Game Time...Northwestern College heads to play in the Dordt Classic this weekend at the DeWitt Gymnasium in Sioux Center, Iowa. The Red Raiders will face Mayville State (N.D.) on Friday, Dec. 30 at 6pm and will then play Oak Hills Christian on Saturday at 5pm. 

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All-Time...Northwestern is 1-0 all-time against Mayville State, defeating the Comets 85-79 in the 2010-11 season. The Red Raiders are 2-0 all-time against Oak Hills Christian with both wins coming earlier this year, 114-82 and 115-44. 

Scouting Reports...

  Mayville State Comets: 0-4, 6-5   Head Coach: Dan De Witt (5th year)

After a 6-1 start to the season, the Comets have lost four straight games to come into the weekend with a 6-5 overall record. Since a 92-85 win over Morris, Mayville State has lost to Valley City State, Dickinson State, Presentation and Jamestown, all in North Star Conference play. 

De Witt, in his fifth year on the Comet's bench after serving as an ass't at St. Cloud State, returns six players from a 2015-16 team that finished sixth in the NSAA with a 6-8 record, 17-12 overall. They lost to Dakota State in the conference semifinals and graduated their top eight scorers from last year.

Top Players:

Ben Maranan-11ppg, 17 3pters, 26 assists
Daniel Lindgren-10.2ppg, 17 3pters
Garek Droog-8.2ppg, 5.7rpg
Creighton Pfau-7.3ppg, 4.9rpg

 Oak Hills Christian Wolfpack: 0-13  Head Coach: Jeremy Anderson

Part of the NCCAA Divsion II, the Wolfpack are 0-13 this season with four losses to GPAC teams, 2 to Northwestern, one to Dordt and one to Mount Marty.

Northwestern Notes...

The Red Raiders are off to their second best start in program history with a 15-1 record, second only to a 28-1 start in the 2002-03 season

Northwestern has won 15 straight games, one shy of matching the longest win streak in 12 years (won 16 straight in 2004-05)

Northwestern averages 90ppg and ranks ninth in the NAIA with 51% field goal percentage

Red Raiders are fourth in the NAIA with a +12 reb. margin

Colton Kooima ranks fifth in the NAIA in scoring at 23.5ppg; Kooima ranks 10th in the NAIA with 48 3pters

Kooima is 22nd all-time in career scoring with 1,316pts; 10th all-time in 3pters (180)

Derek Buysse scores 12.9pts per game and is third on the team with 28 3pters

Nathan Wedel averages 12.4ppg and has scored 971pts for his career

Wedel averages 5.8rpg and leads the team with 67 assists

Riley Francis scores 11.8ppg and is second on the team with 32 3pters

Jordan Baker averages 9.4ppg and a team-best 6.3rpg; Baker ranks 28th all-time in scoring (1,269) and ninth in rebounds (780)