CROOKSTON, Minn.--The Minnesota State University Moorhead men's basketball team earned a share of the Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference regular season championship with a 66-44 win over Minnesota Crookston on Saturday evening. Augustana lost at Winona State on Saturday, giving the Dragons and Augustana equal conference records at 20-2.

The win gave the Dragons an overall record of 29-2 on the season, the most regular season wins of any team in Dragon history. With the loss, Minnesota Crookston dropped to 7-19 and 5-17 in the NSIC.

The 22-point margin of victory was the 15^th time this season MSUM has won by 20 or more points and the 26^th time they have won by more than 11.

The Dragons shot 41.9 (26-of-62) percent from the field in the game and 39.1 percent (9-of-23) from beyond the arc. The Dragons were dominate on the glass, outrebounding the opposition 48-29, the largest margin this season.

Junior forward Isaac Sevlie led the team in scoring with 14 points, along with grabbing four rebounds in the game. Sophomore forward Matt Nelson led the team and set a career high with 12 rebounds, as well as tying a career high with three blocks. Senior guard Jordan Riewer led the team with five assists and had 13 points in the game. Junior guard Ngijol Songolo also chipped in 11 points.

Sevlie got the scoring started for the Dragons, scoring the first 10 points of the night for MSUM as the Dragons opened a 10-4 lead three and a half minutes into the game. The Golden Eagles kept the score close throughout the first half, never trailing by more than nine until MSUM ended the half on an 8-2 run to take a 31-19 lead heading into halftime. Riewer hit a three to start the run, followed by an old-fashion three-point play from senior guard Presott Williams, and lastly a jumper in the paint from Riewer with 44 seconds left. MSUM scored 12 of their points on second-chance opportunities in the half.

After a somewhat sluggish first half, the Dragons came out firing on all cylinders in the second half, extending their lead the 18 three minutes into the half after three-pointers from sophomore forward Aaron Lien and Riewer. The Dragons pushed their lead to as much as 23 after a three-pointer from Ngijol Songolo made the score 54-31 with 7:37 left in the game. Another three from Songolo capped the scoring at 66-44.

The Dragons will now host Wayne State on Wednesday night in the first round of the NSIC Tournament. Tipoff from Alex Nemzek Fieldhouse is at 8 p.m.

Steve d'Eustachio Stat of the Game: Tonight marks the third time this season that the Dragons have owned at least a four game winning streak (they won their first 12 in a row, then won 13 straight before losing to Augustana, and tonight's win makes it a current four game win streak). This is the first time that this has been done since Mike Olson's 2001/2002 squad won their first four games of the season, then ripped off seven in a row between Dec. 11, 2001 and Jan. 11, 2002, and then won their final four regular season games between Feb. 15 and Feb. 23. The Dragons would fall in the NSIC quarterfinals four days later, losing 84-56 at Southwest Minn. St. on Feb. 27, 2002 to finish a respectable 17-10.