NORTHERN EARNS 98-62 WIN OVER DAKOTA STATE

November 26, 2002

Wolves guard Steve Smiley keeps the ball away from Dakota State's Brandon Nicol. Smiley led NSU with six assists on the night.

ABERDEEN, S.D. - The Northern State men's basketball team ran up a season high 98 points on Dakota State en route to their second win of the season, 98-62 over the Trojans.

Dakota State stayed close early on as the Wolves saw just a one-point lead 7:32 into the game. But Northern heated up, quickly expanding its lead to 20 points on a 26-7 run to make the score 46-26 with 4:28 to go in the first.

Dakota State ended the first half on a 6-0 run to make the halftime tally 51-38 Wolves.

The Wolves bumped up their lead to 68-42 by the 13:37 mark but, as Northern ended the game on an 18-4 run, the Wolves built up the 36-point victory.

--Dustin Hjelmeland scored 22 for the Wolves going 8-of-11 from the field and 5-of-8 from three-point range.

--Aaron Busack, Dan Lund and Adam Grant each pulled down six rebounds for the Wolves.

--Steve Smiley led the team with six assists on the night.

--There were 58 fouls committed in the game.

--Northern shot an impressive 61.2 percent from the floor on the night. They were 41 percent from behind the arch.

--NSU hosts North Dakota State on Saturday at 7 p.m.

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