MINNEAPOLIS – North Central University men's basketball (7-12, 4-9 UMAC) team fell to Northland College (12-10, 9-5 UMAC), 80-62 on Saturday night in Clark-Danielson Gymnasium. The Jacks shot .418 from the floor compared to the Rams' .408 and posted a wider margin from beyond the arc with .571 compared to the Rams' .250 shooting effort. Northland outscored the Rams in both halves giving the Jacks the win in an Upper Midwest Athletic Conference matchup. Joel Cline (Green Bay, Wis./Southwest) had 15 points and seven rebounds in the loss. Meanwhile, Travis Voigt (Green Bay, Wis./NEW Lutheran) scored 14 points and only ten points away from scoring his career milestone of 1,000 points in a Rams uniform.

How It Happened

First Half: Unable to stop the Jacks three-point shooting, the Rams fell behind 12-3 in the opening four minutes of play. At the halfway mark of the half, Northland extended the lead to 13 points leading, 25-12. The Rams then completed a 6-2 run late in the half to bring the score to 32-30 going into the final two minutes. Both teams tallied 16 rebounds and at the half the score was a six-point game 38-32 in favor of Northland. CJ Lewis (Minneapolis, Minn./Bloomington Kennedy) scored all ten of his points in the first half.

Second Half: The Rams closed the Jacks' lead to four in the opening minutes of the second half but weren't able to catch up to Northland's shooting. Northland shot .462 from the floor compared to NCU's .360 and once again shot better from three-point range .500 to .250 respectfully to close out the win on the Rams' homecourt. Voigt had nine points for the Rams in the final 20 minutes. Isaiah Rustad (Hudson, Iowa, Hudson) had two steals and six points in the final half of play.

Up Next: North Central University will travel to Hancock, Michigan for a make-up game from December with Finlandia University on Tuesday, February 7. Tip-off is scheduled for 6 p.m. CST.