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Commissioner for Media Relations • 2999 County Road 42 West • Burnsville, MN 55306 • P: 651.288.4017 • [email protected] NSIC Players of the Week Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference 2014-15 Men’s Basketball Standings South Division #34 Daniel Jansen as of November 30, 2014 NSIC Overall North Division Standings F, 6-9, 240, Jr., W-L Win % W-L Win% Strk Bemidji State 1-0 1.000 Orange City, Iowa #19 Augustana 1-0 1.000 7-0 1.000 W7 MSU Moorhead 1-0 1.000 MOC-Floyd Valley HS RV-MSU Moorhead 1-0 1.000 7-0 1.000 W7 Minot State 1-0 1.000 Augustana Bemidji State 1-0 1.000 5-0 .000 W5 St. Cloud State 1-0 1.000 Minot State 1-0 1.000 5-1 .833 W4 U-Mary 0-1 0.000 Jansen averaged 29.5 points, 10 rebounds Winona State 1-0 1.000 4-1 .800 W4 Minnesota Crookston 0-1 0.000 and 3.0 assists while shooting 53.3 percent St. Cloud State 1-0 1.000 3-2 .600 W1 Minnesota Duluth 0-1 0.000 from the field in two wins last week. He shot #14 Minnesota State 0-0 .000 5-1 .833 W5 Northern State 0-1 0.000 50 % (6 of 12) from 3-point range and 84 SMSU 0-0 .000 4-2 .667 W1 South Division Standings % (21 of 25) from the free throw line as the Concordia-St. Paul 0-0 .000 3-2 .600 L1 Augustana 1-0 1.000 Vikings improved to 7-0 overall and 1-0 in Sioux Falls 0-0 .000 2-3 .400 W1 the NSIC. Jansen opened the week with 33 Winona State 1-0 1.000 RV-Northern State 0-1 .000 5-1 .833 L1 points and nine rebounds while matching his Concordia-St. Paul 0-0 0.000 Upper Iowa 0-1 .000 4-2 .667 L1 career-high with six steals in an NSIC opening Minnesota State 0-0 0.000 Minnesota Duluth 0-1 .000 3-4 .429 L4 win over Wayne State on Monday. Against the Sioux Falls 0-0 0.000 Wildcats, Jansen was 10 of 17 from the field, Minnesota Crookston 0-1 .000 2-3 .400 L1 Southwest Minnesota State 0-0 0.000 including 3 of 6 from 3-point range and 10 of U-Mary 0-1 .000 2-3 .400 L2 Upper Iowa 0-1 0.000 10 from the free throw line as he registered his Wayne State 0-1 .000 2-4 .333 L1 Wayne State 0-1 0.000 third career 30-point game. Jansen then regis- Ranking based on NABC Coaches Poll (11/25/14) tered his second double-double of the season (10th career) scoring 26 points and grabbing Week 3 Results Week 4 Schedule Mon., Nov. 24, 2014 Mon., Dec. 1, 2014 11 rebounds in a win over Valley City State on Missouri Western State 70 at Upper Iowa 82 Jamestown at Northern State 7 p.m. Wednesday. In the win, Jansen became the Dakota State 81 at Sioux Falls 76 Tues., Dec. 2, 2014 30th member of the 1,000-point club in Augus- *Wayne State 71 at Augustana 89 *Sioux Falls at Southwest Minnesota State 6 p.m. tana men’s basketball history. Tues., Nov. 25, 2014 Presentation College at MSU Moorhead 7 p.m. Minnesota Morris 67 at Bemidji State 89 North Central University at Concordia-St. Paul 7 p.m. North Division MSU Moorhead 87 vs Concordia College 59 Crossroads College at St. Cloud State 7:30 p.m. #21 Everett Robinson Dickinson State 76 at Minot State 83 Wed., Dec. 3, 2014 Minnesota Duluth 53 at Northern Michigan 56 Wayne State at South Dakota State 7 p.m. G, 6-2, 187, Sr., St. Cloud State 70 at Saint John’s University 73 Fri., Dec. 5, 2014 Grand Junction, Colo. Wisconsin-Superior 69 at Winona State 92 *Upper Iowa at Sioux Falls 8 p.m. Dakota State 52 at Northern State 78 *Winona State at Southwest Minnesota State 8 p.m. Grand Junction HS Wed., Nov. 26, 2014 *Augustana at Minnesota State 8 p.m. Minot State Valley City State 61 at Augustana 86 *Minnesota Duluth at Minnesota Crookston 8 p.m. Iowa Wesleyan College 66 at Upper Iowa 116 *U-Mary at Northern State 8 p.m. Fri., Nov. 28, 2014 *Minot State at MSU Moorhead 8 p.m. Robinson did a little bit of everything for Minot *St. Cloud State at Bemidji State 8 p.m. State as the Beavers moved to 5-1 on the season Tampa 72 at Minnesota State 73 Northern Michigan 63 at Wayne State 70 *Wayne State (Neb.) at Concordia-St. Paul 8 p.m. and 1-0 in the NSIC after a pair of wins last week. Sat., Dec. 6, 2014 Robinson averaged 15.5 points, 10.5 rebounds, Barry 77 vs Sioux Falls 50 Michigan Tech 74 at Southwest Minnesota State 59 *St. Cloud State at Minnesota Crookston 6 p.m. 2.5 assists per game and shot over 70% from the Sat., Nov. 29, 2014 *U-Mary at MSU Moorhead 6 p.m. field (12-17) in wins over Dickinson State and the Concordia-St. Paul 59 at UW-Milwaukee 64 *Minnesota Duluth at Bemidji State 6 p.m. University of Mary. Robinson led the Beavers in *Minnesota Crookston 50 at Bemidji State 78 *Augustana (S.D.) at Concordia-St. Paul 6 p.m. *Winona State at Sioux Falls 6 p.m. rebounding with 14 in the 83-76 nonconference *Minnesota Duluth 66 at St. Cloud State 69 win over Dickinson State. He then assumed *Wayne State at Minnesota State 7 p.m. Michigan Tech 75 at Wayne State 56 *Upper Iowa at Southwest Minnesota State 7 p.m. the role of scorer as he paced the Beavers with Young Harris 76 at Sioux Falls 82 *Minot State at Northern State 7 p.m. 19 points on 8-of-10 shooting from the field in *Minot State University 66 at U-Mary 61 MISU’s 66-61 win over U-Mary. *Upper Iowa 70 at Winona State 89 *=NSIC Contest Northern Michigan 58 at Southwest Minnesota State 78 *MSU Moorhead 75 at Northern State 55 Minnesota State 86 at Eckerd 70 The NSIC is a 16-team, 17-sport, NCAA Division II Conference with teams located in Iowa, Minnesota, Nebraska, North Dakota and South Dakota. • Augustana College • Bemidji State • Concordia -St. Paul • University of Mary • Minnesota Crookston • Minnesota Duluth • Minnesota State University, Mankato • • MSU Moorhead • Minot State • Northern State • Sioux Falls • Southwest Minnesota State • St. Cloud State • Upper Iowa • Wayne State • Winona State • 2014-15 NSIC MEN’S BASKETBALL NOTES Augustana Vikings (7-0, 1-0 NSIC) Bemidji State Beavers (5-0, 1-0 NSIC) www.goaugie.com www.bsubeavers.com Tom Billeter • Illinois ‘83 • 12th Season Mike Boschee • North Dakota ‘91 • 3rd Season 2013-14 Record: 16-14, 12-10 NSIC (t-9th) 2013-14 Record: 18-9, 15-7 NSIC (t-3rd) #34 Daniel Jansen (F, 6-9, 240, Jr., Orange City, Iowa/MOC-Floyd Valley) Last Week – vs. Minnesota Morris (W, 89-67) & Minnesota Crookston (W, 78-50) - Averaged 29.5 points, 10 rebounds and 3.0 assists while shooting 53.3 percent from The Beavers (5-0, 1-0 NSIC) held onto their undefeated record defeating Min- the field in two wins last week. nesota Morris Nov. 25, 89-67, and then hosted Minnesota Crookston Nov. 29 to - Shot 50 % (6 of 12) from 3-point range and 84 % (21 of 25) from the free throw line. open its NSIC play where they defeated the Golden Eagles, 78-50. Bemidji State dished out a season-high 26 assists in its win over Minnesota Morris. - Opened the week with 33 points and nine rebounds while matching his career-high Tying a career-high point total was Ben Best with 13 points against UMM. Best with six steals in NSIC-opening win over Wayne State on Monday. was 6-of-9 from the field and 1-of-1 from three range. - Was 10 of 17 from the field, including 3 of 6 from 3-point range and 10 of 10 from the Cody Risseeuw posted 12 points and was the rebounding leader with 10 to earn free throw line against the Wildcats. his first double-double of the season against UMM. - Registered his third career 30-point game. Irvin Womack was second on the squad with 13 points, which is also a career-high. - Registered his second double-double of the season (10th career) scoring 26 points He led the teams rebounding effort, pulling down seven including six defensive boards. and grabbing 11 rebounds in a win over Valley City State on Wednesday. BSU shot 48.3 percent (28-58) from the field, dished out a 12 assists and pulled down a season-high 39 rebounds against UMC. - Surpassed 1,000 career points becoming the 30th member of the 1,000-point club in The Beavers shot their best game, 81.3 percent (13-16) from the free throw line. Augustana men’s basketball history. #1 Brock Lutes (G, 6-4, 220, Sr., Portland, Ore. (Clackamas Community College)) - Jansen has now scored 1,008 career points in 68 games in a Viking uniform. Led the BSU scoring effort in both games last week, recording 18 points against - Registered his fourth 20-point game of the season (16th career) and hit 11 free Minnesota Morris (Nov.