VALLEY CITY, N.D. (NewsDakota.com) – The Valley City State University Vikings were looking to come off after a rough weekend to start there season and pick up the victory. Well, that was accomplished in a very big way on Wednesday night, the VCSU wins this one over the Minnesota Morris Cougars 123-61.

In the first half, the Vikings came out dictating the pace of play. Right away they wanted to go up tempo with their offense, and with Josh Kelly leading the ball up the court, this would not be an issue. Senior Jalen Addison would lead the way for VCSU with 13 first half points. Joshua Kelly would have 3 assists in the first half. The Vikings would keep the Cougars off their game the entire first half. Valley City would suffocate the cougars with their full court press on defense, and then race to the offensive end of the court when they would posses the ball. The Vikings would lead at the half 61-18.

The second half started a little bit better for the visiting Cougars, as they came out and started making their shots. Junior Noah Kannegiesser would lead the way for Minnesota with 16 points. In the second half he would start to get his 3-point attempts to fall. In the end it wouldn’t have made a difference as this was the Vikings night. They took out their frustrations from back to back weekend losses out on the Cougars. Chris Thompson and Eddie Oyet would add some emphatic dunks in the second half to put an exclamation point on the statement win on the evening to send the Valley City faithful home happy. Vikings win this one 123-61.

With the win the Vikings improve to 1-2 on the season. Next up for VCSU, they hit the road once again. This time to Sioux Falls, South Dakota where they will participate in the Sanford Pentagon NAIA Basketball Classic. Their first game will be Saturday night at 8pm, followed by a matchup on Sunday afternoon at 2pm. You can hear both of those games on KOVC.