Complete NDSU Game Notes
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The Games: The Bison will travel north to Grand Forks this weekend to play the University of North Dakota on Friday, Jan. 15, and Saturday, Jan. 16, inside the Betty Engelstad Sioux Center. Both games are scheduled to tip at 7:30 p.m. following the 5 p.m. women's games between the Bison and Fighting Hawks.
         
          Friday, Jan. 15            at North Dakota       7:30 p.m. CT        MidcoSN / ESPN3
          Saturday, Jan. 16       at North Dakota        7:30 p.m. CT        MidcoSN / ESPN3
 
Where to Watch: Both games will be broadcast on MidcoSN and streamed live on ESPN3, as well as being available free on FightingHawks.com.
 
Radio: Jeff Culhane will call the games on 107.9 The Fox, Bison 1660, and 94.5 KDLB in Detroit Lakes, Minn., as well as being streamed on the 107.9 The Fox app, the Bison 1660 app, and on GoBison.com/allaccess. The men's broadcast will be joined in progress on Bison 1660 at the conclusion of the women's broadcast.
 
The Series vs. North Dakota: Friday and Saturday will be the 302nd and 303rd meetings between NDSU and UND, with UND leading the all-time series, 162-139. The Bison lead 11-5 over 16 meetings in the Division I era.
 
Last Time vs. UND: The Bison erased a 10-point deficit in the second half, and Sam Griesel made the game-winning free throw with 5.2 seconds left to seal a 53-52 victory over North Dakota on Dec. 12 at the Dakota Showcase held at the Sanford Pentagon.
          NDSU scored 12 straight points between the 7:45 mark and 1:00 mark remaining in the second half, holding the Fighting Hawks scoreless for more than seven minutes. That stretch turned a 50-40 deficit into a 52-50 lead for the Bison.
          Griesel finished with 14 points and six rebounds to lead NDSU, and Tyree Eady scored 13 points on 6-of-7 shooting.
 
Summit Streak: NDSU has started Summit League play 4-0 for the first time since the 2016-17 season, when the Bison dropped the fifth game of league play at Denver to snap the streak. A fifth or sixth straight win this weekend would give the Bison their longest unbeaten streak to open conference play since starting 7-0 in The Summit League in the 2012-13 season.
 
Player of the Week: Rocky Kreuser posted back-to-back double-doubles in a home sweep of Omaha on Jan. 8-9 to earn his second Summit League Player of the Week award this season. Kreuser scored 19 points in both victories over the Mavericks, while pulling down 12 boards in the 71-69 win in game one and 11 boards in the 80-66 triumph in game two.
 
Cleaning the Glass: NDSU is averaging a +9.5 rebounding margin in Summit League play – the best in the league.
 
Rejection: Grant Nelson's four blocked shots vs. Omaha on Jan. 9 were the most by a Bison since Rocky Kreuser had four on Mar. 10, 2019, in NDSU's win over Oral Roberts in the Summit League quarterfinals.
 
Starting Five: All five regular Bison starters have scored at least 17 points in a game this season.
 
          In The Last 5 Games ...

• The Bison are shooting 38.7 percent from three-point range over the past five games.
• Rocky Kreuser is averaging 17.2 points and 8.0 rebounds over the past five games, shooting 43 percent from beyond the arc.
• Grant Nelson is shooting 64.5 percent over the past five games (20-of-31).