NORTHERN STATE Men’s Basketball PROBABLE STARTERS // NSU MEDIA INFORMATION No. Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Yr. PPG Media Contact: Ashley Gauer, Director of Athletic Communications & Technology 0 Ian Smith G 5-10 165 RSo 13.0 Office Phone: 605-626-7748 Cell Phone: 612-875-1583 Email: [email protected] Website: www.nsuwolves.com 3 Mack Arvidson G 6-2 190 RSr. 19.3 Twitter: @WolvesAthletics MBB Twitter: @BballNorthernSt 11 DJ Pollard G 6-4 180 Jr. 14.2 23 Justin Decker F 6-7 225 So. 8.7 GAME COVERAGE 54 Carter Evans C 6-10 250 Jr. 6.8 Radio: ESPN Aberdeen - 1420 AM and 107.1 FM // Ben Root “The Voice of the Wolves” Listen Live: http://streamdb5web.securenetsystems.net/v5/KGIMAM PROBABLE STARTERS // BSU Live Stats (Home Games): http://sidearmstats.com/northern/mbball/ No. Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Yr. PPG Video Webcast (Home/NSIC Games): http://portal.stretchinternet.com/northern/ 4 Jai’Vionne Green G 6-4 175 Fr. 16.9 QUICK HITS ON THE WOLVES 5 Ben Best F 6-8 215 Sr. 9.6 12 Sharif Black G 6-2 175 Jr. 14.7 Setting the Stage • The Wolves enter the weekend with a 1-2 record in conference games with a win over Minot State last 21 Peyton Dibble G 6-6 205 Fr. 8.4 Friday. 24 Logan Bader F 6-7 205 Fr. 5.9 • NSU tallied two close games in the first full week of NSIC play, defeating the Beavers by four points, and PROBABLE STARTERS // UMC falling to U-Mary by two points. • Northern is shooting 50.4% from the floor, 43.6% from the arc, and 73.6% from the foul line, while No. Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Yr. PPG averaging 84.1 points, 36.3 rebounds, 13.8 assists, 14.4 turnovers, 3.2 steals, and 3.1 blocks per game this 0 Harrison Cleary G 6-1 175 Fr. 22.4 season. 13 Kobe Critchley G 6-0 173 So. 7.4 • Mack Arvidson continues to lead the team averaging 19.3 points (174 total points), making on average 25 Chase Knickerbocker G/F 6-6 189 So. 9.1 4.4 3-pointers per game. 44 Gable Smith F 6-7 215 RSo. 7.9 • Logan Doyle is leading the team on the boards averaging 8.7 per game (78 total), including 2.6 offensive 54 Jim Warmack F/C 6-7 240 Jr . 5.9 boards and 6.1 defensive boards. • Despite their 1-2 record, Northern is third in the league in scoring offense and in field goal percentage, 2016-17 NSIC STANDINGS and second in the NSIC in 3-point field goal percentage. NSIC Overall GAME 1 // BEMIDJI STATE UNIVERSITY // DEC. 9 @ 8 PM W-L Pct. W-L Pct. NORTH Division About the Beavers MSU Moorhead 3-0 1.000 7-1 .875 • Bemidji State enters the weekend 3-4 overall and 1-1 in league action with a win over Minnesota Duluth. St. Cloud State 2-0 1.000 5-5 .500 • The Beavers are shooting 44.7% from the floor, 36.6% from the arc, and 74.4% from the foul line, while U-Mary 2-1 .667 3-5 .375 averaging 77.4 points, 37.6 rebounds, 13.9 assists, 12.1 turnovers, 5.1 steals, and 3.1 blocks per game. Bemidji State 1-1 .500 3-4 .429 • Jai’Vionne Green is leading the team averaging 16.9 points and 5.0 rebounds per game, while also Minnesota Duluth 1-1 .500 1-5 .167 shooting a team leading 51.8% from the floor and 48.0% from the arc. Northern State 1-2 .333 5-4 .556 • Bemidji is 2-0 at home this season as they Wolves will look to snap the streak. Minnesota Crookston 0-2 .000 3-4 .429 • BSU is led by head coach Mike Boschee in his fifth season with the program where he has tallied a Minot State 0-3 .000 4-5 .444 career record of 54-57 with the Beavers. SOUTH Division Last Match-Up Augustana 3-0 1.000 7-1 .875 • The Wolves and the Beavers split in their two match-ups in 2015-16. Upper Iowa 2-0 1.000 5-3 .625 • NSU fell 90-89 on the road and won 71-69 at home, with the Wolves shooting over 50.0% from the floor Southwest Minn. St. 2-1 .667 7-1 .875 in each game. Minnesota State 1-1 .500 5-2 .714 • Northern is 61-25 all-time versus Bemidji State, and 7-3 in the last five seasons. Sioux Falls 1-2 .333 4-6 .400 Wayne State 1-2 .333 2-6 .250 GAME 2 // MINNESOTA CROOKSTON // DEC 10 @ 6 PM Winona State 0-2 .000 3-3 .500 About the Golden Eagles Concordia-St. Paul 0-2 .000 3-5 .375 • Minnesota Crookston hits the road with a 3-4 record overall and 0-2 record in league action. 2016 NCAA CENTRAL REGION • The Golden Eagles are shooting 47.6% from the floor, 34.7% from the arc, and 71.1% from the foul line, No. School Record Region while averaging 73.1 points, 31.9 rebounds, 11.6 assists, 12.4 turnovers, 3.6 steals, and 3.3 blocks per game 1 Augustana (SD) 24-2 24-2 this season. 2 Northwest Mo. St. 20-5 20-5 • Harrison Cleary is leading the team averaging 22.4 points per game as the only player in double-digit 3 MSU Moorhead 25-4 23-3 scoring, while Chase Johnson is pulling down 5.1 rebounds per game. 4 Fort Hays St. 16-9 16-9 • Cleary is also leading the team from the arc shooting 50.0%, while Jim Warmack is shooting a team 5 Minn. St. Mankato 17-9 17-9 leading 62.5% from the floor. 6 Neb.-Kearney 17-10 17-10 • UMC is led by head coach Dan Weisse in his third season with the program. 7 Harding 18-9 18-9 Last Match-Up 8 East Central 20-7 20-7 • The Wolves came away with two victories in 2015-16 with scores of 84-80 and 79-50. 9 Mo. Southern St. 17-11 17-11 • Carter Evans (22) and Darin Peterka (16) led the team in scoring in the two games. 10 Pittsburg St. 16-12 16-12 • NSU is 32-2 all-time versus Minnesota Crookston with the only losses coming in the 09-10 and 11-12. 2016-17 SCHEDULE & RESULTS 2016-17 NORTHERN STATE MEN’S BASKETBAL ROSTER No. Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Yr. Hometown/Previous School November 0 Ian Smith G 5-10 165 RSo. Champlin Park, Minn. / Champlin Park HS 11 Southern Nazarene$ W 91-88 1 Logan LeGrand PG 5-9 160 Rf. Aberdeen, S.D. / Aberdeen Central HS 12 Harding University$ L 93-69 2 Brayden McNeary G 6-3 195 Rf. Aberdeen, S.D. / Roncalli HS 15 Southwest Minn. St. L 83-82 3 Mack Arvidson G 6-2 190 RSr. Grand Forks, N.D. / Grand Forks-Red River HS 18 Chadron State W 94-74 4 Braxton Elliott G 6-4 190 Rf. Sioux Falls, S.D. / O’Gorman HS 19 Black Hills State W 82-76 11 DJ Pollard G 6-4 180 RJr. St. Louis Park, Minn. / St. Louis Park HS 15 Bo Fries G/F 6-4 195 So. Langford, S.D. / Langford Area HS 22 Mayville State W 81-59 21 Gabe King G 6-5 185 Fr. Irene, S.D. / Irene-Wakonda HS 26 MSU Moorhead* L 93-92 22 Darin Peterka G 6-4 190 RSr. Miller, S.D. / Miller HS 23 Justin Decker F 6-7 225 So. Huron, S.D. / Huron HS December 24 Jonny Dahl G 6-4 200 Fr. Keokuk, Iowa / Keokuk HS / Stephen F. Austin State 2 Minot State* W 91-87 33 Cole Dahl F 6-7 195 Fr. Newfolden, Minn. / Marshall County Central 3 U-Mary* L 77-75 35 Logan Doyle F 6-8 225 Jr. Alexandria, Minn. / Jefferson Senior High / SDSU 9 Bemidji State* 8 p.m. 41 Rease Logan C 6-9 210 Fr. Gettysburg, S.D. / Potter County HS 10 Minnesota Crookston* 6 p.m. 45 Michael Schreiber C 6-8 240 RSr. Rogers, Minn. / Rogers HS 17 MSU Moorhead* 8 p.m. 54 Carter Evans C 6-10 250 Jr. Rochester, Minn. / Century HS 30 Concordia-St. Paul* 8 p.m. 55 Ethan Kranhold G 6-6 180 Fr. Sisseton, S.D. / Sisseton HS 31 Minnesota State* 6 p.m. Head Coach: Paul Sather Assistant Coaches: Sundance Wicks, Brad Christenson, Zach Horstman January Student Assistants: Michael Cooper, Blake Whitlock 6 U-Mary* 8 p.m. Pronunciations: 7 Minot State* 6 p.m. #1 Logan La-Grand #15 Bow Freeze 13 Wayne State* 8 p.m. #2 Brayden Mic-Neary #45 Michael Schr-I-ber #3 Mack R-Vid-Son #55 Ethan Kraan-Hold 14 Augustana* 6 p.m. #11 DJ Paul-Ard 20 St. Cloud State* 8 p.m. 21 Minnesota Duluth* 6 p.m. HEAD COACH PAUL SATHER // 7TH SEASON // CAREER: 202-137 (.596) 27 Sioux Falls* 8 p.m. Paul Sather enters in seventh year at the held for the Wolves in 2016-17. Sather, who is the 22nd head men’s basketball coach at Northern State, is a 1996 28 Southwest Minnesota St.* 7 p.m. graduate of NSU. February Sather has compiled an 104-70 record while at Northern.