Bison Come Home for Games Against Florida A&M, Stetson

Wednesday, November 22

Fargo, N.D.

7 p.m.

North Dakota State Athletics

Florida A&M

Photo by: Kevin Wolf

Bison Come Home for Games Against Florida A&M, Stetson

11/21/2017 10:59:00 AM | Men's Basketball

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This Week's Games: The North Dakota State men's basketball team (1-2) will play its regular season home opener vs. Florida A&M (1-4) on Wednesday, Nov. 22, inside the Scheels Center. The Bison host Stetson University (3-2) on Saturday, Nov. 25. Both games are part of a multi-team event -- Hoops in the Heartland Benefitting Men Against Breast Cancer -- that will also include the Bison playing at Stephen F. Austin and Mississippi State next week.

Wed., Nov. 22 vs. Florida A&M 7 p.m. CT
Sat., Nov. 25 vs. Stetson 7 p.m. CT

Where to Watch: Both games will be broadcast on Midco Sports Network, as well as being available on ESPN3 and the ESPN app. Brian Shawn (play-by-play) and Greg Stemen (analyst) will call the action.

Radio: Both games will be broadcast on 107.9 The Fox and Bison1660, as well as being streamed on the 107.9 The Fox app, the Bison1660 app, and on GoBison.com/allaccess. Jeff Culhane (play-by-play) and Jeremy Jorgenson (analyst) will call the action.

Toy Drive: The NDSU Student-Athlete Advisory Council will begin its third annual toy drive at Wednesday's game vs. Florida A&M. NDSU SAAC representatives will be accepting new, unwrapped toys for donation at five upcoming Bison home events:

Nov. 22 men's basketball vs. Florida A&M
Nov. 26 wrestling vs. Oklahoma State
Dec. 4 men's basketball vs. Missouri State
Dec. 5 women's basketball vs. UT Rio Grande Valley
Dec. 8-9 indoor track and field Dakota Classic

Cash donations will also be accepted. All toys and cash donations will benefit Youthworks of Fargo.

First Meetings: NDSU has never played Florida A&M or Stetson in men's basketball.

About Florida A&M: The Rattlers are 1-4 this season after winning a home game against Albany State on Monday before making the trip to Fargo. They were picked to finish 11th out of 13 teams in the MEAC this year.
                FAMU has been led by senior guard Marcus Barham (14.0 ppg) and senior forward Desmond Williams (13.2 ppg, 5.2 rpg) early this season.
                Located in Tallahassee, Fla., the university has an enrollment of approximately 9,700 students.

About Stetson: The Hatters are 3-2 through five games, with a road contest at South Alabama on Wednesday before continuing on to Fargo. They were picked to finish sixth out of eight teams in the Atlantic Sun Conference this season.
                Stetson has been led by senior guard Divine Myles so far this season with 15.3 points, 4.3 rebounds and 3.3 assists per game.
                Located in DeLand, Fla., the university has an enrollment of approximately 3,900.

Home Court Advantage: The Bison are 37-3 at home since David Richman was hired as head coach in 2014. NDSU is 61-5 at home since the start of the 2012-13 season.

Impact Freshman: Redshirt freshman Cameron Hunter scored 35 points in the first two games of his career – 11 at UC Santa Barbara on Nov. 11, and 24 at USC on Nov. 13. The only freshman in NDSU's Division I era to score more points in his first two career games was Mike Nelson (36), who scored 15 against Minnesota and 21 against Hamline in 2005.

Good Half Decade: With 112 victories over the past five seasons, the Bison are in the midst of the most successful five-year stretch in program history.

Picked Third: NDSU has been picked to finish third in The Summit League this season. South Dakota State topped the preseason poll with 339 points and 13 first-place votes. South Dakota came in second with 327 points and the remaining 12 first-place votes. The Bison were third with 246 points.

Preseason Honor: NDSU senior guard Paul Miller was voted to the preseason All-Summit League first team for the second straight year.

Double-Double: Sophomore Tyson Ward recorded his first career double-double in NDSU's win at Missouri State on Nov. 17 with 11 points and 10 rebounds.

Big Game Hunter: Redshirt freshman Cameron Hunter poured in 24 points on just 11 shots against No. 10-ranked USC on Nov. 13. Hunter made 4-of-5 attempts from beyond the arc against the Trojans to score in double figures in each of his first two career games.

Trojan Challenge: The Bison led No. 10-ranked USC 56-51 with nine minutes remaining in the game on Nov. 13. NDSU was within two at 62-60 with four minutes left before an 8-0 run by the Trojans.

Ward vs. USC: Sophomore Tyson Ward set a new career-high with five assists and tied his previous career-high with eight rebounds at USC on Nov. 13.

New Faces: A trio of Bison scored their first points for NDSU on the season-opening road trip to California. Cameron Hunter scored 11 points vs. UC Santa Barbara on Nov. 11 in his first career game, and sophomore transfer Chris Quayle scored three against UCSB. Freshman Rocky Kreuser tallied his first points with a second-half dunk at USC on Nov. 13.

Into the Top 25: Senior guard Paul Miller entered NDSU's top 25 for career points during the season's first week. He currently ranks 24th in school history with 1,152 points.

When It Counts: NDSU's 43 conference wins over the past four seasons are the most in The Summit League during that time.

Championship Caliber: NDSU has swept the Summit League regular season and tournament titles three times in the past nine years (2009, 2014, 2015), winning a school-record 26 games in both 2008-09 and 2013-14.

More Often Than Not: David Richman's .646 winning percentage entering this season is the second-best by an NDSU coach since the 1920s.

Multiple Threats: NDSU returns four players who shot 40 percent or better from three-point range in league play last season – Tyson Ward, Paul Miller, A.J. Jacobson and Jared Samuelson.

Miller, Jacobson Beyond 1,000 Points: Seniors Paul Miller and A.J. Jacobson both surpassed 1,000 career points in the first half of NDSU's win over Denver on Feb. 11 of last season. Jacobson became the 33rd Bison to reach the milestone, and Miller was the 34th.