For Immediate Release
Monday, January 18, 2021
NSIC Media Relations
Media Packet
NSIC North Division Player of the Week
#24 Parker Fox (F, 6-8, 210, Jr., Mahtomedi, Minn. / Mahtomedi HS) - Northern State
- Led the NSIC last weekend averaging 27.0 points and 3.5 blocks in a pair of wins
- Added 8.0 rebounds per game while shooting 71.4% (20-of-28) from the field
- Tallied ten assist, including a career high seven in the victory Saturday
- Recorded his third straight game with 20+ points
- Named NSIC North Division Player of the Week for the second straight week
NSIC South Division Player of the Week
#32 Jordan Janssen (F, 6-7, 225, Jr., Lincoln, Neb. / East HS) - Wayne State
- Averaged 21.5 points and 11.0 rebounds per game in home split versus MSU
- Had his 29th career double-double with 29 points and 14 rebounds Saturday
- Became the 36th player in school history to score 1,000 points
- Shot 61.3 percent (19-31) from the field
- Had 14 points, eight rebounds and six assists in 85-68 win Friday
- Named NSIC South Division Player of the Week for the second straight week
Other Top Performances - North
#32 Austin Andrews (UMD) averaged 31.5 minutes with 15.5 points and 9.5 rebounds. Shot 15-24 (62.3%) from the field on the weekend. Tallied three assists on the weekend. Added one block in each game against UMary. Currently sits third in the NSIC in rebounds with 8.7 per game.
#1 Lorenzo McGhee (MSUM) averaged 18.5 points and 4.5 rebounds for the week in helping Dragons to a pair of wins. He had season-high 21 points in Friday’s 70-50 win over Bemidji Sate. He added 16 points in Saturday’s 83-61 win. He shot 50 percent from the field (13-of-26)/
#5 Cody Max (MINOT) scored his 1,000-career point during Sunday’s game at St. Cloud State. Currently has 1,003-career points after scoring 28 points in two games against the Huskies. Also dished out 13 assists over two games.
#22 Anthony Roberts (SCSU) led the Huskies to their first NSIC North sweep of the season by averaging 18.0 points, 7.5 rebounds, 1.5 assists, 1.0 blocks and .5 steals. He shot. 517 (15-29) from the field, including .400 (4-10) from beyond the arc and a perfect 2-2- from the free throw line. He scored a team and game-leading 23 points in Saturday’s 80-78 win over BSU. He added five rebounds, an assist, two blocks and a steal. He added 13 points and 10 rebounds in Sunday’s win for his second double-double of the season.
Other Top Performances - South
#21 Isaac Fink (AUGIE) led the Vikings to a pair of convincing wins over Concordia-St. Paul as he averaged a team-best 17 points and 9 rebounds. He also tallied a team-high 4.5 assists and shot a red-hot 63.2 percent from the field, He recorded his first-career double-double of 12 points and 12 rebounds in Friday’s win, and added seven assists. He followed that up with 22 points on Saturday.
#10 Quincy Anderson (MSU) led the Mavericks this past weekend with 17.0 points per game. Hauled in 4.5 rebounds per game. Shot 10-of-10 from the free throw line and 6-of-14 (.429) from three point range. Tallied a career-high 26 points in MSU’s win vs. WSC where he went 10-of-10 from the free throw line.
#20 Joe Smoldt (UIU) led Upper Iowa over the weekend with 21.5 points per game on a 14-31 (45.2%) rate from the field and a 9-16 (56.3%) mark from deep. The senior added eight rebounds and six assists to his weekend totals. Smoldt’s 16.0 points per game sits in 12th place in the NSIC, his 44% three-point percentage is the league’s six-best rate while his 22 made trifectas leads the conference.
#24 Kevion Taylor (WSU), in a pair of non-conference contests against Upper Iowa, averaged 16.5 ppg while grabbing seven rebounds per contest. Playing 71 of a possible 80 minutes over the weekend, Taylor was 9-of-26 from the floor, including 3-of-9 from behind the arc. He excelled at the foul line, where he was 12-of-14 across both WSU wins, including a 11-of-12 performance in the Warriors’ two-point victory on Sunday.
Men's Basketball Pages
NSIC Men's Basketball Players of the Week
1/4/21
N: #2
Mason Stark - Northern State
S: #25
Tyler Riemersma - Augustana
1/11/21
N: #24
Parker Fox - Northern State
S: #32
Jordan Janssen - Wayne State
1/11/21
N: #24
Parker Fox - Northern State (2)
S: #32
Jordan Janssen - Wayne State (2)
About the NSIC
The NSIC is a 16-team, 18-sport, NCAA Division II conference with institutions located in Iowa, Minnesota, Nebraska, North Dakota, and South Dakota. The NSIC is a model Division II conference that uses high-level athletics competition to develop champions in the classroom and community while empowering student-athletes to be impactful and positive leaders. Formed in 1992 by the merger of the Northern Intercollegiate Conference (men’s league) and the Northern Sun Conference (women’s league), the NSIC has flourished over the past quarter century, maturing into a 16-team union of Upper Midwest colleges and universities. The NSIC has won 23 team national championships and crowned 77 individual national champions. For additional information, visit
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About NCAA Division II
The NCAA, the national governing body for college athletics, is a volunteer association of more than 1,000 colleges and universities that classify their athletics programs in one of three membership divisions. The 300+ institutions in NCAA Division II support a balanced approach in which student-athletes have the opportunity to earn scholarships based on their athletic ability, pursue their desired academic degree, and participate in all the campus and surrounding community have to offer. Division II student-athletes annually graduate at rates higher than their student body peers, and they have access to the best championships-participant ratio among the NCAA’s three divisions. Division II gives student-athletes the unique opportunity to compete in the classroom, on the field, in their career, for their causes, and on their terms. For additional information, visit
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