First-Half Deficit Too Much for Bison Basketball at Missouri State

Sunday, November 27

Springfield, Mo.

3 p.m.

North Dakota State Athletics

5-2

Missouri State

4-1

Team	1	2	F
North Dakota State	21	29	50
Missouri State	38	26	64

Photo by: Carrie Snyder

First-Half Deficit Too Much for Bison Basketball at Missouri State

11/27/2016 5:10:00 PM | Men's Basketball

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SPRINGFIELD, Mo. – The North Dakota State men's basketball team was unable to overcome a 17-point halftime deficit, falling 64-50 on the road at Missouri State on Sunday afternoon.

NDSU (5-2) was led by 19 points, three assists and two steals from sophomore point guard Khy Kabellis.

Missouri State (4-1) used an early 15-0 run to go ahead 17-4 only seven minutes into the game. Another 7-0 run late in the first half gave the Bears a 38-21 lead at halftime.

Alize Johnson led the Bears with 17 points and 10 rebounds for a double-double.

The Bison pulled within 10 at 50-40 on a Paul Miller jumper with 11:14 to play, but a three-point play and a bucket from Johnson pushed the MSU lead back to 15.

NDSU outscored Missouri State 29-26 after halftime. Miller finished with nine points and nine rebounds for the Bison.

The Bison travel to Cincinnati, Ohio, to take on No. 9-ranked Xavier on Tuesday, Nov. 29