SIOUX FALLS, S.D.  – The Augustana men's basketball team opens the NSIC Tournament Thursday against Northern State. Tipoff inside the Sanford Pentagon is slated for 4 p.m. Augustana enters as the No. 4 seed from the NSIC South Division while Northern State is the north division's top seed.
 
Although the NSIC has declared no tickets for sale to watch the game in person, fans can catch all the action MidcoSN and GoAugie.com/Live. Check your local listings for MidcoSN, which will be called by David Brown and Brad Newitt.
 
There will also be a radio broadcast from Jeff Fylling on KXRB 100.1 FM.
 
About the Vikings
Augustana owns a 9-6 overall record this season while owning a 7-6 mark in what was considered conference action in 2021. The two nonconference games were a sweep over MSU Moorhead on the season's opening weekend. Those same Dragons handed Northern State its first loss in 2021 last weekend.
 
Dylan LeBrun is the Vikings' leading scorer at 13.1 points per game while six Vikings in all average double-figure scoring. Michael Schaefer is at 12.8 points per outing while Tyler Riemersma totals 12.4 points per contest. The others in double-digit scoring are Adam Dykman (12.1), Isaac Fink (10.9) and Matt Todd (10.0). Riemersma completes a season-average double-double with a team-best 10.0 rebounds per game.
 
Earlier Wednesday, Riemersma and Dykman were tabbed Second Team All-NSIC South Division while Schaefer earned an honorable mention.
 
About the Wolves
Northern State, ranked No. 8 in the country, is coming off its first loss of the season in a 93-86 setback last Saturday to MSU Moorhead. Previously, the Wolves had won all 13 games on the season.
 
The Wolves are led by NSIC North Division Player of the Year Parker Fox at 24.1 points and 9.9 rebounds per game. Fox is coming off a weekend where he averaged 31 points and 12.5 rebounds in the aforementioned split with MSU Moorhead.
 
Mason Stark and Tommy Chatman also average double figures for NSU with 16.6 and 10.9 points per game, respectively. Andrew Kallman averages 4.3 assists per game.
 
One Last Thing
Augustana now owns come-from-behind victories in each of the past two weekends. Augustana had halftime deficits in contests at Sioux Falls and home against Wayne State and overcame those for victory. Prior to the Feb. 12 game at USF, the Vikings were 0-4 when trailing at intermission. In both the Sioux Falls and Wayne State contests, Augustana overcame nine-point halftime deficits with the final outcoming coming out as a win.