Gohlke, who averaged a team-leading 13.9 ppg with 3.2 triples per game, was joined on the GMAC First Team by fellow senior Peter Kalthoff, who was close in scoring at 13.4 ppg and has 7.1 rebounds per contest. The Chargers average 75.3 points per game and have the fourth-lowest turnover average in NCAA Division II at 9.0 per game. 3 seed in the Great Midwest Athletic Conference Tournament and lost to No. Just in recent weeks, Hillsdale was the No. Paul where they scored at least 90 points in each of those triumphs. In Northern’s defense, it was also the Wildcats’ third game in four days just after they posted home wins against Minnesota-Crookston and Concordia-St. The Wildcats struggled with their shooting, making only 35% from the field (21 of 60) and just 14% on 3-pointers (3 of 22). In that game, Chargers senior Jack Golhke led all scorers with 26 points, while NMU’s most proficient scorer was senior Max Bjorklund, but with just 11 points. 20, handed NMU its first loss this season, 74-53, after the Upper Peninsula team’s 4-0 start. That feat has been accomplished three times, most recently in the NCAA tourney-qualifying season of 1999-2000 when the Wildcats were 24-6.īut tonight’s task to break that record won’t be easy, as Hillsdale, playing at home in the far southern Lower Peninsula on Nov. That streak and an eight-game string spread across December and January are cornerstones of a season that has tied the program record in victories with 24. Prior to their first NCAA appearance in 1979, the Wildcats competed in the NAIA tournament, having won as many as five games in one year in that event during the 1950s and ’60s.īut back to this year, NMU’s current winning streak of six games includes three games in their GLIAC tourney championship run last week.Įarlier in the tourney, the Wildcats dropped Saginaw Valley State 75-66 in Marquette, then went to Ferris and defeated the Bulldogs 67-59 before facing MTU in the finals. NMU’s last NCAA tourney victory was a year earlier in 1999, when the Wildcats opened with an 83-77 win over Lewis before falling to Kentucky Wesleyan 93-72.Īnd the last time Northern won multiple games in the NCAA tourney was 1981, when they downed Wright State 70-69 and Western Illinois 93-87 before losing to Mount St. In 2000, the Wildcats won 73-70, according to records kept by NMU Sports Information, while last Saturday, Northern dropped the Huskies 79-66. This is NMU’s first national tourney appearance since 2000, when the Wildcats lost to Northern Kentucky 89-57 after winning three games to take their most recent GLIAC Tournament crown.Īnd just like in 2000, NMU last weekend defeated Michigan Tech to clinch that conference title and the automatic NCAA bid. The Wildcats would play at 7:30 p.m., to be preceded by today’s two afternoon winners facing off at 5 p.m.Īnd the regional championship is set for 7 p.m. Today’s winners advance to the Midwest semifinals on Sunday. 7 Wisconsin-Parkside of the GLIAC faces No. Today’s afternoon games feature the other two current GLIAC teams to also qualify for the 64-team national tourney. 8 McKendree in its opening game at 5 p.m. 1 seed, the University of Indianapolis, which would be NMU’s second-round opponent if Northern wins and Indy gets by No. The Midwest Regional is being hosted by its No.
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