No.5 Northwestern College stayed unbeaten on the year with 99-50 win over Fisk (Tenn.) in the final game of the Defenders Classic played today in Sioux Center, Iowa. The Red Raiders improve to 9-0 on the year while Fisk drops to 6-3.

Derek Buysse dropped in a game-high 22 points to go with a season-high nine rebounds to lead Northwestern. One night after making a career-best seven three-pointers, Buysse drained six of his nine attempts from beyond the arc. Riley Francis registered a double-double for the second straight night, posting 19 points and 12 rebounds. Both Colton Kooima and Nathan Wedel added 12 points each.

How It Happened...

Northwestern scored the first seven points of the game and never trailed against Fisk; a three-pointer by Francis followed by baskets by Buysse and Wedel finished off a 14-5 Northwestern run to put the Red Raiders up 28-14.

Leading 33-21, Northwestern put the game away with a 14-0 run that began with a Kooima three-pointer and ended with a jumper by Francis to give their team a 47-21 lead just before the half.

Free throws by Spencer Pauley put Northwestern up 30 (57-27) in the opening moments of the second half; the Red Raiders led by 40 with eight minutes left.

By the Numbers...

Northwestern shot 53% for the game, right on its average for the season; the Red Raiders were 50% (12/24) from the 3pt line; Fisk shot 22% for the game and struggled from beyond the arc, making only 4-of-30 three-pointers

Another big factor was the Red Raiders' dominance on the glass, ourebounding Fisk 59-39; Northwestern has held the edge on the boards in six straight games and seven of the nine overall games played

Northwestern dished out 20 assists, led by Kooima with a career-best eight; Parker Mulder added four.

Buysse scored 20 points in his third straight game and for the fourth time this season

Francis notched his second consecutive double-double and third for his career

Both Kooima and Wedel have scored in double figures in eight of the games played this season

Wedel moved into 22nd place in career scoring, passing Walker Seim (2008-12); Wedel has 1,381 points for his career

Wedel moved past Andrew Stimson (2005-09) and into 13th all-time with 330 career assists

Kooima moved up to second in career three-pointers, passing Curt Schilling (2004-08); Kooima has made 255 three-pointers in his career

Fisk was led by David Patton with 16 points, the only Bulldogs player in double figures