NEW ULM, Minn. - The Martin Luther College men's basketball team was unable to complete the season-sweep of Northland College in a 65-50 loss on Saturday.
The LumberJacks opened the game by making 10 of their 14 shots to take a 13-point lead, but the Knights held them to only 2-18 shooting the rest of the way as they cut the deficit to 30-25 heading into the half.
Northland once again started strong in the second half, quickly pushing the lead back into double figures. MLC cut the deficit back to five (53-48) with just under seven minutes to play, but the LumberJacks closed the game with a 12-2 run to secure the win and the season split.
MLC was held to 36.2 percent shooting for the game and 4-19 from beyond the three-point arc. Northland finished with a shooting percentage of 43.1 percent.Â
Ian Paulsen returned to the line-up for MLC and led all players with 22 points on 10-19 shooting. He also tied for the team lead with three assists.
Joshua Schroeder led the team with seven rebounds to go with six points.
Richard Eckmann and
Austin DeNoyer each scored seven points for MLC.Â
MLC fell to 2-15 overall and 1-8 in UMAC play in defeat. Northland improved to 7-10 on the season and 4-5 in league play with the win.
The Knights will return to action on Wednesday, January 24, when they travel to Bethany Lutheran College for a game scheduled to tip off at 5:30 p.m.
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