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Weather alters NSIC basketball schedule for the next two weekends

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Poor weather and travel restrictions have caused the Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference to alter its basketball schedules for the next two weekends.

Minnesota State Moorhead, like every other team in the league, had its games moved from Saturday and Sunday to Monday and Tuesday. The following weekend, the games were moved from Friday and Saturday to Saturday and Sunday.

Below is the complete NSIC release:

Weather Alert – NSIC Basketball Schedules Adjusted

Burnsville, Minn. – With recent weather conditions and travel restrictions around the region NSIC Men’s and Women’s basketball schedules have been adjusted for next two weekends. 

All NSIC men’s and women’s games scheduled for this Saturday and Sunday January 1st and 2nd have been pushed back to Monday and Tuesday, January 3rd and 4th.  The women’s games on both days will begin at 6:00 p.m. followed by the men’s games at 8:00 p.m.   The Bemidji State at Minnesota Duluth games will be played on Monday, January 3rd at 6:00 p.m. and 8:00 p.m.

The games schedule for Friday and Saturday, January 7th and 8th will be moved to Saturday and Sunday, January 8th and 9th.  Women’s games will begin at 2:00 p.m. followed by men’s games at 4:00 p.m. on both Saturday and Sunday.  The Southwest Minnesota State at Minnesota State games will be played on Saturday, January 8th at 2:00 and 4:00 p.m.

Sweet dunking highlights from Dragons basketball weekend

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Dragons junior guard Tarell Clark

Below are highlights from Minnesota State Moorhead’s past weekend. The Dragons hosted Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference men’s basketball foes Wayne State and Augustana at Alex Nemzek Fieldhouse.

Sophomore center Alex Novak and junior guard Tarell Clark had a number of dunks in the two games. Clark had one of the best dunks I’ve seen from an MSUM player, a baseline drive and dunk about midway through the video.

While Novak is in his second year with the Dragons, Clark is in his first season with MSUM after transferring from Williston State College. Clark has provided an athleticism on the wing that Dragons did not have last season.

Special thanks the MSUM’s Jon Wepking for putting together the footage.

Dragons guard Hamilton could see playing time this weekend

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Dragons junior guard DJ Hamilton

Minnesota State Moorhead junior guard DJ Hamilton could see his first playing time with the Dragons this weekend. Hamilton (a junior college transfer) has yet to play for MSUM as he broke his hand right before the first game of the regular season.

The Dragons (5-2, 2-1 NSIC) play their first two Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference home games this season, hosting Wayne State at 8 p.m. Friday at Alex Nemzek Fieldhouse. The Dragons host Augustana at 8 p.m. Saturday.

Hamilton practiced with the team Wednesday for the first time since the injury. Dragons head coach Chad Walthall said it’s “up in the air” whether Hamilton plays or not Friday and/or Saturday.

“A lot of it depends on how he feels as far as comfort level,” Walthall said.

‘Coffee with Karla’ set for Wednesday at Moxie Java in Moorhead

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Dragons head women's basketball coach Karla Nelson

Minnesota State Moorhead women’s basketball head coach Karla Nelson will host “Coffee with Karla” at 9:30 a.m. today at Moxie Java in Moorhead.

“Coffee with Karla” is a social hour over coffee that lets fans talk basketball with coach Nelson. She will also host three more events on Jan. 11, Feb. 8 and a date yet to be set in March.

Dragons men’s basketball head coach Chad Walthall has his own similar event called “Wings with Walthall,” which he hosts at Buffalo Wild Wings in Moorhead.

Dragons start NSIC basketball season tonight

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Dragons sophomore center Alex Novak

Minnesota State Moorhead starts its Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference basketball season tonight for bot the men’s and women’s teams. The Dragons women are scheduled to play at 6 p.m. at Bemidji State with the men to follow at 8 p.m.

Both teams have new looks this season.

The Dragons women team has just one senior its roster (guard Betsy Dickson) and start two freshmen (point guard Haley Thomforde and center Katey Wrobel). Head coach Karla Nelson has her team 2-1 heading into conference play. Junior forward Angie Jetvig is coming off a strong 25-point, 16-rebound effort against Mayville State. Both were career highs. That performance helped Jetvig earn NSIC player of the week honors. Jetvig is averaging 20.7 points and 11.3 rebounds through three games.

The Dragons men’s team are set to play its first conference game under the guidance for first-year head coach Chad Walthall. Junior college transfers Charlie Chapman and Tarell Clark are new to the starting lineup, but have been solid performers. The men are 3-1 heading into the conference season.

“I think it’s been good for our mentality that we’ve won some games,” said Dragons sophomore center Alex Novak. “We know that we can win. A few games have been close. We know that we can finish games.”

Dragons head football coaching search won’t hit high gear until January

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Interim head coach Joel Beard won't be back with the Dragons next season

Minnesota State Moorhead won’t have a new head football coach until at least January and it won’t be Joel Beard.

The interim coach this past season, Beard said he won’t apply for the permanent opening, saying the situation wasn’t right for him to attempt the stay on as head coach.

“I’m not going to be done with coaching,” Beard said. “We’ll have to find a new spot and hopefully it happens sooner than later.”

The pool of applicants will start to be reviewed on Jan. 6, a slow timetable than MSUM athletic director Doug Peters intially had hoped. Peters wanted to have a coach named by mid-December. However, a variety of factors didn’t make that possible.

Peters said the slower timetable will give them a chance to make sure the school has the right person for the job. Creating stability is paramount for the football program moving forward, Peters said. The Dragons have had four different head coaches since the 2004 season.