 Northwestern captures second-consecutive UMAC tournament title (Photo: UMAC)
Northwestern captures second-consecutive UMAC tournament title - Mar 2, 2022 
The University of Northwestern avenged a big loss to Crown College in the last match up between the two squads when it captured a second-consecutive Upper Midwest Athletic Conference (UMAC) men's basketball postseason tournament championship with an impressive 85-69 win Sunday. The opening six minutes of play had good pace with both teams exchanging points before the Eagles went on an 18-4 run to take a 13 point lead with less than nine minutes to play in the first half. The Eagles never looked back en route to their third UMAC tournament title in the last four seasons. Northwestern's impressive win was fueled by an offensive outburst from Noah Alm (6'3''-G) who was selected as the Tournament MVP. The senior fueled the first-half run with seven points and finished with 28 point on the day. He collected 53 points over the three tournament contests for the Eagles. The Eagles also earned the UMAC berth to the NCAA tournament. Championship Game Highlights Northwestern shot an impressive 61.1 percent from the field as a team and limited the Storm to just 37.1 percent shooting. The Eagles were nearly perfect at the line going 12-of-13. Alm recorded a game-high 28 points on 11-of-19 shooting. He was also 4-for-4 from the line and added 10 rebounds for a double-double. Alm tallied a game-high four assists to lead the Eagles across the board. Cade Carroll (6'5''-F) led the Storm with 19 points and seven rebounds. Three other players tallied in double figures. The Storm finished their impressive season 15-13 overall. Courtesy of umacathletics.com UMAC Tournament Final: Northwestern - Crown 85-69 UMAC Tournament Semifinals: Northwestern - Bethany Lutheran 96-88 Crown - North Central 72-68 Tags : NOAH ALM, UNIVERSITY OF NORTHWESTERN, MN, NCAA3 BASKETBALL All-UMAC Awards 2022 - Mar 2, 2022
All-Tournament MVP:  Noah Alm (6'3''-G) of NorthwesternPlayer of the Year: Noah Alm (6'3''-G) of NorthwesternDefensive Player of the Year: Jared Milinkovich (6'3''-G) of BLCRookie of the Year: Riley Ashburn of BLCCoach of the Year: Tim Grosz of Northwestern First Team Noah Alm (6'3''-G) of Northwestern Cade Carroll (6'5''-F) of Crown Justin Castro (5'10''-PG) of N.Central Univ. Micah Filer (6'4''-G) of N.Central Univ. Brian Smith (5'10''-PG) of BLCSecond Team Jordan Brennan (6'1''-G) of Northland Noah Kannegiesser (6'0''-PG) of Minn.-Morris Kyle Kaemingk (6'6''-F) of Northwestern Hunter Nielsen (6'8''-C) of BLC Xavier Patterson (6'1''-G) of UW-SuperiorHonorable Mention Henry Fahnbulleh (6'6''-C) of Northwestern Jack Heichelbech (6'4''-F) of Martin Luther Cire Mayfield (6'0''-PG) of BLC Jared Milinkovich (6'3''-G) of BLC Seth Royston (6'8''-F) of Crown Jacob Van Dam (6'4''-F/G) of Crown Eli Vogel (5'11''-PG) of UW-SuperiorAll-Defensive Team Mason Ackley (6'4''-G) of UW-Superior Justin Castro (5'10''-PG) of N.Central Univ. Henry Fahnbulleh (6'6''-C) of Northwestern Jared Milinkovich (6'3''-G) of BLC Seth Royston (6'8''-F) of Crown Harley Shear (6'1''-F) of Northland Caleb Waldeck (6'0''-PG) of NorthwesternAll-Sportsmanship Team Jacob Milinkovich (6'4''-F) of BLC Seth Royston (6'8''-F) of Crown Jacob Price (6'3''-F) of Martin Luther James Pendleton (5'10''-PG) of Minn.-Morris Edward Speller (6'5''-F) of N.Central Univ. Kade Panich (6'2''-G) of Northland Caleb Hoilien (6'5''-F) of Northwestern Carter Brown (6'3''-G) of UW-Superior | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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