Aberdeen, S.D. – The No. 12 Northern State University men's basketball team fell to Southwest Minnesota State University on Saturday evening, 57-64. The loss drops the Wolves to 21-3 overall and 14-2 in the league.
 
Despite a lead heading into the half, the Wolves were unable to shut down the Mustangs in the second. Southwest tallied 37 points to the Wolves 29 and shot 51.9 percent from the floor. Northern went just 9-of-29 from the floor and 2-of-10 from the arc in the final 20 minutes, shooting just 34.5 percent from the floor in the game.
 
Northern out-rebounded Southwest 39-36 in the game, notching 15 offensive boards, which resulted in 11 points. They added 11 assists, eight made 3-pointers, four blocks, and four steals. The Wolves tallied a season low 57 points, as well as 12 points in the paint, and notched 24 points off the bench and eight points off turnovers.
 
Three Wolves led the team with 12 points each in Ian Smith, Bo Fries, and Logan Doyle. Fries and Doyle combined for the 24 bench points, shooting 57.1 and 50.0 percent from the floor. Doyle grabbed his fourth double-double notching a team high 14 rebounds, while adding three assists, one block, and one steal. Fries added five rebounds and one block, while leading the team going 4-of-6 from the 3-point line. Smith led the team dishing out six assists, while notching five rebounds and one block of his own.
 
Gabe King was the final Wolf in double figures with ten points. He added four rebounds and one assist. DJ Pollard followed with six points, three rebounds, one assist, and one steal, while Cole Dahl and Carter Evans rounded out the starting five with three and two points respectively. Evans notched four rebounds and two steals, while Dahl tallied two rebounds.
 
Northern returns to action next Friday and Saturday on the road at Upper Iowa and Winona State. Tip-off is scheduled for 8 p.m. on Friday versus the Peacocks and 6 p.m. on Saturday against the Warriors.