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Dec. 5, 2007

Red Raiders Hold Off Tigers 100-95

Mitchell, S.D. — #23 Dakota Wesleyan rallied from a 16 point deficit with 10:30 left to play and was able to cut the lead down to one point with 26 seconds left in the game but could get no closer as #18 Northwestern College held on for a 100-95 victory in GPAC men’s basketball action on Wednesday at the Corn Palace.

Freshman Brady Wiebe hit a jumper to pull the Tigers within one point but Northwestern College senior Curt Schilling went 4-4 from the free-throw line in the closing seconds of the game to seal the victory.

The Red Raiders have now defeated the Tigers twelve straight meetings. DWU had it’s six game winning streak snapped and falls to 8-3 overall and 3-1 in GPAC. Northwestern improves their overall record to 8-2 and 2-1 in GPAC.

Northwestern shot 56.4 percent from the field and was 8-11 from 3-point range in the first half to jump out to a 58-45 halftime lead.

Dakota Wesleyan went on a 14-2 run to close the gap from 80-64 to get within 82-79 at the 7:19 mark. Marcus Vontz hit a three pointer at the 5:39 mark to make the score 86-84, but Northwestern responded with four straight points.

Six players reached double figures in scoring for the Tigers. Vontz led the way with 16 points. Colby Fitzgerald had 15, Preston Broughton 13, Ike Muoneke and Andrew Lasche both had 12 and Chase Walder came off the bench for 11. Muoneke and Brady Wiebe both had seven rebounds while Lasche dished out seven assists.

Northwestern, which shot just 39.3 percent in the second half, finished the game at 49.3 percent from the field. The Red Raiders outrebounded the Tigers 42-32.

Curt Schilling was the story of the game scoring a game high 34 points. Kale Wiertzema scored 20 points and Chad Schuiteman added another double-double with 13 points and 12 rebounds.

Dakota Wesleyan will try to bounce back on Saturday when they travel to Seward, Neb. to take on Concordia University.