MADISON, S.D.- The 2012 State Farm Association of Independent Institutions (A.I.I.) Men's Basketball Tournament pairings and game times were announced Sunday afternoon. The tournament will be held at DSU Memorial Fieldhouse, starting on Friday, Feb. 24 and runs through Sunday, Feb. 26.

February 19, 2012

MADISON, S.D.- The 2012 State Farm Association of Independent Institutions (A.I.I.) Men's Basketball Tournament pairings and game times were announced Sunday afternoon. The tournament will be held at DSU Memorial Fieldhouse, starting on Friday, Feb. 24 and runs through Sunday, Feb. 26.

The tournament kicks off with a first-round game on Friday night at 6 p.m. between former Dakota Athletic Conference foes. Dakota State, No. 5 seed, with an overall record of 7-21 they will face No. 4 Valley City State (17-13 record).

The winner of Friday's game will move on to the semifinals on Saturday versus the tournament's top seed Jamestown (26-3 record). The semifinals will take place at 5 p.m.

Indiana Northwest receives the tournament's No. 2 seed with a record of 19-11 and will face No. 3 Cal State San Marcos (16-14) in the semifinals on Saturday at 1 p.m.

Ice cold shooting played a major role in the RedHawks 64-48 defeat at Rochester College in Auburn Hills, MI. Indiana Northwest shot just 27% for the game (19-70) and 31% (5-16) from the free throw line as they suffered their first defeat since Dec. 17 when IUN lost 70-67 in overtime at Cornerstone University. Rochester jumped out to an early 8-0 advantage connecting on their first three field goal attempts including two treys for Rochester forwards Sam Tamaschko and Abby Schlagel. Tomaschsko and Schlagel would connect on seven of eight three point attempts in the first half as Rochester built a thirteen point lead at the break at 38-25. The RedHawks tried to stay close in the first half behind freshman point guard Kelly Gross' 13 points (5-9 fg), including 3-3 from beyond the arc.