Complete NDSU Game Notes
Feb. 22 at UND  Watch  |  Listen  |  Live Stats
 
The Game:  The North Dakota State men's basketball team (20-7 overall, 11-2 Summit League) travels to Grand Forks to take on the North Dakota Fighting Hawks (12-15, 6-7) at 7 p.m. Saturday night at the Betty Engelstad Sioux Center. NDSU carries a seven-game winning streak into the contest.
 
Where to Watch: Saturday's game will be broadcast on Midco Sports Network 2 and streamed on ESPN3.
 
Radio: The game 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 will call the action.
        All Bison conference games will also be carried on KYCR 1440 AM in the Twin Cities.
 
History with North Dakota: This will be the 14th meeting as Division I opponents, with NDSU holding a 9-4 record in those contests. The Bison swept both games last season, and won 83-74 in Fargo on Jan. 19 this season. NDSU has won four straight in Grand Forks over the Fighting Hawks.
        UND leads the all-time series 161-135, dating back to 1905.
 
Last Time vs. North Dakota:  Seniors Tyson Ward and Vinnie Shahid combined for 49 points to lead the Bison to an 83-74 victory over North Dakota on Jan. 19 inside the Scheels Center. Ward finished with a season-high 27 points, 11 rebounds and six assists to lead the Bison in all three categories. Shahid put up 22 points and five assists.
        The Bison never trailed in the game. The score was tied at 23-23 with just over eight minutes left in the first half, but NDSU pushed its advantage to seven at halftime, 41-34.
        Leading 65-59 with 4:45 remaining, the Bison scored six straight on a three-point play by Ward, a free throw by Tyree Eady, and a putback by Rocky Kreuser. NDSU led 71-59 with three minutes left.
        The Bison shot 49 percent for the game, including 7-for-18 (39 percent) from three-point range. NDSU also made 20-of-23 attempts at the free throw line.
        Senior Marlon Stewart and sophomore Filip Rebraca led UND with 22 and 21 points, respectively. Eady finished with 10 points and three steals for NDSU. The Bison committed only six turnovers in the game.
 
Good Company: NDSU's current seven-game win streak is the longest streak for the Bison since winning 10 in a row at the end of the 2013-14 season, when NDSU won the final seven regular season games, two in the Summit League Tournament, and defeated No. 5 seed Oklahoma in the NCAA Tournament.
 
11-2 Start: After winning 77-74 at South Dakota on Wednesday to improve to 11-2 in Summit League play, NDSU has matched its best conference start through 13 games since the 2013-14 season.
 
20 Wins: NDSU has achieved its seventh 20-win season in the Division I era. This is the third 20-win season under head coach David Richman, tying Saul Phillips (2007-14) for the second-most by a head coach in NDSU history. Richman also owns a pair of 19-win seasons.
        Former head coach Tom Billeter posted four straight 20-win seasons from 1993-97 in the Division II era.
 
All-Around Players: NDSU's Tyson Ward and North Dakota's Marlon Stewart are the only two players in The Summit League who rank Top 10 in points, rebounds and assists in league play.
 
500 in a Season: With two more points, Vinnie Shahid will become the 18th Bison player to score 500 points in a season. Shahid can also join Ben Woodside (2007-08, 2008-09), Taylor Braun (2013-14) and Paul Miller (2017-18) as Bison to record 500 points and 75 assists in a Division I season.
 
At The Line: NDSU is No. 2 in the nation in free throw percentage, making 79.6 percent for the season -- which would surpass the school-record mark of 77.7 percent set last year. The Bison are 224-of-269 (83.3 percent) at the charity stripe in Summit League play.
 
Ball Security: The Bison rank 7th in the country for fewest turnovers per game at 10.4.
 
Kickstart: The Bison are 15-3 since defeating East Tennessee State on Dec. 7 in Fargo. The Buccaneers are now 24-4 and ranked 2nd in the College Insider Mid-Major Poll.
 
Dynamic Duo: Vinnie Shahid (18.4 ppg) and Tyson Ward (15.5 ppg) are on pace to become the first NDSU duo since Ben Woodside and Brett Winkelman in 2008-09 to average over 15 points per game for the season. Woodside averaged 23.2 points, and Winkelman averaged 18.6 for the first Bison team to advance to the NCAA Tournament.
 
Winning The Arc: NDSU is 35th in the nation (and first in The Summit League) with 9.0 three-pointers made per game. The Bison also allow the fewest three-pointers per game in the conference at 5.9 per game in league play.
 
Road Dubs: Following the victory at South Dakota on Feb. 19, the Bison have eight road wins already this season -- tied for the 15th-most in Division I.  The 2013-14 Bison squad was the best of the last decade on the road, winning 10 times.
 
Mr. Reliable: Vinnie Shahid has scored at least 19 points in 11 of 13 conference games.
 
Strong Ratio: Among players who are averaging at least 25 minutes per game, Tyree Eady ranks second in The Summit League for assist-to-turnover ratio.
 
Over the 7-Game Win Streak:

• Vinnie Shahid has made 58-of-64 (91 percent) at the free throw line.
• Vinnie Shahid is averaging 23.9 points.
• Rocky Kreuser is averaging 13.1 points -- 2.5 above his season average.
• Jared Samuelson is 10-for-24 (42 percent) from beyond the arc.
• The Bison are shooting 83.6 percent at the free throw line.
• The Bison are limiting opponents to 34-percent three-point shooting.
• The Bison are averaging +6 in the rebounding battle.