The Michigan Tech men’s basketball team poses after a win Saturday against Roosevelt which helped them secure a tie for the GLIAC regular season title at the SDC Gym. The Huskies are Marcus Tomashek, Matt Schmainda, Nate Abel, Jesse Napgezek, Drew Barrie, Ethan Heck, Josh Terrian, Connor Cameron, Layne Risdon, Gabe Smith, Alex Calcaterra, Ty Fernholz, Jacob MacPhee, Luke Hazelton, Dawson Nordgaard, Grant Warren, Peyton LaCombe, and Justin Bliesner, They are coached by Josh Buettner, Zach Fleeter, and Ryan Peterson. (David Archambeau/For the Gazette)

HOUGHTON — The No. 16-ranked Michigan Tech Huskies men’s basketball team used a 3-point barrage, 21 in total, including a single-game 3-point record as sophomore guard Ty Fernholz hit 12 for a new career-high 36 points to top the Roosevelt Lakers, 99-72, and earn the Huskies their second-straight GLIAC regular season title on Senior Day, at the SDC Gym.

The Huskies tied with the Northern Michigan Wildcats for the GLIAC title, but the Wildcats will host the GLIAC Tournament provided they win their quarterfinal matchup.

The Huskies finished with a league-best 16-4 record for an overall standing of 25-5. Roosevelt dropped to 4-23 and 3-17 in the league.

“Its hard to win championships in the GLIAC, and for this group to do it two years in a row is very impressive,” said Huskies coach Josh Buettner. “It’s awesome for the seniors, especially with the growing process we had with this group to start their career.

“Nothing has come easy this year, and today everything kind of went right and the shots went in. The younger guards kind of stole the senior spotlight, but it was awesome to see the ball moving and shots going in. I’m just really happy for this group.”

Michigan Tech’s 21 3-pointers in 45 attempts (46.7%), was just shy of the program record of 23 made 3-pointers set earlier this season at the Florida Tech Christmas Classic, where senior guard Marcus Tomashek set the single-game 3-point record with 11 treys made.

Fernholz admitted after the game that he was not intentionally chasing Tomashek’s record, but rather his own father’s mark of 10 in a game.

“Honestly, the funny thing is, my dad, his record for his three pointers was 10,” said Fernholz. In high school, I got nine. So, that was always my goal. When we played in Florida, I wanted to just beat my dad. I didn’t honestly care about Marcus’s record. I just wanted to be my dad’s record. So, to finally get that, to finally be my dad, it kind of felt better.”

Junior guard Matt Schmainda also had a career day, splashing five 3-pointers on 10 tries for a new career-high of 16 points. Michigan Tech redshirt senior forward Dawson Nordgaard (13) and Tomashek (11) also reached double-figure scoring, although the bench shone with 64 total points from the Huskies’ reserves.

“This was back-to-back really good games, and good lifts by Matt, and that’s huge for us,” Buettner said. “It’s March now. Now it’s do or die time. It’s tournament time. We’re going to need those guys.”.

Roosevelt hit the first shot of the day, a 3-pointer by Kaleim Taylor, but the Huskies then went on an 18-0 run to the 14:48 mark as Tomashek hit two 3-pointers, Nordgaard added three field goals in the paint and Fernholz began his career day with two 3-pointers of his own.

The Fernholz takeover began with 5:22 remaining in the first half, as the Stoughton, Wisconsin, native hit six 3-pointers in the next 3:09, putting the Huskies ahead 55-23 with 3:13 to play in the period. Senior guard Josh Terrian added a 3-pointer on the next possession, while Nordgaard and sophomore guard Grant Warren had buckets down the stretch to see Michigan Tech leading 62-29 entering halftime.

The Huskies shot 57.5% (23-of-40) from the field, while knocking down 15 of their 23 attempts from beyond the arc (65.2%). They also had 13 assists, led by five from senior guard Nate Abel and three by Terrian.

Fernholz (nine) and Schmainda (seven) led the way in scoring for the second half as 11 players for the Huskies made the score sheet.

Michigan Tech led by as many as 48 points in the second half, off of the 10th 3-pointer made by Fernholz on the day, with 11:06 to go in the game (88-40). He hit his 12th of the game with 7:56 remaining to set a new program record, as the Huskies ultimately cruised to the victory to earn the series sweep over Roosevelt.

The duo of Abel (six) and Terrian (four) led the team in assists. Abel and Nordgaard each pulled down a team-best seven boards. Junior forward Peyton Lacombe grabbed six rebounds to go with two points in his first game since Dec. 4, 2025.

Taylor led three Lakers in double-figure scoring with 17 points. Mikey West added 17 and Davon Smith-Johnson added 16 points and a team-high eight rebounds.

Up next

The Huskies, who earned the No. 2 seed, are set to host the opening round of the GLIAC Tournament Wednesday, welcoming No. 7 seed Davenport to the SDC Gym for a 5:30 p.m. tipoff.