Huskies make 23 triples, Tomashek has eleven himself
MELBOURNE, Fla. – The No. 9 nationally-ranked Michigan Tech men’s basketball wrapped non-conference play with a bang, downing Lynn 105-67 to conclude the Florida Tech Christmas Classic on Saturday evening.
The Huskies saw two school records fall in a remarkable shooting night as All-American Marcus Tomashek recorded 11 3-pointers, breaking the previous record of 10 by Ben Stelzer and Kyle Monroe as the team finished 23-43 from 3-point land, breaking the school record for most in a game (20).
The Huskies broke the record for most 3-pointers attempted in a game (39).
Tomashek netted a season-high 39 points, on a very efficient 14-21 from the field and 11-17 from 3-point land while adding four assists. Ty Fernholz had his best game as a Husky, also on pace for the single-game 3-pointer record, finishing with a career-high 26 points on 9-17 from the field and 8-15 from deep. The duo also earned 22 points from Gabe Smith and Grant Warren who finished with 11 points, respectively. Smith added a team-high 11 boards and six assists as Warren shot 5-7 from the field.
The Huskies finish the calendar year and non-conference slate on a nine-game win streak for an 11-1 standing overall and 2-0 league record. Lynn drops to 8-4 overall and 3-2 in the SSC.
“We got hot tonight and it was fun to watch,” said Tech head coach Josh Buettner. “But I was really happy with our assist compared to turnovers and how we limited their 2nd chance opportunities. It was a good trip for us heading into break.”
The Huskies shot lights out and had their best shooting half of the season in the final contest of 2025 as Marcus Tomashek began with three treys to jump out to a 12-2 advantage through the opening 2:30 to get ahead 12-2 with a slam by Gabe Smith and a free-throw in the mix.
The Huskies were 4-5 on their first five attempts, with three from Tomashek and another by Josh Terrian 18-6 by the media timeout with 15:51 to go and a rebounding margin of 5-1 in favor of the Huskies.
Michigan Tech got ahead by 20 points with 13:02 to go, with a deep 3-pointer by Ty Fernholz making it the seventh 3-pointer of the day for the Black & Gold to make it 28-8 before a slam dunk by Smith, forcing a timeout by the Fighting Knights (30-8).
The Huskies’ hot shooting would not let up, and by the 8:56 mark, both Tomashek and Fernholz had recorded their sixth 3-point make in seven attempts, making it 48-16.
51-18 would be the score by the 7:11 media timeout, with Fernholz knocking down his seventh triple of the night to add to the lopsided affair. The Huskies’ remarkable shooting subsided down the stretch of the first half as the Fighting Knights were able to muster more offense before heading into halftime trailing the Black & Gold 64-36 off a jumper by Tomashek.
The Huskies neared the program record for most points in a first half (69) with seven 3-pointers from Fernholz and six from Tomashek, as the two combined for 45 points. As a team, the Black & Gold shot 63.2 percent from the field and 15-22 (68.2 percent) from trey while holding the opposition to 3-11 from deep.
The Huskies used a 10-1 run to start the second half to make it 74-37 with just over three minutes played and held a more than convincing lead the remainder of the game.
Tomashek hit five 3-pointers in the second half and his 11th at the 7:52 mark made him the school record holder for single-game 3-pointers made as the Huskies went up 96-54.
The largest lead by the Huskies came with 6:43 to play off a tip-in by Dawson Nordgaard, making it 98-54.
Drew Barrie knocked down the final triple of the game with 3:40 to play and Layne Risdon capped the scoring for the Huskies with a layup to decide the game 105-67.
Nate Abel had a team-leading seven dimes as Terrian accounted for five.
Max Polk and Sveinn Birgisson had a team-high 11 points as Birgisson also recorded four boards.
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