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OMAHA, Neb. – Mitch Hahn scored 20 points and Matt Pile added a career-high 19 to lead the Omaha men's basketball team by North Dakota State on Wednesday evening at Baxter Arena.
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Omaha improved to 8-8 overall and 2-1 in Summit League play. The Bison fell to 6-10 overall and 1-2 in the league.
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Junior
Tyson Ward led NDSU with 17 points and 8 rebounds. Sophomore
Rocky Kreuser and junior
Deng Geu both scored 14 points, and redshirt freshman
Tyree Eady added 13 for the Bison.
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NDSU shot 47 percent for the game and made 13-of-26 (50 percent) from three-point range, but the Bison were outshot by Omaha. The Mavericks made 56 percent overall and 46 percent from beyond the arc.
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NDSU led 25-24 with just over eight minutes left in the first half, but Omaha exploded for a 12-0 run over the next three-plus minutes to go ahead 36-25.
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Leading 41-32 at halftime, the Mavericks used a 19-2 run to put the game out of reach in the second half.
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Bison freshman
Sam Griesel returned from a knee injury, playing for the first time since Nov. 17 vs. Incarnate Word in the Bahamas.
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Five different NDSU players made multiple three-pointers in the game, with Eady and
Vinnie Shahid both draining three.
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The Bison host Dickinson State on Sunday at 2 p.m. for the final non-conference game of the season.
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