schweeee that was a fun one! A big team 𝙒! Next up, we'll head to Northwood this Saturday to face the Timberwolves.
Kemon Bassett led with 25 points on the night!
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In a pregame ceremony in front of family and fans, .@CoachHettinga presented .@ML_Adams21 with a basketball commemorating his 1000 career points. On 2/16/21, he scored 23 points to tally his 1000th point, becoming the 43rd player in program history to do so. Congratulations, Lek!
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Lakers advance to the GLIAC Championship tomorrow against Ferris State at 3 p.m. #BelieveInBlue
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𝐊𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐧 𝐁𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐭𝐭.
Not only one of the most dominant forces in the GLIAC, but also one of the best team players there is. Money is someone who devotes every second of his time to improving himself and lifting up the people around him.
𝐓𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐤 𝐲𝐨𝐮, #𝟏𝟎.
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Shoes and jersey combos for this upcoming season, which are you choosing to lace up if you had the chance? 👀🔥🔥 #ETJ
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WE ARE MOVING ON TO THE REGIONAL SEMIS⏩‼️
The Lakers ⚓️ teamwork and resilience turned into a comeback 𝑽𝑰𝑪𝑻𝑶𝑹𝒀 to upset Walsh! We'll see you all tomorrow @ 5pm!
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Incredible first day exploring Anchorage, Alaska yesterday. Looking forward to practice and more sightseeing today! #EnjoyTheJourney #LakeStateBasketball
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Congratulations to six of our guys on earning All-GLIAC Academic awards this year! Really great work from Cody Ley, Justin Fischer, Tristen Mysen, Jayden Perry, CJ Robinson, and Jackson Schrameyer.
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Excited to welcome @Kendallsmith33 to the Laker Family!
Division 1 All State
Muskegon Dream Team
Class Salutatorian 👨🎓
Son of Laker Basketball Alumnus Matt Smith
Future Laker!
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Congrats to former Lake State guard Alex Williams on being selected #7 to Windsor in tonight's NBL Canada Draft! #LakeStateBasketball #ETJ
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A guy who really needs no introduction - .@ML_Adams21 has played in 128 games and has tallied a cool 1552 points! He's 11th all-time in program history in career points. He set a new career-high in single contest points with 30 against Saginaw this year. We'll miss you, Lek!
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Ball game!! Lakers are moving on with 81-67 win over Hillsdale #BelieveInBlue #EnjoyTheJourney
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Lake State wins 79-64. Shoots 56% from the field and 44%from 3! Williams with 17 & 6. Nicholson with 16 & 9, Marquardt with 13 & 6.
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It’s a great day to be a Laker!
Jersey day for the final regular season road trip ✅
Practice at Coach Hettinga’s high school, River Valley ✅
Got to meet Ma Shafs! ✅
#ETJ
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We’re excited to announce two new additions to our program! Ashton Sherrell and CJ Robinson have… instagram.com/p/Bhwy8HilXoq/
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Had to keep his commemorative basketball safe during today's game so he passed it off to his dad!
Congratulations again on such an achievement, .@ML_Adams21!
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Signed, sealed, and delivered! Laker Nation, welcome future Laker @tyson_703 to our family! We are extremely excited to have his NLI and have him as a Laker. #ETJ #NationalSigningDay
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Two birthday dudes today! First up, we're wishing the happiest day to .@tyson_703 today! Enjoy your day, Tyson! 🥳🎈
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Nigel Colvin has been named the recipient of the Terry McDermott Award as the department's top first year male athlete.
Congrats, Nigel!
Read more here: bit.ly/2KBeHaB
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Home court advantage✅
CJ Robinson led all scorers with 15. Bassett and Ebeling with 14 apiece. Bassett also led with 6 rebounds.
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#ETJ | #LakerWin
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Three Lakers named to All-GLIAC Teams!
𝙆𝙚𝙢𝙤𝙣 𝘽𝙖𝙨𝙨𝙚𝙩𝙩 - First Team All-GLIAC
𝙈𝙖𝙡𝙚𝙠 𝘼𝙙𝙖𝙢𝙨 - Second Team All-GLIAC
𝘾𝙅 𝙍𝙤𝙗𝙞𝙣𝙨𝙤𝙣 - All-GLIAC Defensive Team
STORY: bit.ly/3uZCcjn
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Lakers win and .@nothinlikedev has a birthday! So happy birthday to you, Devin! That's a pretty nice birthday present!🎈🥳
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New year, new carpet. Big thanks to Lake State Alum Jim Kjolhede for making it happen! ⚓️ #ETJ
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It's big time when you've gotta hold the boys back!
Always aim to be this kind of teammate - keeping the boys fired up and cheering for each success out on the court!
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Final: Lake Superior State University 67, University of Alaska Anchorage 58
Rog Stein (16 PTS), Tim Cairnduff (13 PTS) and Ashton Sherrell (13 PTS) led the way as the Lakers improved to 2-0 on the season.
#BelievinBlue
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Hunter Soper is the #GLIAC Men's Basketball Defensive Player of the Week! 🏅
Soper had a career high 23-point, 15-rebound double-double in Saturday's game against SVSU leading the Lakers to their 6th W in a row!
📝: bit.ly/3SJa9Sa
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Lakers Win!
LSSU- 73 GVSU- 65
Team Leaders:
Points: Williams (24)
Assists: Multiple Players (2)
Rebounds: Nicholson & Cairnduff (7)
Next game: Saturday @ Ferris State vs TBD
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Great day of conditioning this morning for our guys to cap off our week! Nothing like seeing a Sault Ste. Marie sunrise to start your weekend. #ETJ
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Great day of wiffle ball as a team! With as hard as our guys work on the court and in the classroom, it’s good to switch it up sometimes ⚓️⚾️ #ETJ
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Malek Adams has been named GLIAC North Player of the Week. Malek picked up 33 & 24 points respectively this past Thursday and Saturday!
🔗 lssulakers.com/sports/m-bask…
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Moving on up ⬆️ With a record of 14-2, we're now ranked No. 6 in the NABC Basketball Rankings!
We head out onto the road this weekend for GLIAC tip-offs against Purdue Northwest & Wisconsin-Parkside before returning home on January 23rd
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📍 Arrived
Got to check out the court for the first time tonight - we are simply, ENJOYING THE JOURNEY 🤩
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Congratulations to Blake Marquardt on signing a contract to play professional basketball with Ingavi La Paz of Bolivia-Libobasquet! ⚓️🏀👏
📰 bit.ly/2WOeCVg
#BelieveInBlue
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Devon Mulry Named Men’s Basketball Assistant Coach lssulakers.com/general/2018-…
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We are excited to welcome our SIX new Lakers to the Soo in August!
"After graduating five amazing seniors, I couldn't be happier with the class we were able to bring in."
-Coach Hettinga
#ETJ | #GoLakers
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Walk off win for the staff this year in the annual players vs staff softball game! Great start to the new school year!
#EnjoyTheJourney
#LakeStateBasketball
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Signed, sealed, and delivered! Laker nation, welcome @KingsleyPerkin1 to our family! Extremely excited to have him as a Laker and be a part of his future. #ETJ
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