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The Games: The North Dakota State men's basketball team (9-4 overall, 1-0 Summit) will host South Dakota State (11-4, 2-0) on Thursday, Dec. 30, and the Bison will take on South Dakota (7-6, 0-2) on Saturday, Jan. 1, inside the Scheels Center.
               
            Thursday, Dec. 30      vs. South Dakota State         7 p.m. CT          WDAY Xtra, ESPN+
            Saturday, Jan. 1         vs. South Dakota                  1 p.m. CT           WDAY Xtra, ESPN+
 
Where to Watch: Both games will be broadcast on WDAY Xtra in the region, as well as being available on ESPN+ and streamed for purchase on GoBison.com/AllAccess.
 
Radio: Jeff Culhane and Dexter Werner will call both games on 107.9 The Fox, Bison 1660, and the respective apps for those stations. Audio of all NDSU basketball games is always streamed free at GoBison.com/AllAccess.
 
History with South Dakota State: Thursday will be the 229th meeting all-time between North Dakota State and South Dakota State, with the Bison leading the series 119-109. NDSU has won 13 of the past 17 meetings in Fargo.
 
History with South Dakota: Saturday will be the 184th meeting all-time between NDSU and South Dakota, with the Bison leading the series 101-82. In the Division I era, NDSU owns a 16-6 record against the Coyotes.
 
During NDSU's current 4-game win streak:

• Grant Nelson leads the Bison with 17.3 points per game.
• Rocky Kreuser is averaging 14.0 points and 9.8 rebounds.
• Four Bison are averaging double digits, with Tyree Eady (13.5) and Sam Griesel (10.8) joining Nelson and Kreuser.
• Boden Skunberg is shooting 60 percent from the field.
• NDSU is shooting 38 percent from 3-point range as a team.
• Bison opponents are shooting 30 percent from beyond the arc.

 
Trio of Top Performers: Three Bison scored career highs in the 86-76 win over North Dakota on Dec. 22. Grant Nelson scored 24 points, Boden Skunberg scored 14 points, and Tyree Eady matched his career-best with 18 points.
 
Four Over 24: Four different Bison have scored at least 24 points in a game this season – Sam Griesel, Grant Nelson, Rocky Kreuser and Andrew Morgan.
 
Heavy Workload: Tyree Eady is the only Bison to play 35 or more minutes in a game this season, and he has done it four times.
 
Sam vs. SDSU: In three games against South Dakota State last season, Sam Griesel averaged 17.3 points, 5.7 rebounds and 4.7 assists.
 
Tyree vs. USD: In six games against South Dakota over the past two seasons, Tyree Eady is averaging 13.5 points per game on 48-percent shooting.
 
Another Double-Double: Senior forward Rocky Kreuser recorded his fifth double-double of the season in the win at Pacific on Dec. 17, putting up 24 points, 10 rebounds and two blocks. Kreuser is tied for 26th among all Division I players with five double-doubles this year.
 
Limiting Fouls: NDSU is committing the 17th-fewest fouls per game in Division I this season, averaging 13.5 fouls per contest.
 
Sammy Hoops: Sam Griesel put up 25 points, eight rebounds, and five assists in NDSU's 77-70 comeback win over Indiana State on Dec. 13. It was the second-highest scoring output of his career, trailing only his 26 points at South Dakota in the regular season finale last year.
 
Rocky's Record: Fifth-year Bison senior Rocky Kreuser set the NDSU career record for games played on Dec. 2 vs. Northland, appearing in his 133rd game to surpass Mike Felt's (2009-14) record of 132.