Grant Catches Fire; Leads Wolves to Victory

January 15, 2004

Adam Grant powering his way to two of his 32 points against UMD's defense. -Photo by Jenny Vaughn

Aberdeen, S.D. - Sophomore Adam Grant connected on all six three-point field goal attempts in Thursday's win over University of Minnesota-Duluth. Grant's perfect six of six from behind the stripe helped him secure a career-high 32 points.

The Wolves began the contest down 9-0. Northern eventually cut the Minnesota-Duluth lead to 31-28 going into the halftime intermission.

The Wolves came out in the second half gunning looking to erase the three point defecit. In the second half, NSU shot at a 53.8 accuracy from the field. At one point, the Northern mounted a 15-0 run with 13 of the points supplied by Grant. NSU reclaimed the lead with 10:30 remaining in the second half. Northern would not look back en route to their third straight NSIC victory.

Minnesota-Duluth was paced by Hudson Denny, Dusty Decker, and Sean Seaman all of which had 10 points on the evening. However, it was the tenacious Northern defense that helped slow the Bulldogs down in the second half. The Bulldogs shot a respectable 39.4 percent going into halftime, but under the pressure of the Northern's defense they were limited to only 27.3 percent in the second half.

Steve Smiley provided strong defense helping to limit UMD's second half shooting accuracy. -Photo by Jenny Vaughn

The Wolves once again recieved a strong performance from post Aaron Busack. The Sophomore pulled in a team high ten rebounds and scored 14 points. This was Busack's third career double-double.

With the win, Coach Don Meyer is "Grant-ed" sole possession of ninth place on the mens basketball collegiate all-time wins list. The Wolves will play Dakota Wesleyan on Monday, January 19th with tip-off at 7:00 pm.

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