2017-18 Lakeland Men's Basketball Recap
 
Head Coach: Sam Schroeder (1st year). Schroeder took over as head coach after six years as an assistant with the program.
Assistant Coaches: Kurt Jansen (1st year), Teadric Anderson (1st year), Matt Yancy (1st year)
Record: 16-10 overall, 12-8 Northern Athletics Collegiate Conference
NACC Regular Season Finish: tie-4th of 11 teams
Home Record: 10-3
Away Record: 6-7
Winning Streak: 3 games
Losing Streak: 2 games
All-NACC Team: Pat McDonald (1st Team), Carlos Campos (Honorable Mention)
NACC All-Academic Team: Corey Allen, Isaac Anderson, Garrett Duffin, Shakur Jinad, Sam Kaminski, Pat McDonald, Trenton Nickel, Reggie Nimmer, Eric Nygaard, K.J. Odom
NACC Player of the Week: Carlos Campos (Nov. 20)
Leader in Scoring: Pat McDonald (395 total points, 15.2 points/game)
Leader in Rebounding: Shakur Jinad (179 total rebounds, 6.9 rebounds/game)
Leader in Assists: Pat McDonald (109)
Leader in Steals: Pat McDonald (40)
Leader in Blocked Shots: Eric Nygaard (22)
Leader in Field Goal Percentage: Pat McDonald (50.3%)
Leader in Free Throw Percentage: Carlos Campos (84.3%)
Leader in 3-Point Field Goal Percentage: Shakur Jinad (42.1%)
Leader in 3-Point Field Goals Made: Carlos Campos (50) 

Single-game highs:           
Points: Carlos Campos (32 vs Martin Luther, Minn. Nov. 19, 2017)
Rebounds: Shakur Jinad (13 vs. Concordia Wisconsin, Jan. 13, 2018)
Assists: Pat McDonald (11 at Wisconsin Lutheran, Jan. 31, 2018)
Steals: Zach Hasenstein (5 vs. Wisconsin Lutheran, Dec. 12, 2017)
Blocked Shots: Zach Hasenstein (4 vs. Concordia Wisconsin, Nov. 11, 2017)
Field Goals Made: 12 on two occasions (Shakur Jinad vs. Finlandia, Feb. 17, 2018, and Carlos Campos vs. Martin Luther, Nov. 19, 2017)
Free Throws Made: Carlos Campos (9 at MSOE, Nov. 21, 2017)
Free Throws Attempted: Carlos Campos (9 at MSOE, Nov. 21, 2017)
3-Point Field Goals Made: 6, on two occasions (Carlos Campos vs Concordia Chicago, Feb. 2, 2018, and Eric Nygaard vs. Northland, Dec. 19, 2017)
Minutes Played: Pat McDonald (45 at Aurora, Feb. 2, 2018)
 
 
Season Highlights
 

• --Returned to the NACC Tournament for the first time since 2015, and the team's 16 wins were its most since winning 19 games in the 2013-14 season
• --Topped 90-point mark seven times and scored at least 84 points in 15 of team's 26 games
• --Played seven games decided by 8 points or less, finishing with 5-2 record in those games
• --Shot at least 50% in six games, posting 6-0 record in those games
• --Led NACC in scoring and fewest turnovers
• --Pat McDonald ranked 7th in all of NCAA Division III in assist-to-turnover ratio with a 3.63:1 ratio
• --McDonald finished 2nd in NACC in three-point field goal percentage (42.0%), 3rd in assist-to-turnover ratio (3.6), 4th in total assists (109) and assists/game (4.2), tied for 4th in total steals (40), 7th in steals/game (1.5), 9th in field goal percentage (50.3%) and 10th in field goals made (152) and minutes played/game (31.7).
• --Carlos Campos finished 3rd in NACC in free throw percentage (84.3%), 4th in three-pointers made/game (2.2) and tied for 6th in three-pointers made (50)
• --Zach Hasenstein finished 9th in NACC in total steals (34) and three-pointers made/game (1.8), 10th in steals/game (1.3) and tied for 10th in three-pointers made (47).
• --Eric Nygaard tied for 8th in NACC in blocked shots (22).
• --Joshuan McNeal tied for 9th in NACC in blocks/game (0.9).
• --Shakur Jinad finished 10th in NACC in total rebounds (179).

 
Ranked among NCAA Division III Top 25 in two team statistical categories:           
            No. 14 fewest turnovers (282)
            No. 14 fewest turnovers/game (10.8)