Complete NDSU Game Notes
 
The Games: The North Dakota State men's basketball team (10-13 overall, 3-5 Summit) will play a pair of home games this week, hosting Kansas City on Thursday and Omaha on Saturday in Summit League play.
 
        Thursday, Feb. 8       vs. Kansas City     7 p.m. CT
        Saturday, Feb. 10     vs. Omaha             1 p.m. CT
 
Where to Watch: Thursday's game will be broadcast on WDAY throughout the region, and Saturday's game will air on WDAY Xtra. Both will also be available to subscribers of the Summit League Network through the Midco Sports Plus app.
 
Radio: Sam Neidermann (play-by-play) and Dexter Werner (analyst) will call both games on 107.9 The Fox. Broadcasts can also be streamed on the NDSU Athletics app, as well as at GoBison.com/AllAccess for free all season long.
 
Against Kansas City: Thursday will be the 24th meeting all-time between NDSU and Kansas City. The Bison hold a 15-8 lead in the series. The schools split both meetings last season -- with each team winning on the road -- and the Bison won 92-91 in double-overtime in Kansas City on Jan. 11 this season.
 
Last Time vs. Kansas City: The Bison came out with a 92-91 double-overtime victory over Kansas City on Jan. 11 at the Swinney Center. Boden Skunberg finished with 23 points, six rebounds and five assists. Noah Feddersen scored a career-high 18 points, and Andrew Morgan added 17 points on 7-of-8 shooting.
        The Roos led 70-66 with under two minutes left, but Jacari White drained a clutch three-pointer, Damari Wheeler-Thomas hit a driving layup, and Morgan made a pair of free throws to tie the game.
        The game went to overtime tied at 73-73 and proceeded to double overtime at 79-79. The Bison put up 13 points in the final OT period, sparked by back-to-back three-pointers from Feddersen.
 
Against Omaha: Saturday will be the 92nd meeting between North Dakota State and Omaha dating back to 1935-36. NDSU has a 57-34 lead in the series. The Bison had won nine straight over the Mavericks until Omaha's 96-92 overtime win on Jan. 13 this season.
 
Last Time vs. Omaha: Omaha won 96-92 in overtime at Baxter Arena on Jan. 13. Damari Wheeler-Thomas led the Bison with a career-high 30 points. Andrew Morgan added 24 points, and Boden Skunberg finished with 18 for NDSU. Jacari White put up 15 points, six rebounds, and a career-high six assists.
        NDSU led by nine at 66-57 with just over 11 minutes remaining, but Omaha scored the next eight points to cut into the margin. When the Bison pushed the lead back to 75-68, the Mavericks answered with a 10-2 run to take the lead with 3:30 left.
        The game went to overtime tied at 82-82. Omaha drained a pair of three-pointers and went 6-for-6 at the free throw line in overtime to win the game.
        NDSU shot 57 percent overall and made 11-of-24 (46 percent) from beyond the arc.
 
From Downtown: The Bison rank 15th in the nation for three-point shooting at 38.3 percent.
 
Double Double-Doubles: Boden Skunberg has two double-doubles in NDSU's last four games, putting up 20 points and 10 boards in the win over Oral Roberts on Jan. 20, and 14 points and 11 rebounds in the victory at South Dakota State on Feb. 1.
 
                                                Over the Past Five Games

• Boden Skunberg is averaging 16.0 points and 7.8 rebounds.
• Noah Feddersen is averaging 11.2 points on 71-percent shooting.
• NDSU is limiting its opponents to 30-percent three-point shooting.

       
Bonus Basketball: NDSU's five overtime games this season are its most since playing six overtime games in the 2002-03 season. The Bison are 4-1 in overtime contests.
 
Half Dozen Scorers: Six different Bison -- Damari Wheeler-Thomas, Lance Waddles, Boden Skunberg, Andrew Morgan, Tajavis Miller, and Noah Feddersen -- have scored 20 or more points in a game this season.