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Aberdeen, S.D. – The Northern State University men's basketball team will host Presentation College and Chadron State this Friday and Saturday for a pair of holiday non-conference match-ups. The Wolves will tip off with in town opponent PC at 7 p.m. on Friday, and return to Wachs Arena at 6:30 p.m. on Saturday to face CSC.
 
The Wolves enter the weekend 1-3 overall, falling to No. 9 MSUM 71-65 in the NSIC opener Tuesday.  Northern battled the Dragons throughout the game, tying the score on eight occasions, however was unable to capture a lead.  NSU is shooting 45.2% from the floor, 40.2% from 3-point range, and 69.1% from the foul line as a unit this season.   Four of the Wolves five starters are averaging double-digit points, led by Skye Warwick with a 19.8 ppg mark.   DJ Pollard is third on the team averaging 13.3 points per game, and leads the team averaging 7.5 rebounds per game.  Northern will look to increase their production off the bench in the coming months averaging only 17.3 points per game currently.
 
About the Saints (Presentation College)
 • Presentation is currently 5-1 on the year and has out-scored their opponents 607-404 this season.
 • The men have tallied three 100+ point games in 2015, coming out on top in each one.
 • Donnell Minton has been solid for the Saints averaging 24.5 points and 4.7 rebounds per game.
 • Presentation is shooting 48.3% from the floor, 40.0% from 3-point range, and 77.1% from the foul line this season.
 
Last Match-Up
 • The two team's last faced off in 2011-12 with the 86-42 Northern State victory
 • Spencer Pankonin saw the floor for the Wolves in the game with four points, one assist, and one block in ten minutes of play.
 • Pankonin is the only member of the two teams to play in the game.
 
About the Eagles (Chadron State)
 • Chadron State is 2-1 on the year and on a two game win streak over Dickinson State and Montana State.
 • The Eagles are led by head coach Brent Bargen in his tenth year with the program, where he has tallied a career record of 71-167.
 • CSC welcomes a wealth of new faces in 2015-16 as five members from a season ago graduated, including the teams' three leading scorers.
 • Chadron was picked 12th in the RMAC preseason poll, down three spots from 9th in 2014-15.
 
Last Match-Up
 • The Wolves and Eagles have not faced each other since Sather and Bargen have led the programs.
 • NSU head coach Paul Sather is 2-3 against Chadron State and Bargen in his career at Black Hills State.