FARGO, N.D. – The North Dakota State males’s basketball group posted an emphatic 96-63 victory over North Dakota within the common season finale on Saturday afternoon.
Attendance was a brand new Scheels Center report of 5,426.
The Bison improved to 24-7 general and completed 14-2 atop The Summit League. NDSU’s 24 wins mark a brand new common season report for the fashionable period, surpassing the 2008-09 and 2013-14 Bison squads that gained 23 video games within the common season.
NDSU senior Tay Smith scored a career-high 28 factors to lead all gamers, hitting seven three-pointers. Damari Wheeler-Thomas added 19 factors, and Andy Stefonowicz had 15 factors and 6 assists.
The Bison shot 57 p.c for the sport, together with 55 p.c (16-of-29) from past the arc.
UND led 17-8 9 minutes into the competition, however NDSU closed the sport with an 88-46 run.
The Bison would be the No. 1 seed for the Summit League Tournament in Sioux Falls, S.D., subsequent week. NDSU will play the winner of No. 8 seed Oral Roberts and No. 9 seed Kansas City within the quarterfinals on Thursday, March 5, at 6 p.m.