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Masten rallies Wolves to dramatic win over Southwest

Northern State University’s Sam Masten, center, celebrates with his teammates as Southwest Minnesota State University took a time out after Masten tied the game at 62-62 with 3:23 left in the second half of Friday night’s game at Wachs Arena. On the floor from the left are Augustin Reede (11), Kailleb Walton-Blanden (1), Jacksen Moni (21) and Jordan Belka (23). The Wolves came back from a double digit deficit to win the game 69-68. Photo by John Davis taken 1/14/2022
It happened again. Less than two weeks after rallying from a double-digit deficit to pull off an improbable win, the Northern State Wolves were back at it, this time working their late-game magic against Southwest Minnesota State. Sam Masten put the exclamation point on a furious comeback with a game-winning layup with 4.2 seconds left to lift Northern to a 69-68 Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference men's basketball win at Wachs Arena. The Wolves trailed by 18 points with less than nine minutes remaining before Masten absolutely went off. The point-guard exploded for 20 points in less than six minutes to erase the deficit and put Northern in front. Included in his scoring barrage was four three-point field goals. Masten said he had to go back a long way to recall a time he was in a shooting zone like that. "It’s been a long time, maybe like eighth grade sometime in like a back gym, but never in setting like that, so it was cool for my confidence," Masten said. "I wa

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