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The Northern State men's basketball team returns to action Sunday as the Wolves continue their long homestand with their second straight contest inside Wachs Arena as Truman State comes to town for a 3 p.m. tip-off.

Northern (3-0) is looking for its first 4-0 start to a season since it won five consecutive to begin the 2011-12 season. The Wolves are coming off a thrilling 93-88 overtime victory over Southwest Minnesota State Wednesday. Seth Bachand scored 18 of his game-high 20 points in the second half of the victory and Darin Peterka scored a season-best 19 in the contest.

Bachand leads the Wolves averaging 15.7 points and 9.3 rebounds per game this season. He's also shooting an incredible 72.7 percent (16-for-22) from the field. Peterka is second on the squad scoring 12.7 per this season. Skye Warwick's 11.3 points per game this season are the third-most on the team. Warwick is shooting 61.5 percent from three-point range this season (6-for-11).

About the Bulldogs
Chris Foster is in his first season as the Head Coach with the Bulldogs after serving one season as the associate head coach with the team. Truman returns three starters from last season's 20-7 squad and was picked to finish fourth in the GLVC West Division. It is the second season that the Bulldogs have competed in the conference, prior to that they were in the MIAA. Reed Mells leads the Bulldogs in scoring at 21 points per contest while Seth Jackson is averaging 18 per as the two are the only players in double-figures so far this season for TSU. The duo is also first and second, respectively on the squad in rebounding averaging six and 4.5 a game.

Truman is 1-1 this season with a season-opening victory over Lake Superior State, 82-65 and a 76-74 loss to Trevecca Nazarene. The Bulldogs are averaging 78 points per contest this season and are shooting over 48 percent from the field as a team. TSU has struggled on the glass so far through the young season as it has been out-rebounded by 9.5 boards per game this year.

This will be the first-ever meeting between Northern and Truman. It will also be NSU's second-to-last non-conference contest before beginning conference play.