Complete NDSU Game Notes

Live Stats
Watch vs. UT Rio Grande Valley
Watch vs. Texas A&M-Corpus Christi
Watch vs. Stony Brook

The Games:  The North Dakota State men's basketball team (2-1) travels to Corpus Christi, Texas, this weekend for three games at the Islander Invitational.
                Friday, Nov. 15              vs. UT Rio Grande Valley                   5 p.m. CT
                Saturday, Nov. 16         at Texas A&M-Corpus Christi           6:30 p.m. CT
                Sunday, Nov. 17            vs. Stony Brook                                     1 p.m. CT
 
Where to Watch: All three games will be streamed live online by host Texas A&M-Corpus Christi, with each of those links available on GoBison.com.
 
Radio: Friday -- Bison 1660, 92.7 FM and GoBison.com/allaccess
     Saturday -- 94.5 FM The City and GoBison.com/allaccess
     Sunday -- 107.9 The Fox, Bison 1660, 92.7 FM and GoBison.com/allaccess
 
Limited History: The Bison are 1-0 all-time vs. UT Rio Grande Valley, winning the lone meeting 68-50 on Dec. 22, 2015, in Logan, Utah. NDSU has never played Texas A&M-Corpus Christi or Stony Brook in men's basketball.
 
Title Talk: NDSU has won four Summit League Tournament crowns in 11 seasons as a full member of the league -- 2009, 2014, 2015 and 2019.
                In 2009, 2014 and 2015, the Bison also won the regular season conference title.
 
Limited Turnovers & Fouls: NDSU ranked 15th in the nation last season for fewest fouls committed per game (14.9) and 20th nationally for fewest turnovers committed per game (10.5).
 
2018-19 Team Season Records
The Bison set a school record with 332 three-pointers made last season, breaking the previous high of 294 set in the 2017-18 season. NDSU averaged 9.5 three-pointers made per game.
 
The Bison were historically good at the free throw line last season, shooting 77.7 percent for a new single-season school record.
 
Individual Season Records
In 2018-19, Vinnie Shahid and Rocky Kreuser became the first Bison to ever start 35 games in a season.
 
Individual Career Lists
Jared Samuelson entered the season ranked fourth on the NDSU career list for three-point shooting, making 43.6 percent for his career. Cameron Hunter is ninth on the list at 41.1 percent.
 
Sustained Success: The Bison have a record of 284-184 (.606 win percentage) since beginning the transition to Division I in the 2004-05 season. NDSU has had only three losing seasons during that span.
 
Milestones: With seven rebounds at Kansas State in the season opener, senior Tyson Ward became the 30th Bison to record 500 career rebounds. Ward scored 21 points in the home opener vs. Mayville State on Nov. 7, becoming the 35th member of NDSU's 1,000-Point Club.
                He is one of 21 players in North Dakota State history to reach both career milestones.
 
Big Numbers Back: The Bison return 83 percent of their scoring and 87 percent of their minutes played from last season.
 
Taking on the Best: NDSU played the No. 1-ranked team in the nation twice last season. The Bison played at No. 1 Gonzaga on Nov. 26, and later played No. 1 Duke in the first round of the NCAA Tournament.
 
High-Level Shooter: Jared Samuelson shot 49 percent from three-point range in Summit League play last year. He ended the season ranked 12th among all active Division I players with a career 43.6 percent from beyond the arc.
 
Rejected: Rocky Kreuser registered 39 blocks last season to rank second in The Summit League.
 
At The Line: The Bison were historically good at the free throw line last season, shooting 77.7 percent for a new single-season school record.
 
Overseas Action: Bison sophomore Sam Griesel played for Germany's national team in the FIBA U20 European Championship in Israel this summer, averaging 5.9 points and 5.3 rebounds in seven games.
 
Top 3-Point Shooting League: The Summit League has been the top three-point shooting conference in all of Division I for the past three seasons. Summit League teams combined to shoot 37.5 percent from beyond the arc in the 2018-19 season, leading all conferences by more than one full percentage point.