Aberdeen, S.D. – Northern State men's basketball team gets set to take on Minot state at 7:30 p.m. on Friday from Minot, N.D. and UMary at 5:30 p.m. on Saturday in Bismarck N.D.
 
ABOUT THE NORTHERN STATE WOLVES
• Northern State is 6-3 overall and 2-1 in conference play as they are currently averaging 77.6 points per game
• The Wolves have a shooting percentage of 48.2% from the floor, 33.3% from beyond the arc, and 67.1% at the foul line
• Northern State is averaging 15.6 assists per game and 9.7 turnovers per game
• The Wolves are forcing opponents to turn the ball over close to 12 times a game being able to score an average of 16.4 points off opponent turnovers
• NSU enters the weekend with a 1.61 assists turnover ratio ranking them 13th in the country and first in the NSIC
•     Northern State shot 50.0% from beyond the arc against Bemidji and 52.2% at 3-point range against Minnesota Crookston making it their most efficient 3-point shooting for any weekend games thus far
• Parker Fox leads the Wolves in points per game (19.9), rebounds per game (9.8), blocks per game (2.0), and steals per game (1.5)
• The Wolves are averaging 4.0 blocks per game thus far in the season
• Gabe King on the year currently sits at 98 points this season and only 29 points away from reaching 1,000 career points
 
ABOUT THE BEAVERS
• Minot State enters the weekend 6-3 overall and 0-3 in league play
• The Beavers dropped two road games last weekend to Minnesota Duluth (72-54) and St. Cloud State (78-73)
• MISU is averaging 72.7 points per game with a +8.9 scoring margin
• Minot State on the year is only shooting 44.9% from the floor, 33.5% from beyond the arc, and 70.2% from the foul line
• The Beavers are committing 12.9 turnovers per game with an assist-turnover ratio of 1.0
• Kody Dwyer sports the top shooting percentage from the floor for the Beavers with a 79.7%
• Dwyer leads in rebounding too for Minot averaging 5.9 per game
• Max Cody sit atop all Beavers with 13 steals after only nine games
• Stephane Manzi is the top blocker of MISU with seven on the season
• The Beavers are led by eighth-year head coach Matt Murken
 
LAST MEETING
• Northern State met the Beavers twice last year defeating them once at home 85-72 and the second time on the road 80-63
• In the first meeting, the Wolves shot 45.2% from the floor and 85.7% from the foul line
• NSU is 49-18 all-time against MISU dating back to 1937-38
 
ABOUT THE MARAUDERS
• UMary enters the weekend 5-3 on the year and 1-2 in league play
• The Marauders have scored a total of 553 points thus far averaging 69.1 per game
• UMary as a team is shooting 42.0% on the court, 32.2% from 3-point distance, and 76.1% at the free-throw line
• The Marauders shot 39.2% on the floor last weekend against St. Cloud State and Minnesota Duluth
• UMary averaged 29.5 rebounds last weekend and only recording 19 assists
• Matthew Kreklow leads the Marauders in field goal percentage shooting 56.9% and in rebounds grabbing a total of 44 thus far this season averaging 7.3 per game
• Wyatt Carr is the man behind the arc for UMary with 22 three-point attempts he's making them 45.5% of the time
• The Marauders are led by second-year head coach Joe Kittell
 
LAST MEETING
• The took both meetings last year against the Marauders winning at home 76-59 and on the road 69-64
• Gabe King scored 12 points shooting 35.7% from the floor
• Parker Fox tallied ten points shooting 45.4% on the court
• The team shot 57.5% from the field and 46.2% beyond the arc in the first meeting of last year
• The second meeting of last year Gabe King was the top scorer for the Wolves with 19 points
• Parker Fox scored 12 points shooting 50.0% from the field
• The Wolves are 28-13 all-time against the Marauders with the first meeting in 1959-60 where NSU flew by winning 99-62