FARGO, N.D. – The North Dakota State men's basketball team once again led from start-to-finish, running away with a 94-60 victory over CSU Bakersfield on Monday night inside the Scheels Center.
Â
NDSU improved to 11-4 on the season and extended its winning streak to eight games. The Bison finished off an unbeaten month of December for the first time in the school's Division I era.
Â
The Bison scored the first 10 points of the game and pushed the margin to 33 points at 51-18 at halftime.
Â
Ultimately, NDSU strung together a 42-8 run over a 14-minute span. The Bison led by as many as 48 points in the second half at 66-18 with 15 minutes remaining.
Â
Senior
Jacksen Moni led NDSU with 28 points and five assists.
Noah Feddersen added 13 points, and
Luke Kasubke finished with 12 points and six rebounds.
Â
NDSU shot 53 percent for the game and limited the Roadrunners to 43-percent shooting. The shooting percentages were 58-31 in NDSU's favor for the first half.
Â
The Bison drained 10 three-pointers at a 37-percent clip.
Â
The eight-game win streak is the longest for the Bison since winning 10 in a row at the end of the 2013-14 season, when NDSU won the final seven regular season games, two in the Summit League Tournament, and defeated No. 5 seed Oklahoma in the NCAA Tournament.
Â
NDSU will open Summit League play on Thursday, Jan. 2, with a home game vs. St. Thomas.
Â