Finally Home, Bison Men Host Montana & Waldorf this Weekend

Complete NDSU Game Notes

The Games: The North Dakota State men's basketball team will host Montana on Saturday, Dec. 10, and Waldorf on Sunday, Dec. 11, at the Scheels Center to conclude non-conference play.
          Dec. 10       vs. Montana       7 p.m. CT
          Dec. 11       vs. Waldorf         5 p.m. CT

Where to Watch: Both games will be available on ESPN+ and WDAY Xtra.

Radio: Both games will be broadcast on 107.9 The Fox and Bison 1660. Audio of all NDSU basketball games is always streamed free at GoBison.com/AllAccess.

Against Montana: The Griz lead the all-time series with the Bison, 7-3. The most recent meeting was a 60-53 Montana victory in Missoula on Dec. 17, 2018. The schools were scheduled to meet in the 2020-21 season, but that game was postponed due to COVID restrictions.

Against Waldorf: Sunday will be the second meeting ever between the Bison and Warriors. NDSU won 83-52 in Fargo on Nov. 22, 2016.

3rd Bison with Double-Double: Boden Skunberg became the third Bison to record a double-double this season, putting up a career-high 20 points and 10 rebounds in the victory at Portland on Dec. 5.

Damari Emerges: Freshman Damari Wheeler-Thomas posted his best two games of the young season on the most recent road trip, averaging 13 points on 65-percent shooting at Eastern Washington and Portland.
          At Eastern Washington on Dec. 3, Wheeler-Thomas scored 10 points in a span of less than three minutes for a 10-0 Bison run midway through the second half.

Life on the Road: Through the first 30 days of the season (from Nov. 6 to Dec. 5), the Bison spent 17 nights away from Fargo.

30-Plus: Grant Nelson scored a career-high 31 points against Northern Colorado at the Lobo Classic on Nov. 25. It was the most points by a Bison since Rocky Kreuser scored 34 in the championship game of the Summit League Tournament on March 9, 2021.

White Hot: Sophomore guard Jacari White sparked NDSU with a season-high 19 points off the bench vs. Jacksonville State on Nov. 27. He finished 7-of-9 from the floor and made 5-of-7 from three-point range, scoring all his points in a span of 12 minutes in the second half.

Wide Variety: In 10 games this season, the Bison have had seven different leading scorers. Nine Bison have scored in double figures at least twice already this year.

Youth Quantified: NDSU has no seniors on the roster this season, and 7 of the top 10 players in terms of minutes played this year are freshmen or sophomores.

First Double-Double for Morgan: Sophomore Andrew Morgan registered his first collegiate double-double with 23 points and a career-high 14 rebounds in NDSU's win over Crown College on Nov. 20.

Hastreiter Gets Hot: NDSU freshman Sam Hastreiter set an NDSU single-game record for three-pointers made without a miss, going a perfect 7-for-7 from beyond the arc vs. Pacific on Nov. 13. Hastreiter finished with 24 points and six rebounds.
          The Lincoln, Neb., native has made 13-of-26 (50 percent) from three-point range this season.

Top Tier: Over the previous three seasons, NDSU ranks 50th out of 358 Division I schools in winning percentage.

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Players Mentioned

Sam Hastreiter

Rocky Kreuser

Andrew Morgan

Grant Nelson

Boden Skunberg

Damari Wheeler-Thomas

Jacari White

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