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NPU Vikings Now 2-0 in Men's Basketball
CHICAGO, IL (November 26, 2003) - North Park University's men's basketball
team moved to 2-0 this season as freshman Brent Roberts scored 18 points
off the bench in the Vikings' 81-67 non-league win over Concordia
University on Tuesday night.
Roberts hit a jump shot, a 3-point basket and a lay-up off a
behind-the-back dribble through traffic that excited the North Park
crowd and helped the Vikings pull away midway through the second half.
Roberts and Lamar Townsend (13 points) were the primary reasons why
North Park's reserve players outscored its starting lineup 52-29.
Brett Mathisen (nine points) and Dewon Byrd (eight points) also made key
contributions offensively off the bench. Meanwhile, starting forward
Javier Sanchez had a solid all-around game with nine points, eight
rebounds and three assists.
Matt Nietfeldt scored 14 points and grabbed five rebounds to lead
Concordia in both categories.
The North Park men's team travels to Waukesha, Wisconsin, for a 7:30
p.m. Saturday non-league contest at Carroll College.
Hours earlier, the Vikings' women's team lost a 62-60 non-league
decision to Benedictine University despite 20 points by Shandrel Young
and 16 points by Megan Slattery. North Park led 31-25 at the half as
Young scored 15 points. But the visiting Eagles made a late rally as
Sarah McNicholas scored six of her 15 points in the final 1:38 to help
Benedictine pull ahead. A last-second half-court shot by Tiffany
Campbell, which would have won the game for North Park, rimmed in and
out as the Vikings dropped their first game after opening the season
with two victories.
Coach Jack Surridge's team plays a 6 p.m. game against Wisconsin
Lutheran College on Friday at the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh
tourney. The finals of the tourney are slated for Saturday.
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