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Feb. 15 at Fort Wayne  Watch  |  Live Stats  |  Listen

The Game: The North Dakota State men's basketball team (17-8, 9-3) travels to take on Fort Wayne (17-9, 6-6) on Wednesday, Feb. 15, at Allen County War Memorial Coliseum. The Bison are currently first in the Summit League standings, one-half game ahead of South Dakota, and the Mastodons are in fourth.
                Feb. 15           at Fort Wayne             7 p.m. ET / 6 p.m. CT
 
Where to Watch: The game will be available via live video stream on GoMastodons.com.
 
Radio: The game will be broadcast on 107.9 The Fox, as well as being streamed on the 107.9 The Fox app and GoBison.com/allaccess. Jeff Culhane (play-by-play) will call the action.
 
About Fort Wayne: The Mastodons went 11-3 in non-conference play, registering a signature victory over the Indiana Hoosiers on Nov. 22 in Fort Wayne. Fort Wayne is 12-2 at home this season.
The Mastodons rank fourth in the nation in three-pointers per game (11.0) and eighth in the country in three-point percentage (41.3%). Senior guard Mo Evans leads Fort Wayne with 17.7 points per game this season, and Purdue transfer Bryson Scott is averaging 16.7 points per contest.
Jon Coffman is in his third season as Fort Wayne's head coach. The Mastodons were picked as the Summit League favorite in the league's preseason poll.
 
The Series with Fort Wayne: North Dakota State leads the all-time series with Fort Wayne, 14-11. The Bison have won six of the last eight meetings with the Mastodons overall. The two schools split their regular season games last season, with the home team winning both times, before NDSU pulled off a 69-68 comeback win over Fort Wayne in the semifinals of the Summit League Tournament.
 
Last Time vs. Fort Wayne: Junior guard Paul Miller scored a career-high 33 points to lead the Bison to a thrilling 89-83 victory over Fort Wayne on Jan. 19 at the Scheels Center. The Bison shot 54 percent for the game and made 13-of-22 from beyond the arc for 59 percent. Sophomore point guard Khy Kabellis poured in a career-high 25 points for NDSU.
                Fort Wayne was led by 28 points from senior guard Mo Evans, who made 6-of-8 three-point shots to contribute to the Mastodons' 16 three-pointers in the game. Fort Wayne led 78-71 with just under eight minutes remaining before NDSU closed the game with an 18-5 run.
 
Multiple Threats: NDSU has five players who are shooting better than 40 percent from three-point range in league play – Khy Kabellis, Tyson Ward, Paul Miller, A.J. Jacobson and Jared Samuelson.
 
Ball Security: The Bison have significantly improved their assist-to-turnover ratio in Summit League play from last season. NDSU's assist-to-turnover ratio was 0.8 last season, and the ratio sits at 1.4 this year through 12 games.
 
Stat Sheet Stuffer: Dexter Werner leads the Bison in rebounds, blocks and steals, and ranks second on the team in points.
 
Jacobson, Miller Reach 1,000 Points: Juniors A.J. Jacobson and Paul Miller both surpassed 1,000 career points in the first half of NDSU's win over Denver on Feb. 11. Jacobson became the 33rd Bison to reach the milestone, and Miller was the 34th. Prior to Jacobson and Miller, the most recent Bison to reach 1,000 career points was Lawrence Alexander, who also did it as a junior, on Feb. 1, 2014.
 
25-Plus: Four different Bison (Paul Miller, Dexter Werner, A.J. Jacobson and Khy Kabellis) have scored 25 or more points in a game this season.
 
Filling It Up: Paul Miller has made multiple three-pointers in 12 of his last 15 games, dating back to Dec. 14.
 
Attendance Figures: North Dakota State is averaging 4,156 fans for home games against Division I opponents – the best mark in The Summit League. NDSU's average home attendance this season is on pace to be its best since the 1994-95 season and the top mark in the school's Division I era.
 
Career Game for Jacobson: NDSU's A.J. Jacobson set new career highs with 26 points and 12 rebounds to lift the Bison to an 82-65 win over South Dakota State on Feb. 8. It was Jacobson's first career double-double.
 
Double-Double Dex: Dexter Werner's five double-doubles this season are the most by a Bison since Taylor Braun also recorded five in the 2011-12 season. Andre Smith holds the NDSU Division I era record with 10 double-doubles in 2006-07.
 
Home Court: NDSU is 60-5 at home since the start of the 2012-13 season.
 
Tale of Two Halves: The Bison have flipped the switch at halftime this season, posting a significant shooting advantage in the second half of games. NDSU is shooting 49 percent in the second half, and Bison opponents are shooting 40 percent after halftime.
 
Magnificent Seven: Seven different Bison have scored at least 18 points in a game this season: Paul Miller, Dexter Werner, A.J. Jacobson, Khy Kabellis, Carlin Dupree, Tyson Ward and Deng Geu.
 
Against The Summit League: NDSU is 48-18 in its last 66 games against Summit League opponents.
 
Eighty-Plus: The Bison have scored 80-plus points in nine out of 12 Summit League games. NDSU only reached 80 points in a league game one time in the previous two seasons -- a 91-82 loss to Omaha on Jan. 7, 2016.
 
Program Staples: The Bison have committed an average of only 9.6 turnovers per game and have limited their opponents to 42-percent shooting in conference play – both numbers that lead The Summit League.
 
Career High for Miller: NDSU junior guard Paul Miller poured in a career-high 33 points and made a career-best seven three-pointers in NDSU's win over Fort Wayne on Jan. 19. Miller's 33 points were the most by a Bison since Taylor Braun scored 34 at North Dakota on Nov. 24, 2013.
 
Career High for Kabellis: Sophomore point guard Khy Kabellis scored a career-high 25 points in NDSU's victory over Fort Wayne on Jan. 19. Kabellis had 19 points at halftime after making his first four three-point attempts.
 
From Downtown: NDSU is shooting a league-best 43.0 percent from three-point range in Summit League play. The Bison made a school record 81 percent from three-point range in a victory at Western Illinois Jan. 21, sinking 13-of-16 attempts from beyond the arc.