MEN’S BASKETBALL RELEASE JANUARY 22, 2006 RELEASE NO. 10 www.northernsun.org FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Nick Kornder • Asst. Commissioner for Media Relations • 161 St. Anthony Ave. Ste 920 • St. Paul, MN 55103 • P: 651.288.4017 • F: 651.224.8583 • [email protected] NSIC Player of the Week Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference Men’s Basketball Standings Games Through January 22, 2007 (-------NSIC Games -------) (----------------All Games---------------) W L Win % GP PF PA W L Win % GP PF PA Streak #1 Winona State 9 0 1.000 9 760 591 17 0 1.000 17 1503 1125 17W Concordia St. Paul 7 2 .778 9 722 585 13 4 .765 17 1333 1161 1W Southwest Minnesota State 7 2 .778 9 646 549 11 7 .611 18 1255 1137 1L Northern State 6 3 .667 9 663 606 13 5 .722 18 1341 1231 3W Wayne State 5 4 .556 9 701 713 10 8 .556 18 1356 1371 1L #12 Bryce Cummings Minnesota State Moorhead 4 5 .444 9 645 636 9 9 .500 18 1327 1295 1W Mary 3 6 .333 9 569 617 7 11 .389 18 1161 1248 2L G, 6-2, 175, R-Fr. Upper Iowa 2 7 .222 9 544 644 3 15 .167 18 1066 1311 1L Mukwonago, Wis. Bemidji State 2 7 .222 9 482 670 2 16 .111 18 962 1390 1W Muskego HS Minnesota Crookston 0 9 .000 9 614 735 1 17 .056 18 1230 1459 5L Minnesota, Crookston Week 10 Results Week 11 Schedule Bryce Cummings had an outstanding Tuesday, January 16 Friday, January 26 weekend for the Golden Eagles, averaging Mary 47 at North Dakota State 88 C SW Minnesota State at Bemidji State 8:00 pm 25.5 points in the weekend’s NSIC games C Wayne State at Minnesota Crookston 8:00 pm Friday, January 19 against Upper Iowa and #1 Winona State. C Wayne State 91 at MSU Moorhead 88 OT Saturday, January 27 Cummings was the leading scorer for C SW Minnesota State 70 at Concordia St. Paul 64 C #1 Winona State at Northern State 11:00 am UMC with 20 points, two steals, and four C #1 Winona State 82 at Bemidji State 37 Aired Live on CSTV and Fox Sport Net North rebounds, shooting a solid 4-9 behind the C Upper Iowa 75 at Minnesota Crookston 61 C Upper Iowa at Mary 3:00 pm three-point line against UIU. Against the C MSU Moorhead at Concordia St. Paul 8:00 pm defending National Champions, Cummings Saturday, January 20 C Wayne State (NE) at Bemidji State 8:00 pm scored a career high 31 points on 11-18 C SW Minnesota State 56 at MSU Moorhead 58 C SW Minnesota State at Minnesota, Crookston 8:00 pm (61%) shooting. He was 5-10 from long C Wayne State 66 at Concordia St. Paul 77 range and a perfect 4-4 from the free-throw C Upper Iowa 51 at Bemidji State 53 Sunday, January 28 line. C #1 Winona State 93 at Minnesota Crookston 79 C Upper Iowa at Northern State 3:00 pm C Mary 57 at Northern State 60 C #1 Winona State at Mary 3:00 pm Past NSIC Players of the Week #1 Winona State at Northern State to Air Live on CSTV and FSN North 11/20/06 Blake Strouth, MSUM 11/27/06 Travis Krenske, SMSU INDIANAPOLIS --- NCAA Division II and College Sports Television (CSTV) have announced the basket- 12/04/06 Jonte Flowers, WSU ball games that will be a part of their broadband and television partnership. Included in those games will 12/11/06 Jeremy VanKlompenburg, SMSU be the January 27th NSIC match-up where #1 Winona State will travel to Northern State. The game will 12/18/06 Jonte Flowers, WSU be aired live at 11:00 a.m. central time on CSTV as well as Fox Sport Net North. This game is a rematch 12/26/06 John Smith, WSU of the NCAA North Central Championship game from 2006. 01/02/07 Drew Shepp, CSP 01/08/07 David Johnson, WSU Division II and CSTV are in the first season of a multi-year television and broad- 01/15/07 Chad Orum, SMSU band partnership that will showcase more than 80 live Division II regular-season 01/22/07 Bryce Cummings, UMC football and basketball games. The first games to be featured were broadcast during the 2006 football season. Click Here for full NCAA Release including all six basketball games that will be aired over the season. The NSIC is a 10-team, 17-sport, NCAA Division II Conference with teams located in Iowa, Minnesota, Nebraska, North Dakota and South Dakota. Bemidji State • Concordia - St. Paul • Univ. of Mary • Minnesota , Crookston • Minnesota State Moorhead • Northern State • SW Minnesota State • Upper Iowa • Wayne State • Winona State NSIC Men’s Basketball Team Notes National Rankings Bemidji State (2-16, 2-7 NSIC) Head Coach: Matthew Bowen (Indiana, 1995) • 2-16 • 1st Season NABC/Division II Coaches Poll Top Performer - Week 10: In two games, Seth Haake (Fr., G, Eden Prairie, Minn.) posted Jan. 16, 2007 an average of 11.5 points per game. He netted 4-of-8 from the field (.500) and 1-of-2 from beyond the arc (.500) en route to a career-high 10 points versus #1 Winona Sate Friday Rk School Rec Pts Prev only to best that effort the following night. In his first collegiate start, the freshman scored 13 points, was 1 Winona State, Minn. (8) 15-0 200 1 4-of-7 form the field (.571), 3-of-5 (.600) and hit two clutch free-throws down the stretch to put the game out 2 Clayton State, Ga. 15-0 192 2 of reach for the visiting Peacocks securing the Beavers their second victory of the season. 3 Central Missouri 14-0 184 3 Notes: Dan Sowu (Sr., G, Chicago, Ill.) grabbed a career-high eight rebounds Saturday. Date Opponent Time/Results Record 4 Bentley, Mass. 16-0 176 4 Nov 15 at Minnesota Duluth 59-90 L 0-1 5 Minnesota State 17-1 164 6 Nov 17 at Alaska Anchorage 58-79 L 0-2 6 Findlay, Ohio 14-1 158 7 Nov 18 at Alaska Anchorage 42-88 L 0-3 7 Emporia State, Kan. 14-0 154 8 Nov 21 Grand Valley State 49-67 L 0-4 8 Grand Valley State, Mich. 14-2 140 9 Nov 24 Augustana (SD) 48-68 L 0-5 9 Quincy, Ill. 14-2 136 10 Nov 28 St. Cloud State 50-80 L 0-6 Dec 1 at Wayne State (NE) C 68-81 L 0-7, 0-1 10 Southern Indiana 16-2 127 5 Dec 2 at Southwest Minnesota State C 45-87 L 0-8, 0-2 11 Metropolitan State, Colo. 13-2 116 12 Dec 5 at North Dakota 49-94 L 0-9, 0-2 12 Cal State-San Bernardino 10-2 107 15 Dec 8 Concordia St. Paul C 55-72 L 0-10, 0-3 13 Millersville, Pa. 15-1 104 16 Dec 9 Minnesota State Moorhead C 61-72 L 0-11, 0-4 14 Virginia Union 9-1 94 18 Dec 20 North Dakota 56-79 L 0-12, 0-4 15 Northwest Missouri State 12-3 81 11 Dec 29 Wisconsin Superior 69-75 L 0-13, 0-4 Jan 6 at Minnesota Crookston C 64-62 W 1-13, 1-4 16 Southeastern Okla State 12-2 79 14 Jan 12 at Univeristy of Mary C 48-76 L 1-14, 1-5 17 Delta State, Miss. 13-2 72 22 Jan 13 at Northern State C 51-87 L 1-15, 1-6 18 Pfeiffer, N.C. 11-2 55 13 Jan 19 #1 Winona State C 37-82 L 1-16, 1-7 19 Humboldt State, Calif. 11-2 53 24 Jan 20 Upper Iowa C 53-51 W 2-16, 2-7 20 Christian Brothers, Tenn. 13-3 48 17 Jan 26 Southwest Minnesota State C 8:00 pm Jan 27 Wayne State (NE) C 8:00 pm 21 Armstrong Atlantic St. 12-3 44 20 Feb 2 at Minnesota State Moorhead C 8:00 pm 22 Saint Rose, N.Y. 14-3 34 25 Feb 3 at Concordia St. Paul C 8:00 pm 23 Texas A&M-Kingsville 13-2 26 23 Feb 10 Minnesota Crookston C 8:00 pm 24 Cal Poly Pomona 9-3 16 19 Feb 16 Northern State C 8:00 pm 25 Alaska-Anchorage 11-3 12 NR Feb 17 University of Mary C 8:00 pm Feb 23 at Upper Iowa C 8:00 pm Feb 24 at Winona State C 8:00 pm Others Receiving Votes: Tarleton State (Tex- as) 8, Concordia-St. Paul 7, Henderson State Concordia St. Paul (13-4, 7-2 NSIC) (Ark.) 4, Alabama-Huntsville 2, Rollins (Fla.) 2, Head Coach: Kelly Boe (St. John’s, 1996) • 13-4 • 1st Season West Liberty State (W.Va.) 2, Ashland (Ohio) 1, Top Performer - Week 10: Marlon Walker averaged 13.5 points per game including a Augustana (S.D.) 1, Philadelphia (Pa.) 1. career high 21 points aginst Wayne State. Records are through games of January 14, 2007. Date Opponent Time/Results Record Nov 17 vs North Dakota 76-72 W 1-0 NSIC in Top 25 in 2006-07 Valley Imports Tip-Off Classic @ MSU Moorhead NABC/DII Top 25 Nov 18 vs Chadron State 102-79 W 2-0 Week Team (Ranked) Valley Imports Tip-Off Classic @ MSU Moorhead 11/07/06 WSU (1) Nov 21 #19 Minnesota State 71-65 W 3-0 Nov 24 at St.