Feb. 29, 2000

Northern State University ended Moorhead State University's season with a dominating 76-47 win in Aberdeen Tuesday night in the first round of the inaugural Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference Tournament.

The Wolves opened a 10-point lead in the first eight minutes of the game and never looked back. The Wolves completely shut down MSU to stake claim to the game in the first half. NSU held the Dragons to 19 percent shooting and held a 39-16 lead at halftime.

Senior guard Jammie Coyle (Belle Fourche) led all scorers with 15 points. Fellow senior point guard Amanda Mikuska (Platte) added 10 to go with six rebounds and five assists on the night. Mikuska needs just eight more assists to become NSU's career leader. Sophomore post Shanna Dahl (St. Cloud, Minn.) rounded out NSU's double-digit scorers with 10 points to go with a team-tying high seven rebounds. Also grabbing seven boards was junior forward Memory Johannsen (Tolstoy), who also chipped in nine points. In all, 15 NSU players saw time on the floor and 13 broke into the scoring column. Patricia Asher led MSU (8-19 overall, 7-11 NSIC) with 13 points.

With the win, Northern State (26-4, 15-3) moves on to the semifinal round of the NSIC Tournament, to be held at the tourney's central venue at Concordia-St. Paul. The second-seeded Wolves will face third seed Southwest State Friday, March 3 at 1:30 p.m. in C-SP's Gangelhoff Center. See below for ticket information.