WOLVES CLOBBER CROOKSTON 101-70

Feb. 8, 2002

Northern State's post play led the team to a dominating 101-70 victory over Minnesota-Crookston Friday night in a Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference matchup in Crookston.

The Wolves were simply too strong for Crookston inside, with senior posts Brad Hansen (Tea) and Andy Foster (Caledonia, Minn.) combining for 41 points and 22 rebounds from the center slot. Foster's 21 points and 12 boards led the Wolves and were career highs, while Hansen's 20 points and 10 boards gave the the center spot a dual double-double.

As a team, Northern obliterated Crookston on the boards, collecting 45 rebounds on the night to Crookston's 26. Northern's offensive rebounding output of 23 boards gave the team a slew of second-chance points and was the difference in the game.

Northern outscored Crookston 51-29 in the second half and shot 60 percent for the game. In all, five Wolves hit double digits, with senior forward Houston Reed (Olathe, Colo.) scoring 17 points in 18 minutes, junior forward Sundance Wicks (Gillette, Wyo.) scoring 15 points (3-of-5 shooting from 3-point range), and junior guard Nick Schroeder (Plymouth, Minn.) rounding out the double-digit dandies with 10 points.

UMC was led by the league's leading scorer in Joe Hasz, who poured in 26 points.

Northern will try to continue its dominating play Saturday night at Minnesota State-Moorhead. The Dragons defeated NSU earlier this season in Aberdeen.

A win at MSUM would tie NSU coach Don Meyer for 12th on college basketball's all-time win list. Currently holding the slot is legendary Kansas coach Phog Allen, who racked up a 746-264 record in his 48-year career. Meyer is now 745-253 in his 30th year of coaching.