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            Tuesday's Game: The North Dakota State men's basketball team will meet Division II Minnesota-Crookston in a non-conference game on Tuesday, Nov. 25, at 7 p.m. inside Scheels Arena. The Bison enter Tuesday's game coming off two consecutive victories and a title in the 2k Classic Fargo Sub-Regional on Nov. 21-22.
           
            The Series: The Bison hold a 10-1 lead in the all-time series with Minnesota-Crookston. The two teams have not met in a regular-season game since NDSU scored an 88-79 win on Feb. 2, 2005. The Bison posted a 101-45 exhibition victory over the Golden Eagles on Nov. 3, 2010.
 
            Online: The game will be streamed live online at GoBison.com/allaccess and is available with a single-game, monthly or yearly subscription.
 
            Radio: Scott Miller will call the play-by-play with Jeremy Jorgenson as the analyst on KFGO-AM 790 of Fargo. Coverage includes 20-minute pregame and postgame shows. Free audio streaming will be available at GoBison.com/allaccess.
 
            About Minnesota-Crookston: The Golden Eagles carry a 2-2 record into their game at NDSU, with wins over Jamestown (74-65) and Crossroads College (83-79) and losses to Central Washington (52-65) and Seattle Pacific (38-90). Minnesota-Crookston played Division I Wisconsin-Milwaukee in an exhibition on Nov. 17, falling 75-54.
            UMC was picked to finish 16th in the Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference (NSIC) preseason poll this year after going 4-23 overall and 1-21 in conference games last season.
            The Golden Eagles are led by first-year head coach Dan Weisse, who served as the director of basketball operations at NDSU from 2007-11 under Saul Phillips. Weisse spent the last three seasons at MSU Moorhead as an assistant coach.
 
            Home Court: NDSU is 26-2 at home since the start of the 2012-13 season, with the only two losses being to Western Illinois (49-36) on Feb. 14, 2013, and Southern Miss (70-69) on Nov. 18, 2013.  The Bison have won 13 straight home games.
 
            Floor General: Lawrence Alexander is averaging 38.0 minutes per contest, playing 35, 37, 40 and 40 minutes in NDSU's first four games. Over 102 career games, Alexander has averaged 34.4 minutes – second only to Ben Woodside among all Bison players since 1999.
 
            Dishing It Out: Lawrence Alexander's 358 career assists rank him No. 7 all-time at NDSU.
 
            Balanced Contribution: Although Carlin Dupree is averaging only 4.3 points through four games, the sophomore guard from Milwaukee is filling the stat sheet in other ways with 5.8 rebounds and 4.0 assists per game.
 
            Big Swing: The Bison have seen a significant difference in their offensive production between their first two games and their last two games. NDSU shot 27 percent from the field in their games at No. 10 Texas and No. 25 Iowa to open the year, but the Bison bounced back to shoot 46 percent for their two home victories in the 2k Classic.
 
            Stepping Up: With four three-pointers through his first four games, junior forward Chris Kading has already matched his output from beyond the arc last season.
 
            Miller Nets 17 Twice: Freshman guard Paul Miller (Waukesha, Wis.) poured in 17 points in both of NDSU's home games on Nov. 21-22. Miller earned his first career start vs. Hampton on Nov. 22 with junior Kory Brown missing the game due to an undisclosed injury.
 
            Big Runs: The Bison have used some big runs to emerge victorious in their last two games. Against Kennesaw State on Nov. 21, NDSU closed the first half on a 29-5 run and then ended the game on a 16-0 run. Against Hampton on Nov. 22, the Bison used a 9-0 run after halftime to erase a nine-point deficit and tie the game.
 
            Wins Leaderboard: Lawrence Alexander needs to play in 14 more NDSU victories to become the winningest player in school history. Alexander has 69 wins as a Bison. Mike Felt (2009-14) owns the NDSU record with 82 career wins.
 
            Good Company: With 63 points in his first four games, Alexander has moved into 20th all-time at NDSU with 1,194 career points. He had 1,131 points through his junior season -- the most by a Bison since the trio of Mike Nelson, Brett Winkelman and Ben Woodside in 2008.
 
            Two Great Years: With 50 victories over the 2012-13 and 2013-14 seasons, the Bison had the most successful two-year stretch in program history.
 
            Last Year: With an overall record of 26-7, NDSU finished the 2013-14 season 32nd in the official NCAA RPI -- an all-time high mark that it also reached in January. The Bison also received a No. 3 ranking in the final College Insider Mid-Major Top 25 Poll, marking the highest ranking in program and Summit League history.
 
            Shooting Prowess: NDSU won the Division I team field goal percentage title for the 2013-14 season at 50.5 percent. Out of the 351 D-I teams, only the Bison were above 50 percent.
 
            Game No. 100:  Lawrence Alexander poured in 21 points and a career-high six three-pointers in his 100th career game at No. 25-ranked Iowa on Nov. 17.
 
            Every Game: NDSU senior guard Lawrence Alexander has started all 102 games in his career.
 
            Experienced Junior: Kory Brown started 65 games for the Bison prior to his junior season -- an all-time NDSU record he shares with teammate Lawrence Alexander.
 
            Picked Fifth: The Bison were picked to finish fifth this year in a tight Summit League preseason poll. Fort Wayne was selected as the preseason No. 1 for the first time, followed by Denver at No. 2 and Oral Roberts at No. 3.
 
            Preseason Honors: NDSU's Lawrence Alexander was named to The Summit League's preseason first team, while junior Kory Brown earned a spot on the preseason second team.