NSU LEAVES FORMER NSIC FOE IN THE DUST

November 22, 2003

Aberdeen, S.D. - The Minnesota, Morris Cougars put a bit of a scare into the Wolves on Saturday night before Northern State could pull away for a 95-81 victory on Saturday night.

The game remained tied at 18-all with 9:37 to play in the first before NSU closed the half with a 34-21 streak to put them up 52-39 at the break.

The Cougars pulled within two points again in the second half, completing a 6-0 run with 16:30 to play with the score 57-55 Northern State.

The Wolves then got back on track with a 10-0 run to go up by 17 points with 10:14 left in the game.

Northern's lead would be as large as 21 in the half but UMM spent the last 5:38 outscoring NSU 11-4 to finish the game with a 95-81 tally.

Junior guard Jarod Obering led NSU's offense with 24 points including a 7-of-12 performance from the three-point arch. Aaron Busack completed the second double-double of his career with 12 points and 11 rebounds.

NSU shot just over 49 percent from the field and knocked down 35.7 percent (10-28) from three-point range. UMM hit 47 percent from the floor and just 3-of-16 from downtown.

Northern State (3-0) hosts Si Tanka Huron on Friday at 7 p.m. in Wachs Arena.

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