MISSOULA, Mont. – UC Davis took advantage of 18 offensive rebounds to earn a 68-53 victory over the North Dakota State men's basketball team on Tuesday afternoon inside Dahlberg Arena.
 
Senior Boden Skunberg led NDSU with 12 points and eight rebounds. Sophomore Damari Wheeler-Thomas had nine points and three assists for the Bison.
 
Elijah Pepper scored 24 points to power the UC Davis offensive attack.
 
Both teams shot 40 percent overall for the game. The Aggies were 9-for-20 (45 percent) from three-point range, while the Bison made 6-of-14 (43 percent) from downtown. UC Davis recorded a plus-10 rebounding advantage and turned 18 offensive boards into 14 second-chance points.
 
NDSU trimmed a 13-point deficit to six at 56-50 with just over four minutes remaining in the contest, but UC Davis scored the next 10 points to seal the victory.
 
The Bison will play Montana on Thursday night in Missoula at 9 p.m. CT / 8 p.m. MT.