No. 12 Huskies journey to No. 22 Wildcats Thursday

HOUGHTON, Mich. – Fresh off its sixth GLIAC weekend sweep of the season, the No. 12 nationally-ranked Michigan Tech males’s basketball squad tackles a single sport this week, touring to No. 22 Northern Michigan on Thursday, slated for a 7:30 p.m. tipoff.

TV6 & FOX-UP Coverage

Thursday’s contest will probably be televised domestically on FOX-UP with Mark Evans and Dave Ellis calling the motion. TV6 and FOX-UP started broadcasting the Tech versus NMU rivalry in the course of the 2013-14 season.

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The Game

The Huskies are eyeing a sequence sweep over the Wildcats after besting the U.P. rivals 84-75 on the SDC Gymnasium on Jan. 8, led by 35 factors from Marcus Tomashek, who went 5-of-10 from trey and 14-of-15 from the free throw line as Ty Fernholz added 11 factors off the bench, pulling down three 3-pointers.

About the Wildcats

Northern Michigan hosts the Huskies following a weekend break up with a win at Wayne State (82-62) on Thursday earlier than dropping a contest to a tough Purdue Northwest workforce (88-76) Saturday. The Wildcats did not preserve tempo with MTU and GVSU, dropping to 12-4 within the GLIAC to reside second within the standings, whereas having an general ledger of 21-5.

NMU has misplaced two of its final three, additionally dropping a 71-68 resolution to Lake Superior State on the Vandament Arena on Feb. 7.

The Wildcats rank first within the GLIAC in assist-to-turnover ratio (1.73), efficient subject aim share (0.568), subject aim share (48.3), rebound margin (11.1), offensive rebounds per sport (13.46), scoring protection (64.6), scoring margin (18.0), three-point share (39.0) and turnovers per sport (9.4).

Dylan Kuehl leads three gamers in double-figure scoring with 20 factors, 6.1 rebounds, 2.7 assists, and 1.3 blocks per sport. Cal Klesmit provides 13 factors, averaging 2.93 3-pointers per sport with a league-best 44.3 share from trey. He additionally leads the workforce with 80 assists and a team-best 3.1 per sport.

Jackson Dudek additionally reaches double-figure scoring with 12.3 factors and 5.1 boards per sport.

About the Huskies

Michigan Tech holds the longest win streak within the league following 4 consecutive wins for an general report of 22-4 and a GLIAC-best 13-3 ledger. The Black & Gold most not too long ago bought the job performed by finishing sequence sweeps at Purdue Northwest (63-61) Thursday and Wayne State (77-73) Saturday.

Dawson Nordgaard was the distinction maker in Thursday’s win with a team-high 20 factors on an environment friendly 8-of-10 capturing whereas including 4-of-5 from the free throw line, to go together with six rebounds, a career-high 4 steals and a block.

Nate Abel impressed, capturing an ideal 6-of-6, together with 4-of-4 from the 3-point line, including three rebounds and three assists in Saturday’s win regardless of being one in all three starters to foul out.

Abel leads the workforce in rebounds with 7.2 boards per sport, rating fifth within the league as Gabe Smith provides 6.5 rebounds and a team-high 1.85 steals per sport, which sits third within the GLIAC.

Marcus Tomashek mixed for 39 factors on the weekend and a team-high 23 factors whereas hitting 5 3-pointers to go together with 4 rebounds and 4 assists. The Division II’s energetic profession  chief in factors (2,253) and scoring common (19.8), leads his workforce with 21.6 factors per sport, which ranks second within the league and 11 within the nation, additionally including a team-best 3.0 assists per sport. The Green Bay, Wisconsin, native was additionally named to the Bevo Francis Top 50 Watch List on Sunday.

Ty Fernholz has hit three 3-pointers in back-to-back video games, averaging 2.54 3-pointers per sport as a part of his 9.7 factors per sport.

One Last Thing

Michigan Tech is 4-1 in opposition to the Northern Michigan for the reason that begin of final season, with the primary assembly within the Vandament Arena seeing Huskies drop 51 factors within the first half, leading to a 88-65 resolution the place MTU shot 59.3 p.c from the sphere and 54.2 p.c from trey, hitting 13 of 24 3-pointers backed by 55 mixed factors from Tomashek (33) and Fernholz (22).