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2018-19 NORTHERN STATE WOLVES men’s basketBALL 2017-18 Schedule & Results wolves Quick Facts 10/26 Arizona State (ex) L 98-90 Location........................................................Aberdeen, S.D. 11/10 Washburn W 69-57 Founded ....................................................................... 1901 11/12 Northwest Missouri St. L 71-60 11/15 Southwest MN State W 81-68 Enrollment ................................................................... 3,622 11/17 Jamestown W 67-60 Mascot ........................................Wolves (Thunder the Wolf) 11/20 Black Hills State W 68-46 Colors ...........................................................Maroon & Gold 11/25 Missouri Southern W 81-68 Facility .............................................................Wachs Arena 11/26 NYIT W 79-51 12/1 Minot State* W 86-60 Capacity....................................................................... 8,000 12/2 UMary* W 75-66 Affiliation ....................................................NCAA Division II 12/8 Bemidji State* W 75-54 Conference ..........................................Northern Sun (NSIC) 12/9 Minnesota Crookston* W 76-64 President ................................................Dr. Timothy Downs 12/15 MSU Moorhead* W 95-74 Director of Athletics ...........................................Josh Moon 12/19 MSU Moorhead* W 89-70 12/30 Concordia-St. Paul* W 84-71 12/31 Minnesota State* W 87-84 Head Coach .......................................Paul Sather (NSU ‘96) 1/5 UMary* W 71-55 Record at NSU ..........................................................126-78 1/6 Minot State* W 75-56 Career Record ................................... 220-140 (11 seasons) 1/12 Wayne State* W 71-69 Assistant Coaches .............................................................. 1/13 Augustana* W 89-78 1/15 Presentation College W 111-73 ...................................................Jaime Stevens (1st season) 1/19 St. Cloud State* L 76-61 ..................................................Zach Horstman (3rd season) 1/20 Minnesota Duluth* W 92-71 .............................................Brad Christenson (27th season) 1/26 Sioux Falls* W 97-76 ................. Michael Cooper & Kyle Ewer (student assistants) 1/27 Southwest MN State* L 64-57 2/2 Upper Iowa* W 93-80 2/3 Winona State* W 82-64 First Year of Men’s Basketball ................................... 1902 2/9 Minnesota Crookston* W 81-50 All-Time Record ..........................................1656-935 (.639) 2/10 Bemidji State* W 104-76 Number of Years in NCAA Playoffs ............................... 11 2/16 Minnesota Duluth* W 65-46 Last Playoff Appearance .......................................2017-18 2/17 St. Cloud State* W 83-63 Result ................Loss to Ferris St., 71-69 (National Championship) 2/21 Concordia-St. Paul# W 80-52 2/24 Minnesota Duluth# W 75-62 2/26 Minnesota State# W 79-78 2017-18 Record .............................................................36-4 2/27 Southwest MN State# W 81-75 2017-18 NSIC Record (Finish) .............................20-2 (1st) 3/10 Washburn% W 91-75 Starters Returning ............................................................. 2 3/11 St. Cloud State% W 68-61 .............................................................................Smith, King 3/13 Minnesota State% W 90-83 3/20 East Stroudsburg^ W 79-71 Starters Lost ...................................................................... 3 3/22 Queens (NC)^ W 105-99 ..........................................................Peterka, Pollard, Evans 3/24 Ferris State$ L 71-69 Lettermen Returning ......................................................... 8 * NSIC Game HOME GAMES in GOLD .......Smith, LeGrand, Kallman, Kranhold, Fries, King, Decker, Dahl # NSIC Tournament Newcomers ........................................................................ 4 % NCAA Central Region Tournament ..............................................Belka, Reede, Jordre, Balcome $ NCAA Division II National Championship MBB Media Contact ........................................Ashley Gauer Office Phone ..................................................605-626-7748 returning stat leaders Cell Phone ......................................................612-875-1583 Pts. Pts/G Reb. Reb./G FT% Fax ..................................................................605-626-2238 Smith 502 12.6 185 4.6 71.8 Email ........................................Ashley.Gauer@northern.edu King 334 8.4 131 3.3 81.7 Website ................................................www.nsuwolves.com Fries 193 5.1 118 3.1 55.6 Twitter ...................................................... @WolvesAthletics FG% 3FG% A Blk Stl MBB Twitter.............................................@nsuwolves_mbb Smith 46.0 35.3 171 3 48 Facebook Page ..................................... /nsuwolvesathletics King 46.5 41.3 44 25 15 Instagram Account ..........................................@nsuwolves Fries 51.8 42.5 49 9 12 1 • #gowolves • 1 2018-19 NORTHERN STATE WOLVES men’s basketBALL paul sather • head coach • 9th season • Record: 256-144 Paul Sather enters his ninth year at the helm for the Wolves in 2018-19. Sather, who is the 22nd head men’s basketball coach at Northern State, is a 1996 graduate of NSU. Sather has compiled a 162-82 record while at Northern. Sather brought the program to new heights in 2017-18 with the Wolves finishing at the NCAA National Finalist after just the second trip to the NCAA Elite Eight in school history. The runner-up finish is the highest for any NSU team to date at the NCAA Division II level. Northern broke the single season school record for wins going 36-6 on the year, while tying the school record with 18 consecutive victories in the opening months of the season. He was named both the NSIC and NABC Central Region Coach of the year. Four Wolves were named to the NSIC All-Conference teams (Smith, Pollard, Peterka, Doyle), while Ian Smith was named to the NABC and D2CCA All- Region teams. Sather recorded the first conference championship of his coaching career, and the first for Northern State since the 2002-03 season. Northern then went on to win the NSIC/Sanford Health Basketball Tournament, notching the first championship for the program since 2005. The Wolves finished the regular season leading the NSIC in scoring defense (66.8), scoring margin (+14.6), field goal percentage defense (43.5), and rebounding margin (+9.3). Northern ranks nationally sitting top-20 in scoring defense (66.1) and rebounding margin (+7.8), top-10 in scoring The sather File margin (+14.1), and top-5 in field goal percentage (51.2). • 14th Year as a In 2016-17 the Wolves finished tied for second in the overall league standings with Southwest Minnesota State, finishing 22-8 overall and 17-5 in the NSIC. Three Wolves garnered All-NSIC honors as Logan Doyle was named Head Coach the NSIC Newcomer of the year and to the NSIC first team, and Ian Smith and Mack Arvidson were named to the NSIC second team. Northern State junior DJ Pollard was named the NSIC Elite 18 recipient holding the top GPA • 22nd Head Men’s from the NSIC Championships with a 3.96 mark. Basketball Coach at In his sixth season at the helm Sather landed two on the All-NSIC second team in senior Skye Warwick and junior NSU Darin Peterka. The Wolves also tallied an upset victory over then No. 1 Augustana 90-81. In 2014-15 he led the Wolves to their first NCAA Regional appearance since the 2008-09 season. Sather and the • Spent 6 Seasons Wolves went 23-9 on the year with a fourth place finish in the NSIC, and second place finish in the NSIC North. with Don Meyer Seniors Seth Bachand and Tydan Storrusten were named to the NSIC First and Second Team’s in 2014-15. In 2012-13, Sather led Northern to its first 20-win season since 2007-08. The Wolves went 20-11 overall and their 14 conference wins in ‘12-’13, was the first time since 2008-09 that the Wolves had double-digit NSIC victories. • 3-Time Conference Champion (BHSU, In his short tenure with the Wolves, Sather has also coached nine 1,000-point scorers at NSU in Collin Pryor, Dustin Tetzlaff, Seth Bachand, Skye Warwick, DJ Pollard, Mack Arvidson, Darin Peterka, Carter Evans, and Ian 2x, NSU) Smith. • 2018 NSIC Coach Prior to arriving back in Aberdeen, Sather spent five years as the head coach at Black Hills State, guiding the Yellow Jackets to a 94-62 record during his time there before returning to NSU. Sather was instrumental in turning of the Year the BHSU program around from a 10-19 season in 2006-07 to an NAIA Final Four contender in 2008-09. The Yellow Jackets also qualified for the national tournament in 2009-10 and compiled an overall conference record of • 2018 NABC Central 46-25 in the five years under Sather, including winning two Dakota Athletic Conference championships. Region Coach of the As an assistant for the Wolves in the early years of his career, Sather was a part of three Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference (NSIC) regular season championships and NSU’s first ever NSIC Tournament Year Championship. After earning his bachelor’s degree in secondary education in 1996 from Northern State University, he served as physical education teacher and assistant boys’ basketball coach at Sidney High School in Nebraska from 1996- 1997. The following year he was a graduate assistant at Wayne State College while he earned his master’s degree in sports administration. Originally from Princeton, Minn., Sather had a stellar career collegiate career as a Wolf from 1990-1994. He was team captain for the NSU when