TIGERS FALL AGAINST RAIDERS DESPITE SHOOTING 53.5% BEYOND THE ARC

Orange City, Iowa – Dakota Wesleyan men's basketball held their largest lead of six points after six minutes into the first half as they stumble in the first game of 2022.

THE QUICK DETAILS

Score:

DWU 58 – NWC 69

Records:

DWU 6-8 Overall (GPAC 3-4)

NWC 12-5 Overall (GPAC 4-3)

HOW IT HAPPENED

• The Tigers got off to a fast start at a 5-0 lead after Mason Larson and Jeffrey Schuch hit back-to-back shots.
• Larson garnered DWU their largest lead of the game at 10-4 after hitting a shot from beyond the arc.
• Just nine minutes in, the Red Raiders climbed back to tie the game at 10-10.
• From the time Dakota Wesleyan had their largest lead of the game with 13:53 left, DWU was held scoreless until the 5:56 mark of the opening half as they were down by eight points, 20-12.
• Northwestern continued to make shots down the stretch of the first half, as the Tigers trailed by nine at the break.
• Through the first 20-minutes of play, DWU shot 30% from the field, 42.9% beyond the arc, and missed both free throw attempts.
• Starting the second half in Orange City, the Red Raiders quickly pushed their lead back out to 13 before Larson hit a shot from distance to cut the lead to ten.
• The Tigers kept trying to crawl their way back into the game as Sawyer Schultz made a three-point shot and closed the NWC lead to seven.
• With just over eight minutes remaining in the game DWU was within two points of tying the game, as Koln Oppold made a layup cutting the lead to 49-47.
• Teegan Evers got in on the scoring action with 5:05 left in the game, cutting the Northwestern lead back to four points after making a free throw.
• The last shot of the game for Dakota Wesleyan was off the hands of Schultz as the Tigers fall, 69-58, to the Red Raiders.
• In the game, DWU shot 41.5% from the floor, 53.3% beyond the arc, and 42.9% at the foul line.
• Dakota Wesleyan allowed NWC to shoot 54% from the field while holding their three-point shooting to only 26.7%.
• DWU was outrebounded by Northwestern 36-25 as the Tigers forced six NWC turnovers.
• Dakota Wesleyan tallied three blocks with four steals as the DWU bench chipped in with four points.

BEYOND THE RESULTS

• Mason Larson: 24 points, 60 FG%, 75 3-pt%, 75 FT%, four rebounds, and two blocks
• Sawyer Schultz: 15 points, 66.7 FG%, 100 3-pt%, 33.3 FT%, four rebounds, and two steals
• Koln Oppold: 10 points, 26.7 FG%, 28.6 3-pt%, six rebounds, three assists, one block, and one steal

UP NEXT

Dakota Wesleyan men's basketball is back in action on Wednesday, January 5 at home from the Corn Palace for the first time in over a month. The Tigers will face off at 7:45 p.m. against the Chargers of Briar Cliff University.