MARQUETTE, Mich. – The top-seeded Northern Michigan men's basketball team will be home this weekend to host the Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (GLIAC) Semifinals and Championship this weekend.
Northern will take on No. 4 Lake Superior State on Saturday, March 7, at 2 p.m. The second semifinal will be No. 2 Michigan Tech and No. 3 Grand Valley State at 4:30 p.m. The winners will meet in Sunday's championship at 2 p.m.
The Wildcats (26-5) have reached their most wins in program history with the 91-62 triumph of Ferris State in the semifinals and will now look to continue to improve on the new benchmark.
The game will be streamed on FloCollege and can also be heard live on 1003. The Point, with Casey Ford on the call.
Tickets
Tickets for the weekend will go on sale on Friday, March 6, at 10 a.m. They can be purchased online at tickets.nmu.edu or in person at the Superior Dome.
Separate tickets are required for each game. The gym will be cleared between the first and second semifinal games. Tickets for the Championship game will go on sale immediately after the first semifinal game.
Prices
- General Public: $12 Bleacher / $16 Chairback
- College Student (ID): $2 (Bleacher Seating)
- Children Under 2: Free
- All-Tournament Pass: $20 (Bleacher Seating Only)
- GLIAC passes are valid (Bleacher Seating Only)
Credential Request
Media interested in covering the game should contact Assistant AD - Sports Information Director
Zach Nicholas (znichola@nmu.edu).
Follow the Action
Follow @NMU_MensBBALL and @NMU_Wildcats on X (formerly known as Twitter) and @nmu_mbb on Instagram for updates throughout the weekend.
About the Wildcats
The No. 18 Wildcats took care of business in the quarterfinals, knocking off Ferris State 91-62.
Last weekend, NMU defeated Parkside 98-75 to secure the GLIAC Regular Season Championship. It is NMU's fourth consecutive season with a title. They've previously won the regular season title in 2023-24 and the GLIAC Tournament championship in 2022-23 and 2024-25.
Leading the way was one of the most well-rounded players in the country,
Dylan Kuehl, who scored a career-high 41 points in the regular season finale to clinch the title. He earned his third GLIAC Offensive Player of the Week.
He is averaging 21.2 points per game this season, putting him inside the nation's top-15 scorers. He is shooting 56.8% from the field while averaging 6.3 rebounds per contest. Within the GLIAC slate, his 23.8 points per game finished first, 58.6 FG% second, 6.4 rebounds per game ranked 10th, and 1.5 blocks per game ranked third.
His 2,106 career points are third on the program's all-time list, just four back of second and 118 from first. He was recently named to the Trevor Hudgins Award Top-15 Watch List.
The Wildcats have established themselves as one of the most efficient teams in the nation, as they are first in rebounding margin (11.0), second in assist/turnover ratio (1.91), fourth in scoring margin (18.1), 12th in three-point percentage (38.5), and 16th in both scoring defense (65.2).
NMU's success from beyond the arc is in large part thanks to
Cal Klesmit, who finished third in GLIAC play with 2.9 threes per game and first in shooting 45.5% from deep. He can take over a game from three, notching five or more triples eight times this season. He is averaging 12.4 points per game this season.
Jackson Dudek is second on the team at 12.4 points per game. His 42.8% career three-point percentage is eighth among all active players with at least 80 attempts. He is the reigning GLIAC Tournament MVP and will look to guide the Wildcats again for a postseason run.
The Wildcats won at LSSU 77-74 on Jan. 15, but fell at home on Feb. 7, 71-68
The Rest of the Field
Lake Superior State outlasted Purdue Northwest, 93-91, in overtime in the 4 vs. 5 matchup. The Lakers are 18-11 this season.
Michigan Tech, ranked No. 15 in the national poll and No. 1 in the region, defeated Davenport 72-70 in the opening round. They hold an identical 26-5 record with NMU.
Grand Valley State is 23-6 this season, No. 25 in the national poll. They defeated Wayne State 81-67 in the opening round.
