VALLEY CITY, N.D. – The Valley City State University Vikings will be wrapping up the regular season with a pair of "Home" games on Friday and Saturday. Friday, VCSU plays Carroll College at 7pm at Memorial Auditorium on the campus of Concordia College in Moorhead. Saturday, conference leading Rocky Mountain College will take on the Vikings at Concordia. Tipoff is set for 5pm.
Valley City State comes into this weekend 10-15 overall and 5-13 in the Frontier Conference. Carroll College is 18-7 overall and 16-4 in the conference. Rocky Mountain College, ranked #11 in the most recent NAIA poll, is 23-3 overall and 18-2 in the conference. Both Carroll College and Rocky Mountain College have clinched spots in the Frontier Conference Basketball Tournament.
Valley City State still has a chance to get into the tournament. If they split and Dickinson State is swept, the Vikings will be the eighth seed. If, however, the teams are tied after this weekend, the Blue Hawks would get in by virtue of their win over Rocky Mountain College earlier this year. The Battlin Bears will finish above Bellevue, VCSU's signature win.
When Valley City State and Carroll met earlier this season in Helena, Carroll used a 16-4 run late in the second half to turn a five-point deficit into a seven-point lead with 29 seconds to go. The Saints when on to win 93-88.
JR Cison had 31 points in the game, 21 in the second half.
Kaleb Larson scored 20 of his 25 points in the first half.
The night before in Billings, the Vikings jumped out to a 7-3 lead in the first two minutes of the game. But the Bears used a 13-3 run over a two-and-a-half-minute span to take the lead never looked back in a 81-65 win.
Kaleb Larson led the Vikings with 19 points;
Jaelyn Johnson came off the bench to score 16 points and six rebounds.
Saturday's game will be Senior Night for the men as they recognize four seniors.
JR Cison,
Kaleb Larson,
Nick Carlson, and
Caden Grinde.
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Prior to the games on Saturday, Hankinson and Washburn boys will play at 12pm at Concordia.
