WOLVES STAY HOT, GET BY CROOKSTON 75-44

January 11, 2002

Crookston, Minn. - The Northern State men's basketball team captured its fourth straight game on Saturday with a 75-44 win over Minnesota-Crookston.

Northern posted a 29-21 lead after a low scoring first half of play. But the Wolves would jump out to a 9-2 run to begin the second and take a 38-23 lead with 16:59 to play.

Northern maintained a double-digit lead throughout the second half and finished the game on a 12-0 run to seal the 75-44 victory.

--Northern used a very balanced attack in the win as eight Wolves scored seven or more points in the game.

--Jarod Obering and Dustin Hjelmeland each hit for 12 while Nick Schroeder had ten for NSU.

--Matt Hammer led NSU on the glass pulling down six rebounds.

--Northern shot over 51 percent on the game as a team. UMC made just 36.4 percent of its shots.

--Bilal Hill had a game high 20 points for UMC.

--NSU (8-6, 5-1 NSIC) hosts Minnesota-Duluth on Jan. 17 in the Barnett Center. Tipoff is 7:30 p.m.

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