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Wolves set to open NSIC tourney against Sioux Falls

Northern State University women’s basketball coach Paula Krueger, right, applauds a made basket as bench players celebrate during a game against University of Minnesota-Duluth earlier this season at Wachs Arena. The Wolves take on Sioux Falls at 11 this morning in the NSIC Tournament in Sioux Falls. Photo by John Davis taken 1/3/2025
After a memorable slugfest in Aberdeen just more than a week ago, somehow it's fitting that Northern State and the University of Sioux Falls are set to do battle again today only this time with the season on the line. While the most recent encounter involved a chance at a first-round by in the Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference Women's Basketball Tournament, this morning's 11 a.m. tip off at the Sanford Pentagon is for the right to play on or have the season come to an end. Northern State coach Paula Krueger said regardless of the winner of the Sioux Falls-Crookston play-in game, the Wolves would have been facing either foe for the third time this season. She said there are no secrets left at this point in the year. "Now it’s going to come to who can make more plays, who walks in and does a few more of the little things right," Krueger said. "It’s two really good basketball teams playing on a relatively neutral floor." The Wolves already own to wins over USF and en

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