Complete PDF Game Notes

The Game: The North Dakota State men's basketball team (3-2) will host Wisconsin-Stout on Monday evening at 7 p.m. inside the Scheels Center on campus.
 
Monday, Nov. 20              vs. Wisconsin-Stout         7 p.m. CT
 
Where to Watch: Monday's game will be broadcast on WDAY Xtra locally and available for streaming purchase on the new Summit League Network through the Midco Sports Plus app.
 
Radio: Sam Neidermann (play-by-play) amd Dexter Werner (analyst) will call the game on 107.9 The Fox. Broadcasts can also be streamed on the stations' respective apps, as well as at GoBison.com/AllAccess for free.
 
Against UW-Stout: Monday will be the first meeting between North Dakota State and Wisconsin-Stout in men's basketball. UW-Stout is located in Menomonie, Wis., and the Blue Devils play in the NCAA Division III Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (WIAC).
 
Road Win at Montana: Sophomore Damari Wheeler-Thomas scored a career-high 22 points to lift the Bison to an impressive 78-69 victory at Montana on Nov. 16. Boden Skunberg finished with 16 points, six rebounds and four assists. NDSU led by as many as 17 points in the second half over the Griz, who were voted second in the Big Sky Conference preseason poll.
 
Career Highs vs. Mount Marty: Junior Joshua Streit scored a career-high 10 points, and sophomore Tajavis Miller pulled down a career-high 10 rebounds vs. Mount Marty on Nov. 8.
 
Season Opener: NDSU erased a 12-point deficit in the second half to claim an 80-76 overtime victory at Western Michigan on Nov. 6. Boden Skunberg led all players with 25 points, Andrew Morgan posted his third career double-double with 12 points and 13 rebounds, and Jeremiah Burke sent the game to overtime with a buzzer-beating putback off the glass.
 
Offensive Glass: The Bison pulled down 26 offensive rebounds in the season-opening win over Western Michigan on Nov. 6 -- the most by NDSU in a single game since at least 1999. Juniors Andrew Morgan and Jeremiah Burke combined for 17 offensive boards in the game.
 
March Mainstay: With a fifth straight title game appearance in 2023, NDSU improved to 18-6 at the Summit League Tournament in the Dave Richman era.
 
Familiar Territory: The Bison have played in five consecutive Summit League Tournament championship games from 2019-23, winning the title in 2019 and 2020. NDSU has played in 9 of the past 11 Summit League championship games, dating back to March 2013.
 
Top of the Summit: North Dakota State and South Dakota State are the only Summit League schools to finish among the top three in the league standings every year over the past five seasons.
          In seven of David Richman's nine seasons at NDSU, the Bison have finished in a tie for third place or better in The Summit League.
 
Exhibition Opener: The Bison cruised to a 93-50 win over Division III St. Olaf in an exhibition game on Oct. 27. NDSU led 55-39 at halftime before limiting the Oles to 11 points in the second half. Six Bison players scored in double figures, led by sophomore Tajavis Miller with 19 points and junior Andrew Morgan with 15.
 
Preseason Poll: NDSU was voted third in the preseason Summit League poll, with South Dakota State picked as the preseason No. 1 and Oral Roberts at No. 2.
 
Preseason Accolades: Bison senior Boden Skunberg was voted to the preseason All-Summit League first team. Skunberg is NDSU's most experienced returner after leading the team in minutes played and ranking second on NDSU in scoring with 15.4 points per game in league play last season. He was one of only three players in the league to average at least 15 points and rank top-five in field goal percentage in 2023. Skunberg also averaged 5.4 rebounds and shot 41 percent from three-point range in league games.
 
Preseason Accolades (2): Junior Andrew Morgan claimed a spot on the preseason All-Summit League second team. Morgan shot 59 percent overall last season, averaging 10.5 points and 5.3 rebounds per contest. The 6-foot-10 Waseca, Minn., native posted four games with three or more assists and upped his scoring to 12.3 points per game in the Summit League Tournament.
 
True Freshman, Big Role: Damari Wheeler-Thomas started all 18 Summit League games last season, becoming the first Bison to start every conference game as a true freshman since eventual conference Player of the Year Lawrence Alexander did in the 2011-12 season.
 
Baby Bison: In Summit League play last season, 66 percent of the total available minutes for NDSU were played by freshmen or sophomores (2,385 out of 3,600).
          In terms of total minutes played, seven of the top nine Bison last season were freshmen or sophomores. NDSU has just one senior on the roster this season -- Boden Skunberg.