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Northern tops Presentation at Dacotah Bank Classic

Northern State University’s Jordan Belka, center, lays up a shot past the defense of Presentation College’s Maximo Guillermo, right, during Saturday night’s game in the Dacotah Bank Classic at Wachs Arena. Photo by John Davis taken 11/27/2021
Northern State's length translated into a long night for Presentation College Saturday night. The Wolves consistently rotated out on shooters and made scoring difficult on the way to an 83-47 non-conference men's basketball victory during the Dacotah Bank Classic at Wachs Arena. "We had some weird matchups, because we had lost two players, one before the game and another during the game to illness," said Northern coach Saul Phillips. The Wolves then lost a start to injury and were forced to use people out of their normal spots. "So that makes for some real challenges in terms of rotations, in terms of containing the ball. Our guys did an admirable job all night long on that." With open looks hard to come by, the Saints shot just 3-of-19 from three-point range and were held to their second-lowest point total of the season. "They do a great job with their rotations," said PC coach Stan Holt. "They’re very well coached and they stay in their defensive stance and they rotate

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