For Immediate Release
Monday, February 7, 2022
NSIC Media Relations
Media Packet

NSIC North Division Player of the Week
#32 Austin Andrews (F, 6-6, 210, So., Eden Prairie, Minn. / Eden Prairie HS) - Minnesota Duluth
- Averaged 21.5 points, 10.0 rebounds, 2.5 assists and 2.0 steals in a pair of wins
- Scored 20 points with seven rebounds in a 80-70 win over MSUM
- Followed that up with 23 points and 13 rebounds in a 88-75 win over Northern State
- Shot 66% from the field, connecting on 19-of-29 shots from the field
- Helped UMD to its first NSIC North Division Title
- Named NSIC Player of the Week for the fifth time this season

NSIC South Division Player of the Week
#25 Tyler Riemersma (F, 6-8, 215, Sr., Bloomington, Minn. / Jefferson HS) - Augustana
- Averaged 18.5 points, 15 rebounds and 3.0 assists in a pair of wins
- Had 17 points and 19 rebounds in a 64-60 win over Winona State
- Totaled 20 points, 11 rebounds, three assists and two steals in a 92-83 win over No. 19 UIU
- Surpassed 800 rebounds in his Augustana career against UIU 
- The 19 rebounds on Friday is an NSIC high in 2021-22
- Named NSIC Player of the Week for the fourth time this season

Other Top Performances - North
#23 John Sutherland (BSU) recorded double-double in a win over Minot State. He averaged 14.0 points, 9.5 rebounds and shot 72 percent from the field (13-18). He scored 14 points with 10 rebounds Friday night.
#33 Lucas Mayer (UMary) scored the winning basket in the closing seconds off an offensive rebound. Mayer snared the rebound off a missed three for the Marauders and scored on the putback with 2.1 seconds in UMary’s 55-53 win at Bemidji State. He finished the game with nine points and six rebounds. He also had the winning UMary basket with 4.9 seconds in a 68-66 win over the Golden Bears on January 21.
#1 Ethan Channel (UMC) averaged 19 points, five rebounds, and two assists per game over the weekend. He had 17 points on 7-of-12 from the field in a win over UMary. He was 6-of-13 for 46.2 percent from beyond the arc. Channel had 22 points in a loss Saturday to Minot State.
#1 Lorenzo McGhee (MSUM) averaged 22.0 points, 7.5 rebounds and 3.0 assists per game for weekend. He had season-high 28 points on 12-of-17 shooting in a 69-67 win at St. Cloud State on Saturday. He had 16 points, seven rebounds and five assists in loss at No. 7 UMD on Friday. 
#23 Melvin Newbern (MINOT) led the way for the Beavers with double-doubles both nights, averaging 16 points and 10 rebounds in Minot State’s two road games, at Bemidji State and Minnesota Crookston.

Other Top Performances - South
#10 Quincy Anderson (MSU) averaged a team-leading 24.5 points and 8.0 rebounds per game last weekend. He shot 18-of-30 (.600) from the field, including a 7-of-10 (.700) performance from three point range.
#23 Matt Cartwright (USF) averaged 22.0 points and 4.0 rebounds. He had 15 points in a 66-64 win over Concordia St. Paul. Then, he scored 20 points or more for the 20th time in his career as he had 29 by making 10-of-23 field goals, including 5-of-14 from three-point range while grabbing five rebounds in a 77-69 loss to Minnesota State. Cartwright now has 53 career double-digit scoring games with 15 at USF, including nine of 20 points or more. As a result, the Sioux Falls native pushed his career total in points to 1,183.
#15 Jake Hilmer (UIU) averaged 21.5 points per game in UIU’s road split at Wayne State and Augustana. The Peacock point guard scored a career-high 30 points at Augustana and joined the 1,000-point club in Sioux Falls on Sunday. Hilmer is the 30th Peacock men’s basketball player to join the exclusive club. Hilmer shot 45.7% from the floor and 54.5% from three over the weekend.
#20 Ben Dentlinger (WSC) averaged 14.5 points and 6.0 rebounds per game vs. #19 Upper Iowa and Winona State. He had a double-double with 17 points, 10 rebounds and four blocks vs. UIU. He added 12 points on perfect 5 of 5 shooting from field in 76-55 Saturday win over Winona State. For the weekend he shot 70.6 percent (12-17) from the field and perfect 5 of 5 at the foul stripe.
#11 Luke Martens (WSU) averaged 15.0 points per game, including a career-high 22 vs Augie on Saturday. He was 44.4% from the floor and perfect from the foul line. He averaged 7.5 rebounds per game, including a team-leading nine on Saturday vs. WSC. He was second on team in total minutes played over the weekend.

NSIC Men's Basketball Players of the Week
11/15/21
N: #22 Drew Blair - Minnesota Duluth
S: #25 Tyler Riemersma - Augustana
11/22/21
N: #5 Sam Masten - Northern State
S: #42 Jake Phipps  - SMSU
11/29/21
N: #32 Austin Andrews - Minnesota Duluth
S: #20 Joe Smoldt - Upper Iowa
12/6/21
N: #32 Austin Andrews - Minnesota Duluth (2)
S: #10 Quincy Anderson - Minnesota State
12/13/21
N: #20 Caleb Donaldson - St. Cloud State 
S: #25 Tyler Riemersma - Augustana (2)
12/20/21
N: #32 Austin Andrews - Minnesota Duluth (3)
S: #42 Jake Phipps - SMSU (2)
1/3/22
N: #21 Jacksen Moni - Northern State
S: #2 Jack Thompson - Sioux Falls
1/10/22
N: #32 Austin Andrews - Minnesota Duluth (4)
S: #13 Kenny Byers - SMSU
1/17/22
N: #5 Sam Masten - Northern State (2)
S: #15 Jake Hilmer - Upper Iowa
1/24/22
N: #23 Melvin Newbern- Minot State
S: #25 Tyler Riemersma - Augustana (3)
1/31/22
N: #22 Drew Blair - Minnesota Duluth
S: #5 Alec Rosner - Winona State
2/7/22
N: #32 Austin Andrews - Minnesota Duluth (5)
S: #25 Tyler Riemersma - Augustana (4)

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 24 team national championships and crowned 81 individual national champions. For additional information, visit NorthernSun.org.

About NCAA Division II
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