Trending
Men's basketball
Northwestern 105, MLC 55
NEW ULM -- The Martin Luther College men’s basketball team could not slow down the high-octane offensive attack from University of Northwestern-St. Paul in a 104-55 loss in Saturday’s season finale.
MLC (7-18, 4-12) trailed 27-25 with 7:30 to play in the first half until the Eagles closed the half with a 25-7 run to take a 52-32 lead into the break.
The Eagles continued their run to open the second half, holding MLC without a field goal for more than nine minutes and building the lead well out of range for a comeback.
Jacob Price and Jack Heichelbech led the way for MLC with 9 points apiece.
Women's basketball
Northwestern 75, MLC 34
NEW ULM -- The Martin Luther women’s basketball team closed its season with a 75-34 loss to Northwestern-St. Paul on Saturday.
The Eagles jumped out to big leads in the first and third quarters, outscoring the Knights (2-23, 2-14) 39-3 in those periods.
MLC battled back with a 21-point second quarter, and then outscored the Eagles 10-8 in the fourth period, but could not overcome the early deficit as the Eagles closed out the win.
Jamee Wohling led the Knights with 9 points off the bench. Emily Witkowski added 7 points for MLC.