Team Records

SINGLE SEASON	NO.	YEAR
Wins	21	2001-02
	21	2016-17
	21	2017-18
Longest Win Streak	15	1952
Longest Win Streak vs. Four-year schools	11	2018-19
Winning Percentage	.778 (21-6)	2001-02
Points	2,367	1990-91
Points per Game	84.7	2006-07
Field Goal Percentage	52.1	1980
Three-point Field Goal Percentage	48.8	1984
Free Throw Percentage	75.7	2006-07
Most Field Goals Made	892	1990-91
Three-point Field Goals Made	285	2004-05
Most Free Throws Made	481	1990-91
Assists	592	1990-91
Rebounds	1,274	1990-91
Rebounds per Game	45.5	1990-91
Blocked Shots	152	1990-91
Steals	244	2016-17

SINGLE GAME	NO.	OPPONENT	OPPONENT & DATE
Most Points	126	Northwestern	1962
Most Points by both teams	227	Bethel (126) def. Northwestern (101)	1962
Most Field Goals Made	57	St. Scholastica	1981
Three-point Field Goals	23	Macalester (MIAC record)	Jan. 22, 2018
Most Free Throws Made	44	Winona St.	1964
Most Rebounds	69	Northland	1980
	69	Macalester	1992
Most Assists	32	Macalester	1980
Most Steals	17	Martin Luther	2014
	17	UW-Superior	Dec. 30, 2016
Highest Field Goal Percentage	69.4	UW-Superior	1981
Highest Free Throw Percentage (min. 10 attempts)	100.0 (16 for 16)	Augsburg	Jan. 13, 2010
	100.0 (10 for 10)	St. Olaf	Feb. 3, 2012
Three-point Field Goal Percentage	81.8	Concordia	1989
Victory Margin	76	Mt. Senario	2001

Coaching Records vs. Four-Year Schools

NAME	YEARS (seasons)	Overall Record	Overall %	MIAC	MIAC %
Paul Edwards	1946-50 (4 seasons)	36-29	.533
Del Ray Peterson	1950-58 (8 seasons)	85-74	.531
Jerry Healy	1958-66 (8 seasons)	87-76	.534
Mack Nettleton	1966-67 (1 season)	7-14	.333
Jack Trager	1967-76 (9 seasons)	81-135	.375
Roger Davis	1976-77 (1 season)	8-17	.320
Jim Bragg	1977-79 (2 seasons)	14-36	.280	6-30	.167
George Palke	1980-1997 (18 seasons)	226-239	.486	176-183	.490
Bob Bjorklund	1997-2006 (9 seasons)	146-89	.621	110-70	.611
Jeff Westlund	2006-2013 (7 seasons)	103-80	.563	71-69	.507
Doug Novak	2013-2021 (8 seasons)	131-68	.658	94-52	.644
Zach Filzen	2021-present (4 seasons)	45-56	.446	30-44	.405

MIAC All-Conference Selections 

NAME	YEAR
Ray Miller	1979, 80
Dave Blanchard	1980
Scott Wilson	1980
Jason Velgersdyk	1981, 82, 83
Bill Lawson	1983
Craig Kuffel	1985, 86, 87
Brent Heiden	1986
Regan Anderson	1986
Doug Pagitt	1988
Dale Turnquist	1989, 90, 91
Dave Turnquist	1990
Keith Newman	1991, 92
Greg Peterson	1992, 93
Jason Mekelberg	1993, 94
Jeff Koles	1995, 96
Steve Johnson	1997
Eric Joldersma	1998, 99
Marc Johnson	2000
Eric Robertson	2000, 01, 02
Andy Gilbert	2001
Brett Repasky	2001, 02
Andy Gilbert	2001, 02, 03
Tim Gilbert	2004, 05
Travis Jones	2004, 05
John Jacobs	2004
Matt Fredrickson	2006
Charles Meadowcroft	2006
Tim Madson	2007, 08, 09
Mike Moberg	2007, 08, 09
Nate Robertson	2010
Daniel Baah	2012
Taylor Hall	2012, 13
Kyle Zimmerman	2013, 15
Brycen Wojta	2014, 15, 17 (3)
Trevor Hall	2016, 2017
Bridgeport Tusler	2015, 16, 2017 (2)
Granger Kingland	2018 (2), 2019 (1)
Matt Ambriz	2018 (3)
Derek Magnuson	2019 (2)
Jack Jenson	2019 (3), 2020 (3)
Isaiah Carver-Bagley	2020 (2)
Zach Doely	2022 (2), 2023, 2024
Joey Kidder	2023
Payton Thomsen	2024

 
(1) denotes first team All-MIAC, (2) denotes second team All-MIAC, (3) denotes third team All-MIAC // MIAC recognized second and third teams starting with the 2016-17 season through the 2022-23 season. **Note: No awards in 2021 following the abbreviated conference season due to COVID-19 pandemic**

MIAC Player of the Year

NAME	YEAR
Dale Turnquist	1991
Andy Gilbert	2003
Taylor Hall	2013
Kyle Zimmerman	2015

MIAC Coach of the Year

NAME	YEAR
George Palke	1991

MIAC Sixth Man of the Year

NAME	YEAR
Chris Vavra	2009

MIAC All-Defensive Team

NAME	YEAR
Trevor Duininck	1999
Jesse Peterson	2001
Brett Repasky	2002
Travis Jones	2003, 04, 05
Steve Strom	2007
Taylor Hall	2013
Kyle Zimmermann	2015
Trevor Hall	2016, 17
Bridgeport Tusler	2017
Zach Doely	2022
Joey Kidder	2022

*The MIAC All-Defensive Team was discontinued in the 2022-23 season.*
 

MIAC All-Rookie Team

NAME	YEAR
Pete Slapnicher	1995
Eric Joldersma	1996
Andy Gilbert	2000
Greg Meyer	2010
Christian Skinner	2011
Brycen Wojta	2014
Bridgeport Tusler	2015
Derek Magnuson	2016
Granger Kingland	2017

*The MIAC All-Rookie Team was discontinued in the 2022-23 season.*

D3hoops.com All-Region

NAME	TEAM	YEAR
Andy Gilbert	Third Team Second Team	2002 2003
Tim Madson	Second Team Second Team Second Team	2007 2008 2009
Taylor Hall	First Team	2013
Kyle Zimmermann	First Team	2015
Brycen Wojta	Third Team	2015

D3hoops.com Region Player of the Year

NAME	YEAR
Taylor Hall	2013

D3hoops.com All-Americans

NAME	TEAM	YEAR
Tim Madson	Third Team	2009
Taylor Hall	Second Team	2013
Kyle Zimmermann	Third Team	2015

NABC All-Americans

NAME	TEAM	YEAR
Dale Turnquist	Second Team Second Team	1990 1991
Taylor Hall	Second Team	2013
Kyle Zimmermann	First Team	2015

Individual Records

CAREER LEADERS	NAME	NO.	YEARS
Points	Steve Scroggins	2,291	1971-74
Field Goals	Steve Scroggins	984	1971-74
Scoring Average	Steve Scroggins	22.9	1971-74
Free Throws Made	Tim Madson	441	2006-09
Rebounds	Ron Pederson	1,393	1966-69
Assists	Keith Newman	572	1989-92
Assists Average	Keith Newman	5.9	1989-92
Field Goal %	Zach Doely	63.5	2020-24
Free Throw %	Tim Madson	85.5	2006-09
Blocked Shots	Jason Mekelburg	281	1991-94
Games Played	Trevor Hall	110	2013-17
Three-point Field Goals Made	Granger Kingland	224	2016-20
Three-point Field Goal %	Dick Goodwin	63.4	1981-84

 

SINGLE SEASON LEADERS	NAME	NO.	YEAR
Points	Dale Turnquist	713	1991
Field Goals Made	Dale Turnquist	277	1991
Scoring Average	Eric Joldersma	26.8	1999
Free Throws Made	Dale Turnquist	151	1991
Field Goal %	Derek Magnuson	66.3	2017-18
Free Throw %	Granger Kingland	95.7	2019-20
Assists	Keith Newman	220	1991
Blocked Shots	Jason Mekelburg	92	1994
Consecutive Free Throws	Matt Fredrickson	33	2005-06
	Granger Kingland	33	2019-20
Rebounds	Ron Pederson	379	1969
Steals	Bridgeport Tusler	64	2016
Three-point Field Goals Made	Greg Lawson	83	1989
Three-point Field Goal %	Dick Goodwin	63.4	1984
Minutes Played	Trevor Hall	914	2017
	Keith Newman	910	1991

SINGLE GAME	NAME	NO.	DATE
Points	Dale Turnquist	49	11/17/1990 vs. Wisconsin-River Falls
Field Goals Made	Steve Scroggins	23	1974
Free Throws Made	Brycen Wojta	17	1/6/2016 at St. Olaf
	Keith Newman	15	11/17/1990 vs. Wisconsin-River Falls
Three-point Field Goals Made	AJ Kaul	9	2/19/2025 at St. Scholastica
	Greg Lawson	8	1989
Free Throw %	Keith Newman	100 (15-for-15)	11/17/1990 vs. Wisconsin-River Falls
	Matt Fredrickson	100 (10-for-10)	1/16/2006 vs. Hamline
	Myles Coleman	100 (10-for-10)	1/19/2022 vs Hamline
Rebounds	Ron Pederson	30	1969
Assists	Keith Newman	16	12/1/1990 vs. Colorado College
Blocked Shots	Rey Miller	9	1989
	Jason Mekelburg	9	1993
Steals	Bridgeport Tusler	7	1/14/2015 at Macalester

Individual Career Leaders

SCORING/1,000 POINT CLUB	YEARS	POINTS	AVERAGE
1. Steve Scroggins	1970-73	2,291	22.9
2. Ron Pederson	1966-69	2,035	22.8
3. Tim Madson	2006-09	1,765	16.7
4. Dale Turnquist	1989-91	1,746	22.1
5. Eric Joldersma	1995-99	1,706	19.2
6. Dave Blanchard	1977-80	1,506	14.5
7. Andy Gilbert	1999-03	1,493	17.4
8. Craig Kuffel	1984-87	1,472	14.4
9. Jason Mekelburg	1991-94	1,463	14.2
10. Brycen Wojta	2013-17	1,450	14.1
11. Jason Velgersdyk	1980-83	1,416	13.5
12. Bridgeport Tusler	2014-18	1,370	12.8
13. Taylor Hall	2010-13	1,365	17.7
14. Granger Kingland	2016-20	1,361	13.9
15. Derek Magnuson	2015-19	1,341	12.4
16. Zach Doely	2020-24	1,267	15.6
17. Jeff Koles	1993-96	1,253	15.8
18. Truman Turnquist	1958-61	1,242	14.3
19. Kyle Zimmermann	2011-15	1,218	12.1
20. Rey Miller	1977-80	1,210	14.1
21. Jack Jenson	2016-20	1,208	11.1
22. Paul Healy	1973-76	1,190	12.6
23. Payton Thomsen	2022-25	1,170	16.5
24. Curt Oslin	1975-78	1,139	12.9
25. Keith Newman	1989-92	1,118	11.5
26. Steve Johnson	1994-97	1,118	14.5
27. Mike Moberg	2007-09	1,077	13.6
28. Dave Bjorklund	1964-67	1,074	16.1
29. Bill Conrad	1954-57	1,067	12.7
30. Travis Jones	2001-05	1,067	12.4
31. Eric Robertson	1998-02	1,054	10.4
32. Trevor Hall	2013-17	1,050	9.5
33. Scott Wilson	1977-80	1,046	10.4

 

REBOUNDING	YEARS	REBOUNDS	AVERAGE
1. Ron Pederson	1966-69	1,373	15.4
2. Dale Turnquist	1989-91	952	12.1
3. Jason Velgersdyk	1980-83	947	9.1
4. Scott Wilson	1977-80	850	8.4
5. Jason Mekelburg	1991-94	830	8.1
6. Craig Kuffel	1984-87	763	7.5
7. Regan Anderson	1983-86	762	11.2
8. Paul Healy	1973-76	762	8.1
9. Derek Magnuson	2015-19	742	6.9
10. Kyle Zimmermann	2010-15	706	7.0
11. Eric Joldersma	1995-99	704	7.9
12. Mike Moberg	2007-09	692	8.8
13. Greg Peterson	1990-93	671	8.1
14. Zach Doely	2020-24	662	8.2
15. Andy Feldman	1967-70	647	7.5
16. George Palke	1963-66	636	9.5

 

ASSISTS	YEARS	ASSISTS	AVERAGE
1. Keith Newman	1989-92	572	5.9
2. Dave Blanchard	1977-80	413	4.0
3. Jon Linden	1987-90	320	3.5
4. Brycen Wojta	2013-17	308	3.0
5. Bill Lawson	1982-83	307	5.6
6. Jerry Moulton	1963-66	302	3.7
7. Leland Christenson	1983-86	299	3.9
8. Trevor Hall	2013-17	296	2.7
9. Eric Joldersma	1995-99	295	3.3
10. Troy Duininck	1990-93	293	3.7

 

FIELD GOAL PERCENTAGE (min. 300 attempts)	YEARS	MADE-ATT.	PERCENTAGE
1. Zach Doely	2020-24	546-860	63.5
2. Derek Magnuson	2015-19	557-931	59.8
3. Kyle Zimmermann	2010-15	462-782	59.0
4. Marc Nelson	1987-90	181-309	58.6
5. Jason Mekelburg	1991-94	637-1105	57.7
6. Steve Johnson	1994-97	457-797	57.3
7. Dion Wolter	1981-84	374-653	57.2
8. Dave Turnquist	1987-90	294-522	56.3
9. Mike Moberg	2007-09	436-795	54.84
10. Steve Strom	2004-07	170-310	54.83
11. Greg Peterson	1990-93	353-647	54.6
12. Dale Turnquist	1989-91	691-1,278	54.1
13. Jason Velgersdyk	1980-83	616-1,150	53.5
14. Regan Anderson	1983-86	311-592	52.5
15. Eric Robertson	1998-2002	402-772	52.1

 

FREE THROW PERCENTAGE (min. 100 attempts)	YEARS	MADE-ATT.	PERCENTAGE
1. Matt Fredrickson	2003-06	118-136	86.8
2. Tim Madson	2006-09	441-516	85.5
3. Daniel Baah	2010-12	158-192	82.2
4. Cory Laugen	2006-09	230-280	82.1
5. Dave Blanchard	1977-80	156-192	81.3
6. Jesse Peterson	1998-01	137-171	80.1
7. Jared Elmquist	1984-87	96-120	80.0
8. Dave Turnquist	1987-90	183-229	79.9
9. Brycen Wojta	2013-17	290-363	79.9
10. Keith Newman	1989-92	365-460	79.4
Tim Gilbert	2001-04	200-252	79.4

 

BLOCKED SHOTS	YEARS	BLOCKS	AVERAGE
1. Jason Mekelburg	1990-93	281	2.7
2. Jason Velgersdyk	1980-83	218	2.1
3. Travis Jones	2001-05	193	2.2
4. Dale Turnquist	1989-91	178	2.2
5. Mike Moberg	2007-09	149	1.9
6. Eric Joldersma	1995-99	137	1.5
7. Regan Anderson	1983-86	121	1.8
8. Zach Doely	2020-24	100	1.2
9. Marc Nelson	1987-90	89	1.1

Individual Single Season

Scoring	Year	Points
1. Dale Turnquist	1990-91	713
2. Steve Scroggins	1973-74	637
3. Ron Pederson	1968-69	614
4. Eric Joldersma	1997-98	610
5. Eric Joldersma	1998-99	609
6. Ron Pederson	1967-68	604
7. Tim Madson	2007-08	573
8. Steve Scroggins	1972-73	570
9. Steve Scroggins	1971-72	568
10. Taylor Hall	2011-12	565
11. Andy Gilbert	2002-03	533
12. Dale Turnquist	1989-90	525
13. Rey Miller	1978-79	521
14. Steve Scroggins	1970-71	516
15. Tim Madson	2008-09	511

 

Rebounding	Year	Rebounds
1. Ron Pederson	1967-68	379
2. Ron Pederson	1968-69	371
3. Dale Turnquist	1990-91	370
4. Regan Anderson	1985-86	347
5. Ron Pederson	1966-67	331
6. Greg Peterson	1991-92	326
7. Jason Velgersdyk	1982-83	323
8. Dale Turnquist	1988-89	313
9. Ron Pederson	1965-66	312
10. Andy Feldman	1969-70	307

 

Assists	Year	Assists
1. Keith Newman	1990-91	220
2. Bill Lawson	1982-83	204
3. Keith Newman	1991-92	199
4. Dave Blanchard	1978-79	173
5. Dave Blanchard	1979-80	154
6. Tyler Barker	2018-19	145
7. Keith Newman	1989-90	142
8. Leland Christenson	1985-86	139
9. Dave Turnquist	1989-90	127
10. Troy Duininck	1992-93	116

 

Field Goal Percentage (min. 100 attempts)	Year	Made-Att.	Percentage
1. Derek Magnuson	2017-18	124-187	66.3
2. Zach Doely	2023-24	186-282	66.0
3. Steve Strom	2006-07	76-118	64.4
4. Zach Doely	2022-23	193-306	63.1
5. Derek Magnuson	2016-17	147-237	62.0
6. Zach Doely	2021-22	166-269	61.7
7. Steve Johnson	1996-97	178-293	60.8
8. Greg Peterson	1991-92	185-305	60.7
Kyle Zimmermann	2014-15	193-318	60.7
10. Marc Nelson	1989-90	79-131	60.3

 

Free Throw Percentage (min. 45 attempts)	Year	Made-Att.	Percentage
1. Granger Kingland	2019-20	45-47	95.7
2. Dave Blanchard	1979-80	44-47	93.6
3. Matt Fredrickson	2005-06	75-83	90.4
4. Trent Perry	2005-06	41-46	89.1
5. Tim Madson	2008-09	144-162	88.9
6. Jesse Peterson	1999-2000	54-61	88.5
7. Gary Edlund	1979-80	49-56	87.5
8. Cory Laugen	2008-09	90-103	87.4
9. Tim Madson	2006-07	136-158	86.1
10. Dave Blanchard	1977-78	42-49	85.7
Chandler Wellman	2019-20	42-49	85.7

 

3-point Field Goal Percentage (min. 50 attempts)	Year	Made-Att.	Percentage
1. Dick Goodwin	1983-84	45-71	63.3
2. Steve Johnson	1988-89	27-44	61.3
3. Eric Leafblad	2003-04	18-30	60.0
4. Brian Gahlon	2002-03	17-32	53.1
5. Granger Kingland	2017-18	77-149	51.7
6. Greg Lawson	1988-89	83-161	51.5
7. Dave Turnquist	1989-90	17-33	51.5
8. Trevor Duininck	1998-99	30-59	50.8
9. Jeff Reck	2007-08	24-50	48.0
10. Jared Nelson	2015-16	42-88	47.7

 

MIAC CHAMPIONS

• 1990-91 • 

Playoff Champions

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The 1990-91 men's basketball squad captured the program's first-ever MIAC Playoff title as underdogs entering the tournament as the last team in with the No. 4 seed. Coming off a win over Saint John's to concluded the regular season, Bethel faced another tough task taking on top-seeded St. Thomas.

The underdogs rose to the occasion on the road -  avenging a two point lost to the Tommies from seven days earlier - with a 74-71 overtime victory. Behind the MIAC Player of the Year Dale Turnquist and MIAC Coach of the Year George Palke, the Royals squeaked out another one possession game earning the league's automatic bid into the NCAA Tournament with a 73-70 victory over Gustavus Adolphus in St. Peter. 

 

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• 2016-17 • 

Co-Regular Season & Playoff Champions 

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The Royals finished the MIAC season 15-5 earning a share of its first-ever regular season title. Bethel earned the two seed in the MIAC Playoffs posting a 57-53 win over Carleton in the semifinals. In front of a capacity Robertson Center crowd the Royals faced fourth-seeded Saint John's in one of the more memorable MIAC Playoff championship games.

Tied at 72-72 the Royals and Johnnies were trading big shot for big shot before Trevor Hall worked the left side of the lane and banked in a runner to put Bethel back in front – this time for good – with 10 seconds left. Bridgeport Tusler jumped a passing lane and got a steal on the ensuing possession before making three of four free throws in the closing seconds to salt away a historic win. The 79-75 victory gave Bethel the league's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament where they were making the program's second appearance. 

That season, BU said goodbye to seniors Brycen Wojta and Trevor Hall, who collectively helped BU finish with a 72-37 (.661) record over their four-year career—the best by any class at that point.

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Last updated 7/1/2025. Questions or corrections may be addressed by e-mail to austin-lagesse@bethel.edu, Austin Lagesse, Assistant Sports Information Director