SIOUX FALLS, S.D. – It's Alumni Weekend and Senior Night for the Augustana men's basketball team as the Vikings host Northern State and UMary to close the regular season. On Friday, the Vikings host the Wolves at 7:30 p.m. while Saturday's game with the Marauders is at 5:30 p.m. Prior to tipoff Saturday, Augustana's three seniors will be honored in a pregame ceremony on Heritage Court inside the Sanford Pentagon.
 
Complete action can be followed on GoAugie.com/Live and the GoAugie app, presented by The Original Pancake House. The app can be downloaded in the App Store or Google Play. 
 
About the Wolves
Northern State is an uncharacteristic 10-16 overall and 8-12 in the NSIC after having lost on two game-winning shots last weekend. First it was a fall-away 3-point basket made by Winona State, the following night, Minnesota State made an easy layup to sink the Wolves.
 
Jacksen Moni leads the team with 21.8 points and 8.3 rebounds per outing. Moni ranks seventh in the nation in total points. Josh Dilling tallies 18.9 points while Augustin Reede drops in 10.9 points per game but takes the 13^th-most 3-point attempts in the country to get to his point total.
 
About the Marauders
UMary has had a tough go of it in 2024 but saw a 12-game skid snap last Friday in a 95-74 toppling of Concordia-St. Paul. However, the Marauders had to follow up with nationally-ranked Minnesota Duluth in a 79-54 setback.
 
Gerald Gittens leads the way at 14.3 points per outing with Brock Heffner and Zyon Smith just behind at 13.4 and 11.3 points per game, respectively. Xavier Lewis leads UMary in rebounds with 5.7 per outing.
 
About the Vikings
Augustana is 16-10 while holding an 11-9 record in the NSIC. The Vikings are coming off an upset of No. 8 MSU Moorhead, 83-76 that helped propel freshman Caden Kirkman to the NSIC Player of the Week. Kirkman averaged 18 points and seven rebounds over the two games including a season-best 24 points at Minnesota Crookston.
 
Isaac Fink leads the AU with 19.7 points and 6.9 rebounds per game while Jadan Graves tallies 15 points per outing. Graves is amongst the nation's best at shooting the long ball as he leads the NSIC and ranks sixth nationally by making 48.4 percent of his 3-point field goal attempts. He also ranks 14^th in total makes with 74.
 
One Last Thing
Augustana's trio of seniors that are being honored are Isaac Fink, Jadan Graves and Bennett Otto. Together, the three own 2,869 total points wearing an Augustana uniform.
 
Fink is a physical education major, Graves is a sport management major and Otto is a double major in physical and health education.