Ruffin is the only true freshman playing on this year's team. It was the most points scored by Kreider since last year's season opener at Moorhead State, where he scored a career-high 20 points. Kreider is averaging 12.7 points in his last three games and has posted double-digit scoring in four of the Huskies' seven games . . . Boinski is scoring an average of 19.9 points per game and also leads the team in rebounding with an average of 5.3 boards per contest. The Northland Lumberjacks Northland College is located in Ashland, Wis., halfway between Ironwood, Mich., and Duluth, Minn. . . .
Northland enter tonight's game on a four-game losing streak . . .
Northland's leading scorer is junior forward E.J. Suardini, who is averaging 16.2 points per game. Suardini also leads the team in rebounding with an average of 6.23 boards per contest . . That's because E.J. is the brother of former Husky Josh Suardini, who played for Tech from 1995-98 . . The Series Michigan Tech and Northland are meeting for the 123rd time tonight in a series that began during the 1924-25 campaign. In addition, Tech has won each of the last 10 meetings with the Lumberjacks.