Men's Basketball

Morningside'’s men’s basketball team will host a four-person scramble golf tournament on Friday, June 21, at Whispering Creek Golf Club.

Entry fee is $70 per person or $280 per team and includes 18 hole green fees, cart, food, and prizes. Tee-off time is 1 p.m. with a shotgun start.

To register, contact Morningside men’s basketball head coach Jim Sykes at (712) 274-5371 or by e-mail at sykes@morningside.edu.

Click here for a registration form.

Click here to be a hole sponsor.

Morningside will hold a boys basketball individual day camp from Monday through Thursday, June 10-13, in the Rosen Verdoorn Sports Center.

The camp is for boys who will be in grades K-8 during the 2013-14 school year. Campers will be put into groups according to their age and ability levels. The morning session for grades K-4 will meet from 9 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. The afternoon session for grades 5-8 will meet from 12:30 p.m. to 3 p.m.

Click here for additional information.

Morningside head men’s basketball coach Jim Sykes has announced the names of seven high school recruits who will join the Mustangs for the 2013-14 season.

Click here to read more.

Danny Rudeen, a 6-3 junior guard from Sioux City, received the Most Valuable Player Award for Morningside College’s 2012-13 men’s basketball season at the Mustangs’ post-season awards banquet.

Rudeen was the Mustangs’ leading scorer and co-rebounding leader with averages of 19.7 points and 5.0 rebounds per game. He was the Great Plains Athletic Conference (GPAC) scoring champion and ranked 12th nationally in the NAIA Division II ranks with his 19.7-point average. Rudeen scored in double figures in 31 of his 32 games played and was the Mustangs’ leading scorer in 22 of their 33 contests, including a career-high 35 points against Northwestern College on Nov. 20 for the team’s top single-game scoring performance of the season.

Morningside’s other award winners were:

Defensive Player of the Year – Trent Miller, a 6-1 senior guard from Gretna, Neb.

Most Improved – Kyle Nikkel, a 6-6 freshman center from Pella, Iowa.

Arnold Weightlifting Award – Tanner Ferguson, a 6-2 junior guard from Dakota Dunes, S.D.

Morningside College broke five school records during the 2012-13 men’s basketball season.

The Mustangs dealt a school-record 518 assists to break their former single-season standard of 516 assists set during the 2005-06 season.

The main contributor to the Mustangs’ assist record was Trent Miller, a 6-1 senior guard from Gretna, Neb., who led the Great Plains Athletic Conference (GPAC) in assists for the third year in a row. Miller raised his game to new heights this season when he dealt a career-high 194 assists to shatter the former Morningside single-season record of 172 assists set by Dusty Wadlington during the 2000-01 campaign. Miller, who finished second on the team with 78 steals, ranked sixth nationally in the NAIA Division II ranks with an average of 6.0 assists per game and was 10th in steals with a norm of 2.4 per game.

Tanner Miller, a 6-1 sophomore guard from Gretna, Neb., was also a Morningside record breaker.

Click here to read more.

Danny Rudeen, a 6-3 junior guard from Sioux City, was named to the honorable mention list of the 2012-13 NAIA Division II Men’s Basketball All-America Team.

Rudeen was the Mustangs’ leading scorer and co-rebounding leader this season with averages of 19.7 points and 5.0 rebounds per game.

Click here to read more.

Danny Rudeen, a 6-3 junior guard from Sioux City, has been named to the 2012-13 All-Great Plains Athletic Conference (GPAC) Men’s Basketball First Team as selected by the league’s head coaches.

In addition to Rudeen, the Mustangs’ Trent Miller, a 6-1 senior guard from Gretna, Neb., was tabbed to the All-GPAC Second Team and was selected as the GPAC Defensive Player of the Year.

Rudeen, a repeat first-team All-GPAC selection, was the GPAC scoring champion this season with an average of 19.7 points per game. He was the Mustangs’ leading scorer in 22 of their 33 games and had 16 scoring performances of 20 points or more, including a career-high 35 points against Northwestern College on Nov. 20 for the Mustangs’ top single-game scoring performance of the season. Aside from leading the Mustangs in scoring, Rudeen was second on the team with 161 rebounds for an average of 5.0 caroms per game. Rudeen grabbed nine rebounds against Nova Southeastern University on Dec. 18 for the Mustangs’ top single-game rebound total of the campaign. He finished third on the team with 70 assists for an average of 2.2 per contest.

Click here to read more.

Tanner Ferguson and Danny Rudeen have been named 2012-13 Daktronics-NAIA Scholar-Athletes in the sport of men’s basketball.

Ferguson, a 6-2 junior guard from Dakota Dunes, S.D., has a 3.65 cumulative grade point average (GPA) with a major in biology.

Rudeen, a 6-3 junior guard from Sioux City, has a 3.73 cumulative GPA with a major in computer science.

Student-athletes must be of at least junior academic status and have a minimum GPA of 3.50 in order to be eligible for Daktronics-NAIA Scholar-Athlete honors.

Click here for the complete list of 2012-13 Daktronics-NAIA Men's Basketball Scholar-Athletes.

Danny Rudeen, a 6-3 junior guard from Sioux City, has been named the Hauff Mid-America Sports/Great Plains Athletic Conference (GPAC) Men’s Basketball Player of the Week for Jan. 28 to Feb. 3.

Rudeen averaged 24.5 points and 4.5 rebounds per game to lead the Mustangs to victories against Dakota Wesleyan University and Nebraska Wesleyan University. Rudeen made 21 of 27 field goal attempts for a sizzling 77.8 percent in the two contests, including a five-for-six performance from the 3-point arc.

He scored a game-high 34 points in the Mustangs’ 90-86 victory against Dakota Wesleyan on Jan. 30 and scored 15 points to go along with a game-high seven rebounds in Morningside’s 72-61 triumph against Nebraska Wesleyan on Feb. 2.

Rudeen is the Mustangs’ leading scorer and rebounder with averages of 19.7 points and 5.4 rebounds per game. He has made a team-high 59 3-point field goals and is the Mustangs’ best free throw shooter with 79 free throws in 93 attempts for 84.9 percent. He has been the Mustangs’ leading scorer in 18 of their 27 contests.

Morningside is picked for a fifth place finish in the GPAC Men’s Basketball Coaches Pre-Season Poll.

The Mustangs return nine lettermen, including two starters, from a team that posted an 18-13 record last season and finished tied for fourth in the GPAC standings with a 12-8 league mark.

Morningside will open the 2012-13 campaign on Friday, Nov. 2, with a 7:30 p.m. home game against William Penn University.

Click here for the complete 2012-13 GPAC Men’s Basketball Coaches Pre-Season Poll.

The majority of Morningside men’s and women’s basketball games are broadcast on Clear Channel Radio/KWSL 1470 AM.

Click here to listen to Clear Channel Radio/KWSL.

Most of Morningside's home men's and women's basketball games are also broadcast live by the college's campus radio station KMSC 92.9 FM. In addition, a live video stream is also available for most Morningside home men's and women's basketball games.