Minneapolis, MN—The Martin Luther College men's basketball team took on North Central University for the second time this season and aimed to avenge their previous loss to the Rams at the end of January. The Knights kept up with the Rams' up-tempo pace for the first half, trailing 49-42 at halftime, but North Central's depth and athleticism proved to be too much, as the Rams beat MLC 92-71.

North Central had a balanced output of production and had four players finish the game in double figures. Point guard Malik Siggers led the charge for the Rams and finished with 20 points, five assists, and two steals. Siggers wasn't the only guard to stuff the stat sheet, as Remy Wedgeworth Brown recorded 16 points and six assists.

MLC made it competitive to begin the second half and pushed it to a 5-point deficit after Benjamin Pearson knocked down a 3-pointer to make it 57-52 with 14:48 left. However, that would be as close as it would get as the Rams went on a 17-4 scoring run over the next course of the next four minutes of play.

North Central scored 56 of their 92 points in the paint and tallied off 41 bench points in their win. Meanwhile, MLC did shoot well from beyond the arc, going 10-of-24 (41 percent) in the game.

The freshman trio of Pearson (15 points), Adam Loberger (14 points), and Benjamin Vasold (13 points) reached double figures to lead MLC in the scoring column.

MLC (7-17, 2-11 UMAC) will wrap up their season on the road at Northland on Saturday, February 22, at 3 p.m.