MARYVILLE, MO. – Time off can be a fickle thing. Too much, a team gets rusty. Not enough, a team gets weary.
Saul Phillips and the Northern State men’s basketball team has tried to use its downtime to its advantage.
“We tried to take advantage of the time off rather than lament it,” Phillips said. “It came at a good time.”
The Wolves, who claimed the Northern Sun regular season title – and a first round bye in the conference tournament – before bowing out in the semifinals, have played just two games since Feb. 18, a stretch of nearly three weeks.
“We got a chance to get completely healthy,” Phillips said. “Obviously you pick up a little bit of rust, but we tried to take measures to make sure that didn’t happen.”
Northern will ramp back up Saturday when they begin play in the NCAA Central Region tournament. The Wolves earned the No. 2 seed in the region and will face No. 7 Emporia State at 2:15 p.m.
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