Nebraska Wesleyan scored just seven points in the first 13 minutes of the game and dug themselves into a deep hole as 4th-ranked Dordt College remained unbeaten on the season with a 72-48 victory over the Prairie Wolves on Saturday afternoon (Dec. 10) in Sioux Center, Iowa.

Nebraska Wesleyan shot just 50 percent from the free throw line, including four key misses in the final 0:15 with the Prairie Wolves trailing by just three points as NAIA II No. 8 Northwestern held on for the 77-72 victory over NWU on Saturday (Dec. 3) in GPAC men's basketball action at Snyder Arena.

Ben Sitzmann hit his first field goal of the game with 1:03 left in regulation and it was a big one as it broke open a tie game and gave Briar Cliff a 65-62 lead and the Chargers would go on to a 69-62 victory over Nebraska Wesleyan in GPAC men's basketball action on Wednesday night (Nov. 30) at Snyder Arena in Lincoln, Neb.

Concordia hit 11 3-pointers including a big one in the final minute as the Bulldogs held off Nebraska Wesleyan 70-65 in the GPAC opener for the Prairie Wolves on Tuesday night (Nov. 22) at the Walz Complex in Seward, Neb.

Nebraska Wesleyan built up a double digit lead less than five minutes into the game and never would trail in the game as the Prairie Wolves defeated Northwestern College (Minn.) in the Championship game of the Northwestern ACM Homes Tip-Off Tournament on Saturday night (Nov. 19) in St. Paul, Minn.

The Great Plains Athletic Conference (GPAC) has released its 2011-12 Preseason Basketball Coaches’ polls for both the men and the women. Both the Nebraska Wesleyan University men and women were picked to finish 10th in the respective GPAC polls. Returning GPAC regular season champion Northwestern College is picked to win the men, while reigning NAIA II National Champion Northwestern women were the pick to repeat on the women’s side.