FARGO, N.D.--North Dakota State's Andy Kelchen recorded his first career double-double and hit the game-winning free throws with 1:05 left in the third overtime to help the Bison to an 84-83 men's basketball victory over Minnesota-Duluth before a crowd of 1,783 at the Bison Sports Arena on Wednesday, Dec. 15.

Kelchen scored a team- and career-high 22 points while tying teammate David Erbes for game-high honors with 11 rebounds as North Dakota State played its most overtime periods since the 1958-59 season when the Bison and Northern Iowa set a North Central Conference record with six extra sessions.

Kelchen figured into the closing moments of all three overtimes.  He was there for a defensive rebound to end the first OT after a Sean Seaman jumper missed, Kelchen's jumper with 18 seconds left in the second OT knotted the game at 78, and his two free throws in the last period held up as the winning shots after the Bison forced two turnovers and an errant shot.

Myron Green and Erbes each finished with career-high scoring nights of 21 points apiece, and Erbes' total of 11 boards was a career high.  Kelchen was 8 of 14 from the floor and 6 of 9 at the free-throw line.

Green, who was 2-for-13 in a tough first half, went 7-for-10 the rest of the way including a gutsy 3-pointer late in the first overtime period that tied the game at 74.  He shot it early in NDSU's possession and left UMD with more than 20 seconds to play for Seaman's would-be game-winning shot.

Seaman finished with a game-high 25 points on 11-of-25 shooting.  He played 51 of the game's 55 minutes.

Minnesota-Duluth's John Emerson scored 20 points off the Bulldog bench, including 4 of 9 three-pointers.  Matt Rawley had 19 points for the Bulldogs, and Bryan Foss grabbed 10 a UMD team-high 10 rebounds.

Duluth (7-6) led 36-27 at halftime thanks to a 15-4 run midway through the first period, but the Bison came out of the locker room to shoot 15-for-25 (60 percent) in the second half.

North Dakota State (4-4) led by as many as four points with 2:24 to play in regulation.  After the Bulldogs took the lead on a Foss jumper at 1:05, Adam Dobmeier's two free throws gave the Herd a 63-60 lead with 39 seconds to play.

Emerson countered with a trey before the Bison nearly ended it without extra time.  Phil Hahn rebounded Green's missed jumper in the clear, but Hahn's open layup at the horn rolled off the rim.

North Dakota State is scheduled for a five-game road swing and a return to the Division I ranks over the university's winter break.  The Bison will be at Eastern Michigan on Saturday, Dec. 18, and at Oakland (Mich.) on Monday, Dec. 20.