Game Time...No.5 Northwestern College will host Presentation Tuesday night in one of the final non-conference tune-ups prior to the GPAC play. Tip-off at the Bultman Center is scheduled for 7pm. Northwestern is 4-0 on the season while Presentation bring a 2-2 record into Tuesday night's match-up. 

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All-Time...Northwestern owns a 4-0 record all-time against the Saints in a rivalry that began 1995-96. The teams played twice during the 1999-2000 season and last met in 2002-03 that resulted in a 99-72 win for the Red Raiders. 

Scouting Reports...

    Presentation College: 2-2       Head Coach: Jeremy Reigle (8th year)

The Saints have split their opening four games, losing to GPAC teams, Doane and Dakota Wesleyan, while defeating Oak Hills Christian and conference member Mount Marty. 

Reigle is in his eighth season as the head of the Presentation men's basketball program, coming to the Saints in 2010-11 after a successful stint as assistant at William Penn. Reigle, with his 88 wins, is the all-time winningest coach in program history and returns one player from a team that finished eighth in the North Star Athletics Association (NSAA) with a 4-12 record, 10-18 overall. They finished the 2016-17 season ranking sixth in the NAIA in three-point percentage (40%).

By the Numbers: 
    Scoring Offense: 75ppg
    Scoring Defense: 77ppg
    Field Goal Percentage: 41%
    3pt Percentage: 28%, 22 3pters 
    Free Throw Percentage: 66%
    Rebound Margin: +7

Top Players:
    Julius Jackson: 22ppg, 6.3rpg, 8 assists, 9 3pters (41%)
    Deiontay Walters: 13.8ppg, 4.3rpg, 7 assists
    Adam White: 11.3ppg, 6.5rpg, 66% FG
    Quadre Lollis: 9ppg, 11.8rpg (2nd in NAIA)
   Riyadh Asad: 8.8ppg, 4pg, 7 3pters

    No.5 Northwestern College: 4-0                 Head Coach: Kris Korver (18th year)

Northwestern, with a 4-0 record, is off to its best start since the 2012 season when they opened that season with seven consecutive wins. The Red Raiders, ranked fifth in the NAIA preseason coaches' poll, have defeated three teams from the North Star Athletic Conference, Waldorf, Jamestown and Valley City State, and has a win over NAIA D-I Peru State. Northwestern has won 16 straight non-conference home games, dating back to the 2013-14 season.

Korver, in his 18th season as the Red Raiders head coach, owns a 399-152 record (72%) during his tenure, one win shy of the 400-milestone. Korver has guided the Red Raiders to 12th NAIA D-II Championship appearances, including last year when they lost in the second round to Indiana Wesleyan. 

By the Numbers: 
    Scoring Offense: 96ppg
    Scoring Defense: 78ppg
    Field Goal Percentage: 51%
    3pt Percentage: 45%, 49 3pters 
    Free Throw Percentage: 81%
    Rebound Margin: 6

Top Players:
    Colton Kooima-All-American, 3x All-GPAC; 27ppg, 18/35 3pt (51% 3pt), 4.5rpg
    Derek Buysse-All-Conference; 19.5ppg, 8/17 3pt, 3.5rpg
    Nathan Wedel-2x All-Conference; 17ppg, 5.8rpg, 18 assists
    Riley Francis-All-Conference; 15.3ppg, 3rpg, 7 3pters (41% 3pt)

Notes:
    Northwestern has won 16 straight non-conference home games, dating back to the 2013-14 season (lost to Davenport)

    Kooima is seventh all-time in career scoring at NW with 1,837 points; he ranks fourth all-time with 240 3pters and 23rd in assists (260)

    Wedel needs six assists to move past Todd Meerdink (1983-85) for 14th place in career assists