Northland Community & Technical College led 61-55 with five minutes remaining in Saturday's MCAC North battle with division-leading Minnesota North College - Rainy River Voyageurs. The Voyageurs ended the game on a 14-3 run over the final five minutes to secure their eighth win in nine MCAC North games, while simultaneously handing the Pioneers their eighth division loss. 

The Pioneers fell to 6-18 overall and 2-10 in MCAC North. Saturday's loss was their ninth by six or fewer points and the 11th in a game in which they held a lead in the final five minutes. 

Caleb Thompson and Rodney Mozard finished in double figures for the Voyaguers, scoring 17 and 16 points, respectively. Mozard added 10 rebounds for a double-double. 

Isaiah Brown led te Pioneers' offensive charge with 18 points, including a trio of three-pointers. Tre Jones also did some damage from beyond the arc with a 3-for-6 three-point effort and 13 points overall, and Joe Obidiran scored 10 points coming off the bench. The Pioneers' top rebounder was Etienne Aime with 10 boards. 

The Pioneers will be back in action Wednesday night in game two of a women's and men's basketball double header against Minnesota North College - Mesabi Range. 
 

Minnesota North College-Rainy River at Northland Community & Technical College February 8, 2025

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Final	1	2	T
Minnesota North College-Rainy River	27	42	69
Northland Community & Technical College	36	28	64

• Box Score

Minnesota North College-Rainy River

Player	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	PTS
STARTERS
0Braedon Gomez	40	4-9	0-4	1-2	1	7	8	6	1	0	1	2	9
1Caleb Thompson	36	5-7	3-5	4-4	1	3	4	0	0	0	2	0	17
4Rodney Mozard	40	6-14	0-2	4-5	1	10	11	3	1	0	2	2	16
11Srdan Vujnovic	39	3-5	0-2	2-2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	8
22Samuel Jideofor	31	5-10	0-0	1-2	2	3	5	3	0	0	2	3	11
RESERVES
3Talib Mott	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
5Tyheim Williams	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
21Zayviar Handson	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
23Jaymar Previl	13	2-7	0-0	0-0	0	4	4	1	2	0	5	0	4
30Austin Howe	0	2-3	0-1	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4
TMTeam					0	0	0				0	0
TOTALS		27-55	3-14	12-15	5	27	32	13	4	0	13	8	69
		49.1%	21.4%	80.0%

Northland Community & Technical College

Player	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	PTS
STARTERS
1Lewis Jones	29	3-8	1-4	0-0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	7
3Isaiah Brown	38	6-15	3-7	3-3	0	6	6	1	1	0	2	3	18
5Daveon Turner	27	1-4	0-1	0-0	0	2	2	4	0	0	2	0	2
20Etienne Aime	31	4-12	1-3	0-0	4	6	10	2	1	0	2	0	9
35Zac'cai Armstrong	25	0-3	0-0	1-2	0	1	1	0	1	1	1	1	1
RESERVES
4Ezekiel Obidiran	0	0-1	0-0	0-0	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0
10Adam McIntyre	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
11Joe Obidiran	14	3-3	0-0	4-7	1	3	4	0	0	0	1	3	10
15Tre Jones	17	4-8	3-6	2-3	1	2	3	1	1	0	1	0	13
22Zion Donnell	14	0-1	0-1	0-0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0
23Zeke Aime	6	2-7	0-1	0-0	1	0	1	2	2	0	2	2	4
TMTeam					0	0	0				0	0
TOTALS		23-62	8-23	10-15	7	21	28	11	9	1	12	9	64
		37.1%	34.8%	66.7%

Game Information

Date/Time	February 8, 2025 - 1:00 PM
Location	Northland Gym
Technical fouls	Minnesota North College-Rainy River-None ; Northland Community & Technical College-None .
Officials	,,