Wednesday: two big basketball games! (VIDEO)

I'm not there physically, but I've got a great source of information helping me stay in touch with how the Northland Community and Technical College Pioneers women's basketball team is faring in their first round of the NJCAA National Tournament. The games are being played in Rochester, Minnesota at the Regional Sports Center.

At halftime: the Northland Pioneers hold a 44-22 lead against No. 12-seeded Nassau Community College.

In the third quarter...
The Pioneers are absolutely taking the Lions apart in the third quarter and have expanded the lead to 58-26 with about 4 1/2 minutes to go before the final quarter. Later, with under 3 minutes left in the third, the Pioneers are ahead 62-26. At the end of three: Pioneers 66, Lions 30. UPDATE: the Northland Pioneers (23-5) won 84-49 with Tiyana Schwinghammer pouring in 18 points and at least 18 rebounds! (I didn't catch final stats)  They advance to the Elite 8 of nationals and face No. 4-ranked Anoka-Ramsey tomorrow at 4 p.m. in the quarterfinals.

**Here's a video from pregame and the start of the game in the playoff opener last Thursday:


More to come. Tonight, this blog post will feature updates from the sub-section boys' basketball game at Minnewaska Area. Tip-off is at 7 p.m., and it will be broadcast on both local radio stations. **Here's the link for Smooth Magic 107 FM: http://www.smoothmagic107.com. And here's 106.5 FM The Train of Norway Lake/Sunburg: https://www.willmarradio.com/the_Train.

**Halftime: WCA 33, B-B-E 25. It's been an outstanding game so far!

This blog post is a wrap. Update the blog for the "Step III" blog post to see how this game turned out.