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Jan. 19, 2002

The Tony Show -- Freshman Tony Birmingham scored a career-high 18 points Saturday night vs. Minnesota-Morris.

Northern State set a school record for 3-point attempts Saturday night and tied the program mark for 3-pointers made, going 18-for-39 from distance en route to a 109-57 victory against Minnesota-Morris in a Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference game at the Barnett Center.

Redshirt freshman Tony Birmingham (Moorhead, Minn.) led all scorers with a career-high 18 points and was one of seven Wolves to reach double figures. Birmingham was also one of three Wolves to net five 3-pointers on the night, going 5-of-10 from long distance. Junior wings Nick Schroeder (Plymouth, Minn., 5-of-9) and Sundance Wicks (Gillette, Wyo., 5-of-7), were the other two.

Senior forward Houston Reed (Olathe, Colo.) posted his first double-double at Northern, pulling down a career-high 12 rebounds to go with 11 points. Fellow senior Andy Foster (Caledonia, Minn.) almost posted a double-double of his own, recording 17 points and eight rebounds. Minnesota-Morris (2-15, 1-8 NSIC) was led by Adam Girtman's 12 points and seven rebounds.

With the win, Northern (7-2 NSIC, 12-5 overall) ended the first half of the NSIC season in a tie for first with Minnesota-Duluth (7-2 NSIC, 9-8 overall).